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Roma Day Camp 2008 - Plovdiv
The 3rd Annual Roma Day Camp for the Naiden Gerov Schools will allow students to interact with people from various backgrounds, acquire life skills education, and the opportunity to be active and creative. During a span of 3 weeks, 80 students,...
Camp GLOW 2008
The goals of Camp GLOW (Girls Leading Our World) are to: increase young Bulgarian women’s civic engagement; to foster young women’s self esteem, leadership skills, communication skills, goal-setting and decision making abilities; and...
Roma Leadership Camp 2008
The 2008 camp “Zaedno Napred” (“Forward Together”) will unite 40 Roma high school students, 8 Roma youth leaders who participated in last year’s camp, and influential community members of Roma origin to share...
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Roma Leadership Camp 2008
The 2008 camp “Zaedno Napred” (“Forward Together”) will unite 40 Roma high school students, 8 Roma youth leaders who participated in last year’s camp, and influential community members of Roma origin to share...
Roma Day Camp 2008 - Plovdiv
The 3rd Annual Roma Day Camp for the Naiden Gerov Schools will allow students to interact with people from various backgrounds, acquire life skills education, and the opportunity to be active and creative. During a span of 3 weeks, 80 students,...
Camp GLOW 2008
The goals of Camp GLOW (Girls Leading Our World) are to: increase young Bulgarian women’s civic engagement; to foster young women’s self esteem, leadership skills, communication skills, goal-setting and decision making abilities; and...
Camp "Forward Together" 2007
Camp Zaedno Napred (Together Forward) began in 2000 as a way for motivated Roma youth from throughout Bulgaria to build leadership skills, self-esteem, and an important support network. Since that time, over 200 Roma youth have participated in the camp. Many of these youth have gone on to start youth groups of their own, further their education, and to become more active members of their community. This summer, Foundation Napredak, a Bulgarian NGO that facilitates the camp, looks to do much of the same, selecting 40 Roma youth to participate in the eight day event. Also, eight former campers will return as leaders, giving them the opportunity to take on more responsibility and to give younger campers a role model from their own community.
Camp GLOW 2007
GIRLS LEADING OUR WORLD
Camp GLOW Bulgaria was founded in June, 2000. This week-long camp experience is held each summer in Veliko Turnovo. The camp is conducted with the goals of fostering leadership, teamwork, self-esteem and expanding knowledge of contemporary issues facing young women. Young Bulgarian women ages 14-18 from all communities interested in increasing their confidence and self-awareness,and in building cross-cultural bridges are invited to apply.
Camp GLOW exists primarily through the generosity of our donors and the collaborative efforts of the GLOW NGO, the Open Door Resource Center and American volunteers. Please consider making a donation, which goes directly to funding the camp, allowing the opportunity for 70 young Bulgarian women to participate each summer. With your help, we will be able to ensure that Camp GLOW continues to be a successful program in Bulgaria.
- CASE STUDY
Ogi Ognyan, 20
Shoumen, Bulgaria
Ogi has been a participant and leader in several camps over the last few years. Currently, Ogi is a student at Shoumen University in Bulgaria studying journalism. Read about his experiences and how they have changed his life.
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