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25.07.2015Join the Campaign Together we are better at school ...

 

The national campaign "Together we are better in school ..." has launched. It is organized by schools throughout the country, Center for Interethnic Dialogue and Tolerance "Amalipe" and other NGOs.

 

The campaign aims to bring together Bulgarians and Roma, to support through volunteering the school in their town or village, and to share their memories of school years and their dreams for the school of the future, where children of different ethnicities will learn. This will reduce ethnic tension and will hamper the growth of ethnic conflicts locally. The campaign is supported by the Vice President of the Republic of Bulgaria Mrs. Margarita Popova.

 

The campaign will include well-known journalists, public figures, artists, diplomats.

 

During the first stage of the campaign - till the end of August - will be included more than 20 schools. After the beginning of the school year we expect their number to exceed 100.

 

Join the call for kindness and tolerance! Help with volunteer work schools that educate future of our society: to be better!

 

 

 

Description of the campaign see here

 

Schedule of events until the end of August, see here

 

 

 

Youth video in support of the initiative made by volunteers see at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRQ8-Dp97FQ&feature=youtu.be

 

 

 

The campaign is not a part of a project. It is a spontaneous response to the ethnic tension growing in recent weeks

25.07.2015National campaign 'Together we are better in school ...' is gaining speed...

 

Despite the July heat and holiday period the schools in. Malorad (Vratsa District), Trudovets (Sofia District) and Bohot (Pleven District) kicked up the campaign "Together we are better ... at school" by opening their doors in order to allow representatives of the local community, parents or people who just want to be involved and to donate their voluntary work to create a more welcoming environment. The  aim of the initiative launched by Amalipe and dozens of schools throughout the country, supported by the Vice President of the Republic of Bulgaria Mrs. Margarita Popova, is to bring together Bulgarians and Roma, to support through volunteering the school in their town or village, and to share their memories of school years and their dreams for the school of their children.

The beginning was on July 22, 2015 at School "St. St. Cyril and Methodius". Malorad, Vratsa District. At 8 am the school yard gathered activists from the parent club and the Student Parliament, former and current students, teaching staff. They were joined by Mr. Peter Garvanski - mayor of the village of Malorad Dr. Caesar Penchev and Mr. Tseno Tselovski - councilors and the regional coordinator of the National Children Network - Mrs. Aileen Barsanova and the regional coordinator of "Amalipe" - Mrs Yonka Danova.

In bright colors were painted the new benches for the school yard, which will provide comfort in times for rest of the 200 students of the school. For the youngest students was built a new sandstone. Since autumn children from first to eighth grade will be able to take advantage of the opportunity to conduct lessons outdoors on specially constructed for this pavilion.

All participants were extremely surprised by the hot cakes and Turkish coffee, which Elenka Lily from the staff have prepared. The participants were almost 50 people. The initiative will continue throughout the summer period until the beginning of the school year.

 

 

 

A day later was the turn of School "Anton Strashimirov" - Bohot, Pleven Municipality and school "Lyuben Karavelov" -Trudovets, Municipality of Botevgrad.

 

On 24 July at the initiative of Trudovets was included H.E.Mrs. Vanessa Calvert - Ambassador of the Republic of South Africa, who combined their support for the campaign with a donation of books, which the Embassy of the Republic of South Africa do for the school. The donation was dedicated to the International Day of Nelson Mandela - July 18, when South Africans honor 67 years of service to their former president with 67 minutes charity and social activities. "I'm here for one year and four months and decided that I will devote my 67 minutes to education ... - said Mrs. Calvert.

We will continue our work with organizations such as "Amalipe" which fight against discrimination for building a homogeneous society ... We can be free only when we accept each other and live in harmony ... And education, which I am committed to is the way we can change things and stop discrimination"- said the Ambassador. At the initiative of the school principal Maya Pencheva campaign activities in school "L.Karavelov" were held during the Summer Academy. Mrs. Calvert included in the work of the academy: painting outdoors, modeling, culinary workshop, enjoyed the dances and songs which greeted the guests. And while some of the participants in the initiative plotting a basketball court, H.E. Mrs. Vanessa Calvert joined in painting the school fence, along with parents and students. Mrs Pencheva gladly noted that the school is full of children - future, current and former students, as well as children from other settlements. And what a great testimonial of the attractiveness of a school,that could gather in its yard parents and children out of school year. Maya Pencheva said that volunteering of teachers and parents was a good personal example to children towards a responsible attitude to public life.

 

Primary school "Anton Strashimirov", village of Bohot, Municipality of Pleven, launched the national campaign "Together we are better in school ..." with a round table in school. In support of the campaign the round table was attended by Deyan Kolev, Teodora Krumova from CIDT "Amalipe", Albena Toteva - Head of the Regional Inspectorate of Education Pleven, Ionita Ivanova - Head of "Education and Culture" in Pleven Municipality, Diana Danova - Chairman of the Union of Mathematicians Pleven and councilor, Anton Georgiev - councilor and coowner of Airport "Bohot" Daniela Bachovska - Head of department in RIE Pleven, Tsvetan Kanev - mayor of Bohot, Zhivko Penkov - mayor of Todorovo, Chavdar Velinov - Chairman of Commission on "Culture and religion", many former and current students, teachers, parents. In shared stories, current students of the school were able to immerse themselves in the memories of the former students. "Comrade Shekerov was not only a teacher of geography - said Tsvetan Kanev. - As we listened to him, we had a feeling that he had traveled around the world and had known nearly every country. Now I realize that at that time he could hardly ever had the opportunity to go beyond the borders of Bulgaria. It was important, however, that he taught us to love the world. "The first helping hand was stretched at the very start of the meeting by Mrs. Diana Danova, Chairman of the Union of Mathematicians in Pleven and municipal councilor, who promised by using interesting activities at school - one or two times a week to help children not only to catch up with math in the summer, but also to see that math can be fun as well! So they will be able to make their dream come true - to become pilots - where math is very much needed.

 

The campaign in Bohot will continue until 31 August 2015. In this period, anyone who has the will can contribute with voluntary work or in any other way to the improvement of facilities of the school and the schoolyard.

 

The national campaign continues with the following challenges to those who would like to get involved. The next are school "GS Rakovski" - Goliamo Novo, Targovishte Municipality, which on 27 July at 9 a.m. will launch a Mission "TOGETHER" and will begin repainting the fence of the schoolyard and cleaning vegetation around it and the school "St. Cyril and Methodius", Malorad who on July 29 will continue Tom Soyer activities with the speaker of Panorama Boyko Vassilev. We will be there. What about you?

 

Preliminary schedule of the campaign

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