Student programYoung people from the Agapedia Children's Center who graduate from school with particularly good grades and are admitted to university receive financial support from Agapedia. Jana, for example, was able to successfully complete a degree in pharmacy after coming to the Agapedia Children's Center in Sofia from the state orphanage and graduating from high school with the support of our social workers. Through...
Foster family programThrough our foster family program, we trained Bulgarian foster families and the foster parents were prepared to take in a child in a three-month course. This enabled abandoned children to grow up in a family of their own and actively helped to close the large, inhumane state orphanages.Twice a year, the foster parents and their children were invited to a training camp with...
Plovdiv Children's CenterIn 2008, the Agapedia Children's Center was established in Plovdiv and has since been regularly visited by social orphans from a state children's home in the immediate vicinity. Here they receive special afternoon activities such as cooking classes, computer courses, homework supervision, creative workshops and learn general life skills. Above all, the intensive relationship work with our dedicated team of employees motivates and supports the children to...
Children's center in Sofia In our children's center in Sofia, we take in children from state children's homes or problematic families who have been physically and mentally abused. Children between the ages of 6 and 18 live in this family-like facility and are lovingly cared for by our team of staff. The biggest challenge is to rebuild the children's broken trust in adults.