Summer Camps
Star of Hope has been organizing summer camps since 2003.
The camps include mainly children from the two social institutions, supported by Star of Hope, in Roman and Dolno Draglishte, as well as children at risk from Strumjani Municipality.
The summer camps provide a welcome relief from the everyday hardships and an opportunity for underprivileged children to mix with others, learning social and communicational skills, developing positive relationships and building confidence and self-esteem. The children enjoy taking part in the variety of activities we offer them during our camps: games, swimming pool, drama, art and crafts, sports, fellowship and various discussions.
By integrating children from different groups we seek to break down prejudice, intolerance and self-interest, promoting greater care and responsibility for each other. Encouraging friendship, cooperation and awareness of each other’s needs opens channels of valuable dialogues. By inviting volunteers from other countries we provide an opportunity for the children to explore different cultures and to enlarge their horizon.
During the summer of 2010 we held a summer camp in Separeva Banya for 29 underprivileged teenagers from
Sofia and
Strumjani.
Besides going to the mountain, to the swimming pool, etc., we organized educational programs. We showed two movies on Smoking
and Abortions. Most of the teenagers needed counseling and support.
Here’s part of the feedback we received from the
participants in the camp:
- “I can’t imagine my life without you – my friends from Star of Hope team. You helped me to gain back my self-confidence and now I feel much better. I will remember this camp but also it will remain as a part of my life. I will always keep you in my heart.”
Kirilka
- “I will always remember this camp. You showed me the better side of life. I don’t want the camp to ever finish.”
Martina
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On October 12th, 2011, Star of Hope organized a visit to the Bulgarian Parliament of the pupils from the Knjaz Boris I Special Needs Vocational Training Boarding School in Sofia.
In September 2011, Vessy and Veronika started their studies in the Filaretova Medical College in Sofia. The girls are part of our Future & Hope Programme – Half-way Houses for vulnerable young people.
July 14th – 20th, 2011, we held a camp in Sapareva Banya for underprivileged teenagers from Sofia and Strumjani Municipality. The camp had a strong emphasis on Prevention of Antisocial Behaviour.