Bulgarisch-Deutsches Sozialwerk St. Andreas
Bulgarisch-Deutsches Sozialwerk St. Andreas e.V.
Varna, Bulgaria
About
Founded in 1998, Bulgarisch-Deutsches Sozialwerk St. Andreas is a non-governmental organisation based in Varna, Bulgaria working on poverty & hunger, children & youth, education +5 more.
The Bulgarisch-Deutsches Sozialwerk St. Andreas (BDS) is a Christian-motivated association founded in 1998 with its seat in Varna, Bulgaria. It works to relieve existential need and to open education and participation opportunities for disadvantaged people, especially Roma children, young people, families, elderly and people with disabilities. Its work includes child and youth centres in Kitschevo and Burgas, a social station for elderly and sick people in Varna, mobile family and youth work, and a winter soup kitchen. It is supported mainly by German member foundations, a German friends' association (Freundeskreis des BDS e.V., Meckenbeuren-Liebenau), grants and individual donations.
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Kinderzentrum Kitschevo (Glaube, Hoffnung und Liebe)
Children & Youth · Bulgaria
Child and youth centre in Kitschevo near Varna for around 75 children and young people, mostly Roma and Bulgarian, with a boarding facility and early-years support.
Kinderzentrum Roncalli
Children & Youth · Bulgaria
Child and youth centre in Burgas, run in partnership with Caritas and other trustees, housing around 15 young people, some with intellectual disabilities.
Sozialstation Varna
Elderly care · Bulgaria
Social station in Varna and nearby villages providing warm meals, food and nursing and care support to around 100 needy, mainly elderly and sick people.
Wunschclub
Elderly care · Bulgaria
Meeting point for elderly people with disabilities or illness, run by the social station.
Mobile Familienarbeit
Community development · Bulgaria
Mobile family support work helping families in existential need keep their children at home, later extended to homeless people and those at risk of homelessness.
Essen im Winter (Suppenküche)
Poverty & Hunger · Bulgaria
Winter soup kitchen providing a hot meal daily during the coldest four months to people in need selected with the municipality, in Varna.
STEP IN
Education · Bulgaria
EU-funded supplementary education project for the integration of young Roma, introduced at a school in Varna.
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Stiftung Liebenau, Verein Sauchastie, Caritasverband für das Bistum Magdeburg, Stiftung st. franziskus heiligenbronn, Baden-Württemberg Stiftung, Aktion Mensch, Rotary Club Wangen-Isny-Leutkirch, Stadt Varna, Internationale Gesellschaft für Mobile Jugendarbeit, BNP Paribas
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