How long would it take you to paint the ceilings and walls in every room in your house? A month? A year? The painted surfaces in the new Centre are equivalent to 20 houses, and they are all being painted by volunteers, saving an estimated £15,000. Most of the work is being done by the […]
The future Medical Centre is another part of Sofia Baptist Church’s vision. Dr. Antoaneta Todorova (known as Toni) is a redoubtable lady who has already established a medical centre elsewhere and has become known for her robust, no-nonsense medical care of the children on the Church’s summer camps in the mountains. Together with a medical […]
Nikolai has a broken leg but can’t afford treatment. At the age of 60 he is job-less and homeless. Every day he comes to a park near the railway station in Sofia for a cup of soup and some bread. But today is different and exciting: a local bakery called Bella has donated some ‘banitsa’, […]
Sponsored walk to the top of the highest mountain in Wales in aid of the new Social Medical and Training Centre in Sofia We arrived at Pen y Pass soon after 8.00am and were delighted to secure the last five spaces in the hugely popular car-park, consoling ourselves with the thought that the exorbitant […]
Last year we were shocked by the tragic story of young Kinche, a girl from Berkovitsa orphanage befriended by an older man, forced into prostitution and brutally killed. By contrast this year Klavdia, a girl from the same orphanage has started training as a nurse. Sponsorship from supporters in Norway provided Klavdia with extra coaching […]
Sponsored climb to the top of the highest mountain on the Balkans in aid of the new Social Medical and Training Centre in Sofia. Mountains by moon-light, thunderous hail storms, giant goats, sparkling icy streams in flowery meadows, manic mosquitoes and Turkish toilets…what an amazing adventure!
Ivan grew up in the orphanage at Roman, north Bulgaria, but like all residents had to leave at 17. He moved to Sofia and was fortunate to get a job as a kitchen assistant, but was soon made redundant, so risked becoming homeless. Volunteers from the Good Samaritan Foundation had kept in touch with him […]
A great time full of moments to remember indeed. God made it special for the children and for the team that travelled. But let me tell you all about it from the start. The preparation started as early, as the first days of November. We contacted all the institutions we were about to go to. […]
Nicola Ashurst, Geoff Wallis, and eight Bulgarian friends walk to the top of the Balkans We started 4,500 feet above sea-level, higher than Ben Nevis, at the well known ski-resort of Borovets. Our gently sloping path wound upwards through fragrant pines and little meadows ablaze with mauve, pink, yellow and blue wild flowers, and grass […]
Our studies in the last month have gone very well. We keep meeting and having our literacy classes every week. Few of the children are now kept in home to take care of the small ones and help in the house chores, which is something that happens as summer approaches. We regret that very […]