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Child Sponsorship Background from Trjavna, Bulgaria — Sponsor a child in Bulgaria — SOS Children

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SOS Children has been working hard to improve the lot of orphaned children in Eastern Europe since the Seventies although it was only in the eighties that our first Village offered Family based care in the Czech Republic. Since then a large number have spread across Eastern Europe offering hope for... … more about our charity work in Europe

Child Sponsorship Background from Trjavna, Bulgaria

Mar 26, 2010 03:55 PM
Report from Tryavna, Bulgaria

A look at the projects run by SOS Children for orphaned and abandoned children in Trjavna, Bulgaria, and an overview of the surrounding area.

SOS Children's Village Trjavna

The site of the SOS Children's Village, which was put at the disposal of SOS by the municipality, is situated on a slope with a beautiful view of the town. The infrastructure of the surrounding area is excellent: there are good schools, nursery schools and a hospital in the immediate vicinity of the SOS Children's Village. The SOS Children's Village Trjavna was officially opened in October 1993.

The SOS Children's Village Trjavna comprises twelve family houses (with an capacity for up to 84 children), a community building, a workshop and a garage, an administration and service area as well as houses for the village director and the SOS aunts (who support the SOS mothers and take care of the children when the mothers are on leave). A sports and playground has also been laid out.

Other SOS Projects in Trjavna

Since 1999, there is also an SOS Youth Home in Veliko Tarnovo about 30 kilometres from Trajvna, where up to forty young people from the SOS Children's Village stay during their vocational training or higher education in order to be prepared for life outside the SOS Children's Village.

Background to Trjavna

Trjavna is a town in central Bulgaria, situated in the northern slopes of the Balkan range, on the Tryavna river valley, near Gabrovo.  It is roughly 250km east from the capital of Sofia.  It is famous for its textile industry.