HOME FOR CHILDREN ORPHANAGE in Razliv, Bulgaria 

Peace Corps Volunteer Jacob Agran sent us a second orphanage to match. The Home for Children Orphanage is located in Razliv, Bulgaria. Jacob is willing to serve as intermediary for this home as well. Any club, school or other group willing to help, please contact the Orphan Train at edf@itis.com. We will get you started working with Jacob.

The Home for Children is located in the village of Razliv within the Pravets municipality, Sofia district. It is 56 km north east of Sofia directly off of the Magistral Highway. There 55 children between the ages of 7 and 17 yrs. 15 of which are girls. Of these children, 4 ranging in age from 10 to 13 are in need of more specialized care concerning their development and upbringing. The Staff consists of 17 persons: a director, 7 supervisors (3 who have college pedagogical education and 4 who have higher pedagogical education), an accountant, and administrator/ cashier, a caretaker, a driver/supplier, 2 cooks and 3 cleaners. Mr. Niden Nidenov has been the director of the orphanage since January 02, 1998.

Needs

Adjacent to this orphanage is a small school that serves to educate these children and has many needs itself.  These children are being educated without textbooks, notebooks, pens, paper - absolutely nothing that we take for granted . There is a need there for 96 4' lights to completely fill the fixtures in the school alone. Another great need here is for Maps.  There are simply no maps or other guides to the world at large. Concerning the home, as with almost all of these places there is a constant need for quality food and clothing of all types. Other needs varying are:

· Financial aid for providing cultural and creative standard s for the children (photos, painting activities, cameras, an audio system, amusing games, sports facilities, etc)
· Construction of a central heating system $20,000
· Repairing the central front part of the roof
· Buying a mobile minibus for transportation need (picking up supplies along with culture activities
· Financial aid for providing children's long-lasting summer leisure
· Employing a psychologist, according to Regulations
· Equipping a medical room
· Providing gas for the minibus
· Installing a computer system for administrative service