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Who emphasis ontheecumenism; tional level; interna and national a on interests their fend pacity building; the organizations of thenetwork; among experience of exchange and tion increasing the effectiveness of the social work; tures; struc local their and organizations member of What – Caritas Ruse, Caritas Sofia, Vitania. national organizations from all over the world; the which unites more than 162 a confederation of the charitable organizations of service for thecommon good; necessityand ofmeaning standing the of doing associates and volunteers, who share the under pose of theCatholic ChurchinBulgaria; need; in people the support to willingness on based Partoftheworld family Caritas Internationalis – ideas andprinciples commonby united People European Reintegration Support Organizations (ERSO) Christian Organizations Against Trafficking Network (COATNET) Social policies Platform National Council on Social Inclusion Issues at the Council of Ministers Bulgarian Platform for International Development Bulgarian Council on Refugees and Migrants Caritas Internationalis Lobby before the state and external donors. Cooperate with other similar organizations with de and organizations network our Represent ca their in organizations member our Support cooperation,dialogue,coordina the Encourage Provide information for the network with a view of network our through need in people the Help Diocesan Catholic organizations federation of A Association of like-minded people – employees, pur public for organization Non-governmental we are we do ------

What What ourprinciples are ness of God, and in which there is no discrimina like and image the in created man, of dignity generations; and faith, in the name of the welfare of the future alland where every creature is treated with love the world; of part useful a like feel to strength and hope find ones, oppressed and poor extremely rity organizations. means of resolvingconflicts; responsibility the to helpthemselves; up take to them stimulate to and tivities my of allactivitiesonalocallevel; hind theinterest of thecommunity; gender and politicalaffiliation; religious, ethnical, racial, of gardless upon. justice,peace, freedom, truth and solidarity reign tion, violence, intolerance andpoverty; opsin rcniito ad ilge as dialogue and reconciliation Compassion, ac social the in people needy the involve To autono the torespect Subsidiarity entails wich be stays interestSolidarity personal the where re dignity human of inviolability and Respect Collaborationhumanitarianotherchawithand Living Living reality in which all people, especially the Worldwhich reflects the Kingdom of God, where the is thing important most the where Society Life in which the goods of the Earth are shared by we want toachieve ------­ activities and initiatives. Thank you for each piece of love you have given in service to others! in need that our organization works with. We thank for the support in the organization of our various We thank to all the volunteers of the God's love. feel them make to wants and people concernedabout always is which Church, the of mission the of according part Gospel, acts is the and selflesslyto neighbour serves his and loves who one The hope.encouragingdignity and human neighbors,their protectingtheir totan,by attention paying May people be more than protectors of their territory, may they be a living icon of the Good Samari laudable contribution to thecommon good. and accurate making in also but emergencies, with dealing in consistonly not does mission This disasters andemergenciesthatthreaten thelivesandsecurity of familiesandentirecommunities. natural severe of cases in dignity their and people protecting for vocation real a Volunteeringis and likeness of God. The volunteers arewitnessesof love, to serveothers. whoopentheirhearts “normality to return to possible everything do and needs our beyond go to us teaches Samaritan Good The great extent onthosepeople whodomorethanwhatistheirresponsibility. a to precisely depend dignity and progress their because long survive not can society and good namely the people who have never been involved in volunteering. Without volunteers, the common was a challenging year also for a big part of the European population, 2011 volunteers! the to thanks better much is world The lives. our sands of voluntary organizations dramatically and invaluably change thou the of activities the and it.efforts for Their receivingpayment countries,other in without servicepeoplesocietyto ing helping and do environment, the protecting clubs, sports hospitals, schools, in time spare their in others of benefit the workfor who Europe in ple and a challenge. A celebration of the commitment of millions of peo The Dear friends, European Year of Volunteering 2011 Volunteering of YearEuropean ” . Our efforts are in service of human dignity, of people who were created in the image the in created were who dignity,people human of of service in are efforts Our . of Caritas Statement ofthePresident Caritas network in Bulgaria for their time and service to people was both a celebration a both was President of Caritas Bulgaria - - - www.caritas-bg.org Bishop Petko Hristov, - annual report 2011 1 annual report 2011 2 Volunteering tas a lot in different areas and aspects and I feel useful to many people and to my family. Today I can say that I'm satisfied with we managed to use what we’ve learned in the most rational way in the parish activity of workshops for volunteers. We learned a lot from the experience and generosity of our colleagues usefuland our work was. We enriched our knowledge through participation in national and international TheSchool of related to children because of my daily work with them at school. of various projects. I myself as a true volunteer was involved in the implementation of many projects activities related to the mission of various in seminarsthroughvolunteers,trained werethe ourselves– city.we Later our in people needythe to food andclothes workdistributionsecondconsisted beginninghandourofin the At ambition and a little uncertainty I decided to devote to this vast work. Live simply - donate more! www.caritas-bg.org Volunteering Volunteering ia Based on this understanding,this on Based both the volunteers andthepaidstaff. of actions, our motivates it attitude, of type a to God's commandment to love one another. As communityofChristian the correspondsit and tity. 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Latin means sionate love, maybe that’s why this name has been chosen for this organization – Caritas, which in Caritas isunderstandingandcompassionate love www.caritas-bg.org s R h cuty n ara. o ta proe a purpose that For abroad. and country the in situations emergency in action timely and of aim The actions by the organization in case of crisis. aimedcarryingat effectiveout appropriateand generally, is Bulgaria strategicmainthe prioritiesof one for why is year.That each with numberscreasing in show earthquakes, winds hurricane floods, avoid.notcanstatisticswe The regarding fires, unfortunately something are disasters Natural Prevention andresponseto emergency situations itu

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and adultswhowork withpeople fromthecommunity regarding theprevention of disasters. ofvolunteers groups ofschool – formation local the tothe related were projectfrom children that activities main the of Some Dolno Ezerovo andithasestablishedgoodcontacts withthelocalauthorities. eral years toLake,neighborhood Bourgas the lackthe lowits ofand there sanitation position. Since sev proximitythe the ofto due has been repeated flooding there years recent In gas. Bur of municipality the in district Ezerovo focused, Dolno was were activities the where settlement, The project started on 1 February the 2011. Bulgaria, In in thoseregions. be extended in more places to envisaged are activities the stage, later a At years. the in repeatedly disasters which had been affected by trates its activities in one location in its respective country, which is in high risk of disasters and emergency.of concencases organization in Each prepared and informed better be to regions Europe”. Togetherwith garia participated as in a participated the partner regional project “Disaster Risk Reduction in Southeast The project is aimed at taking actions for assisting the communities from the different Caritas Caritas has experiencehas providingin foraid humanitarian affected the ofpopulation organizations from ,KosovoAlbania,and Serbia, from organizations - Caritas Bulgaria implemented within the frames of this of frames the within implemented Romania. in located tre, Cen Resource Project the by prepared were materials training and methodology The preven tion. disaster actions for their in nity commu local the of efforts the support to and analysis risk a and assessment an make the by trained were teers volun of groups The Caritas Caritas team to to team Caritas Bul ------

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