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Kalina and Angel - successful Romani people - met with students in Isperihovo
Two meetings with successful Romani people tool place in the community centre “St. Cyril and Methodius” in Insperihovo in September and October. The events are part of activity 7 of project “Overcoming negative societal attitudes based on ethnic identity and cultural identity” whose goal is to mitigate negative societal attitudes based on ethnic identity.
Angel Simeonov was born in Velingrad and later continued his professional realization there as a school psychologist. He is 27 years old and has a bachelor's degree in psychology from Plovdiv University “Paisii Hilendarski”. He has two master’s degrees: one in clinical psychology from the Southwest University "Neofit Rilski" in Blagoevgrad and one in applied psychology from Plovdiv University “Paisii Hilendarski”.
Kalina Vasileva is from Sliven. She has a bachelor’s degree in applied linguistics & English language teaching from New Bulgarian University and a master’s degree in political science from Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski. She has worked as an executive director at Foundation “Equal access”, program coordinator at Trust for Social Achievement in Sofia, English language teacher, and more. At the moment she manages her own consulting agency for human resources management.
The participants in the meetings - 6th graders and 7th graders from primary school “Hristo Botev” in Insperihovo, their parents and teachers - showed a genuine interest in the guests’ stories and asked them a lot of questions. Some of the participants stated they believe that good education is the best road to successful realization and a better life.
The project is funded by Operative Program “Science and Education for Intelligent Growth” co-funded by the European Union through the European Structural and Investment Funds.
Children planted trees in Isperihovo as part of a project
Children from Club “Gradina" together with children from the other clubs, assisted by ten professional gardeners who were hired under the project, planted 32 fruit trees at primary school "Hristo Botev", Isperihovo. Before they planted the trees, a meeting was held at the gym between the children, teachers, other project participants, and the mayor of Bratsigovo, Nadezhda Kazakova.
The event is part of Project “Pilot model for socio-economic and educational integration of vulnerable groups in Bratsigovo Municipality”, Contract BG05M9OP001-2.018-0030-2014BG05M2OP001-C01, funded by Operational Programme "Science and education for smart growth”, co-funded by the European Union through the European structural and investment funds.