29.03.2006

The successful cooperation between Gavroche and the English organization Oxford aid for the Balkans has been continuing and English students has been spending time at our home.The meetings of English students with the children from Gavroche are full of emotions, warmth, joy and entertainments. The young volunteers are not only a valuable and indispensable part of the Gavroche team in their daily work with children at risk but they also are a contact with foreign cultures, customs, history, language. The result is that many children who have difficulties with Bulgarian language , make easily their first steps in learning the words of Shakespeare. And they are doing very well.Even they help the social workers in their contacts with the foreign students.
The students spent two weeks from 14.03. till 28.03.2006 at the Gavroche home. During that time they went on a trip with the children to Aladja monastery and the Pobitite Kamani.
On March 17, 2006 the Gavroche home was visited by English volunteers via the Donations Forum.The volunteers were 20 sailors from the ship “Saint Albans” of the British Royal Marines.They volunteered to paint the fence of the home and afterwards played games with the children and treated them with sweets and goodies.
On March 17, 2006 the Gavroche home was visited by English volunteers via the Donations Forum.The volunteers were 20 sailors from the ship “Saint Albans” of the British Royal Marines.They volunteered to paint the fence of the home and afterwards played games with the children and treated them with sweets and goodies.

On 16, 17 and 18 March in the Austrian capital Wien an international conference was held with main topic "The needs of homeless women", organized by an initiative of the European commission CATCH, with partners: Malmo Municipality (Sweden); Bologna Municipality (Italy); Non-governmental organization Tokan, based in Manchester, the Salvation army from Wien (Austria), Foundation Why of Vantaa (Finland); NPO ADIGSA (Barcelona); Association Gavroche, Varna (Bulgaria), Association Parella, Turin (Italy); Ark Trust, Edinburgh (Scotland), representatives from Dublin City Council (Ireland) and Lisbon City Counjcil (Portugal). During the conference best practices for support of homeless women were discussed by representatives of different countries and the House for Homeless women in Wien, which is to be opened in the end of this month , was shown.
The conference was opened by Mr. Eduard Albrich from the Federal Ministry of Social Security – coordination of the national plan for combating social exclusion. Mr.Albrich expressed gratitude to Ms. Ulrike Knecht for the good organization of the event and the well-functioning cooperation between the institutions and the non-governmental organizations supporting the homeless.

  On March, 29 and 30, a presentation took place at the Gavroche home and best practices from the conference were presented before representatives from Varna non-governmental organizations providing support to homeless and poor people and help them to overcome social exclusion.