20.12.2011To Chicago and Back
We started our journey in Chicago, where we had the chance to see how different ethnic communities struggle to both integrate as well as preserve their identity. Some of them had a lot of similarities with the Roma. We were able to borrow ideas from them all, which we will adapt to improve our work in Bulgaria.
Back to Mother Earth
Our first meeting was with Dr. Alaka Wali from the Field Museum (http://www.fieldmuseum.org/) in Chicago who acquainted us with the experience of the Peruvian organization ARAA/CHOBA-CHOBA. They try to incorporate and connect community values with...
19.12.2011“Let’s clean around us”
The community moderators from the Center for Community Development – Byala Slatina initiated cleaning of the park which is situated in the Roma neighborhood of the town. “Let’s clean around us” operation was held on December 15 and was carried out by Roma children and youth as well as passers-by who joined with enthusiastically in the cleaning. They didn’t leave until the cleaning was completed. To conduct this campaign Center for Interethnic Dialogue and Tolerance \"Amalipe\" Veliko Tarnovo provided gloves, garbage-...
18.12.2011International Children’s Center: “250 % is the increase of newly diagnosed with HIV in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA)”. Training-Of-Trainers on sexual and reproductive health services for most-at-risk adolescents and young people took place in Ank
The number of newly diagnosed with HIV in EECA went up with 250 % said Prof. Tomris Turmen – a Chairman of International Children’s Center (ICC). She shared this data during a Training-Of-Trainerscourse on providing comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services for most-at-risk adolescents and young people that took place at ICC in Bilkent University of Ankara, Turkey from 8th to 14th of December 2011.
Center Amalipe was represented by Momchil Baev who works on the issues of sexual and reproductive health (SRH), quality of service providing targeting...
13.12.2011Training on preparation of the project proposals under OPRHR
On 09th , 10th and 11th of December 2011, in the resort place "Bryasta" near Veliko Tarnovo was held a training seminar on "Preparation of Project Proposals for Educational Integration under OP HRD." The training was organized on the initiative of CIDT "AMALIPE" - Veliko Tarnovo and "Open Society" Institute - Sofia in relation to the announced program grant schemes BG051PO001-4.1.05 "Educational Integration of Children and Pupils from Ethnic Minorities' and BG051PO001-4.1.06 "Reintegration of school dropouts in the educational system."
The seminar started...
12.12.2011The number of HIV positive people in Bulgaria is growing is every year
Two new HIV positive patients are registered this year in Veliko Tarnovo Region
The number of registered HIV positive people in Bulgaria has grown up to 1438 as of November 13th, 2011. On November 30th the Ministry of health issued annual data on the prevalence of HIV infection in Bulgaria. According to the National Programme for Prevention and Control of HIV / AIDS of the Ministry of Health the number of newly registered HIV positive since the beginning of 2011 is 166 persons – 135 of them are men and 31 are women, i.e. number of newly registered men is almost...
