Fibank’s "social responsibility" fund will financially support 6 projects for children deprived of parental care

First investment bank has financially supported 170 children, brought up in social institutions.
Fibank’s "Social responsibility" fund will financially support six socially significant projects for children deprived of parental care. Through the realisation of these projects a total of 170 children from social institutions at the age of 14 to 18 will be given a hand in the process of their re-socialization and professional qualification.

For the last 5 years Workshop for civic initiatives foundation (WCIF) has been a valued partner in the implementation of Fibank’s social programme. The foundation has the responsibility to manage the whole process - from its start through the evaluation of all projects, their realisation and assessment of the results.

The projects that will be supported this year are:

 

  1. "Life skills" - Bulgarian Red Chross, Shumen District;
  2. "Better opportunities for resocialisation and professional qualifaction of children from "Rada Kirkovich"" - social institution - Association for social support "Zakrila", Plovdiv;
  3. "A friend by your side" - Civic association "Alternative 55", Stara Zagora;
  4. "Better perspectives for education and professional qualification of children and youngsters from "Penyo i Mariya Velkovi" social home" - "ZOV" association, Gorna Oryahovitsa;
  5. "A better choice for you" - Regional school teachers and pedagogues association, Burgas;
  6. "Hug me" - "Hug me" association, Sofia

These six projects have been chosen between 26 projects handed in by different organization from the whole country. Signing the contracts with the winning organizations and starting work on the actual projects is the next step of the process, whose main aim is to improve children’s social position and their professional qualification.