22 February 2023

Documentary by UNICEF and NO BLINK tells the stories of four Ukrainian families in Bulgaria

The outbreak of war in Ukraine, when it erupted on 24 February 2022, shocked the world. A year on, approximately 150,000 people have received temporary protection in Bulgaria alone – the largest number compared to neighboring countries. Of these, over 50,000 are children. While many Ukrainians have since returned ...
03 February 2023

‘Your Face Sounds Familiar For Every Child‘

Watch the charity mini season of "Your face sounds familiar for every child", which will be dedicated to the causes of UNICEF for the children of Bulgaria. In the special edition eight celebrities in teams with eight talented children will be duetting. The contestants from each duet will impersonate a different c...
20 January 2023

Children from the poorest households benefit the least from national public education funding – UNICEF

SOFIA, 20 January 2023 –, Children from the poorest households benefit the least from national public education funding, UNICEF said in a new report released today, while calling for additional – and more equitable – investment to lift millions of children out of a learning crisis. The report, Transforming Educati...
21 March 2022

How kindergarten No. 35 “Freedom” in Stara Zagora includes children

In 2021, 30 kindergartens from the districts of Burgas, Sliven and Stara Zagora appointed 44 new specialists – psychologists, speech therapists, resource teachers – to work with children with disabilities and learning difficulties as part of the European Child Guarantee Pilot Project in Bulgaria . The project is f...
07 March 2022

Un/Equal Childhood: Deep Dive in Child Poverty and Social Exclusion in Bulgaria

Highlights UNICEF ECARO has been working since July 2020 with national and local governments from seven EU Member States (Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, and Spain) and key national and local stakeholders in these countries. Part of this support has included the development of 'policy deep di...
18 February 2022

Mobile Teams bring social services home

A total of 1,638 children and 1,223 parents from marginalized communities have received social service coverage in the period from April to December 2021 from 7 mobile teams supporting disadvantaged communities. The teams were established within the European Child Guarantee Pilot Project in Bulgaria, which is fund...
18 February 2022

Let’s study together: supporting educational inclusion of Roma children

- Do you like to study?! - YEEES! - Are we going to study together again? - YEEES! Some thirty children between the ages of 5 and 12 shout out loud joyously, showing what they have written, coloured, drawn and learned today. They have gathered in a small cafe in the Grancharya area near the town of Tsarevo, lo...
24 November 2021

Working together as a Team for Alex

EU Child Guarantee In the glare of the Bulgarian sunshine 5 year old Alex walks alongside his mother on their way to the beach. Alex looks like any 5 year old might, curious and playful, sometimes running ahead of his mother as they make their way along the pier between the umbrellas laid out for today’s sunbathe...
22 October 2021

Christina de Bruin: Bulgaria can become a leader in addressing child poverty and social exclusionане

EU Child Guarantee “The European Child Guarantee is a comprehensive initiative with the potential to overcome obstacles to the social inclusion of the most disadvantaged children in the European Union. As one of the seven pilot member states implementing a European Child Guarantee pilot programme, Bulgaria can bec...
26 July 2021

Humans of the EU Child Guarantee

#HumansoftheEUChildGuarantee, Европейска гаранция за детето - лога на ЕС, УНИЦЕФ и гербът на Р България #HumansoftheEUChildGuarantee, they are the children, young people and their families. They are professionals, teachers, social workers and all the people behind #EUChildGuarantee who work tirelessly to guarantee...
09 October 2020

European Commission and UNICEF launch pilot programme in 7 Member States to break the cycle of child poverty and social exclusion

BRUSSELS/GENEVA, 8 October 2020, – The European Commission and UNICEF today announced the start of a pilot programme to address the issue of child poverty. The “Child Guarantee” pilot programme, to be implemented in seven Member States, will undertake innovative approaches for prioritizing children in national budgets and planning processes to tackle child poverty and social…, Background, As families, societies, and governments around the world ...
26 May 2020

Education for Every Child

The Challenge, Children with disabilities continue to be the most excluded from education. The COVID-19 pandemic has made the situation even more complicated. Estimations by the Regional Inclusive Education Support Centers show that one in five children with disabilities does not receive additional support. Thus, ...