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"ABF helped me…

Create a modern biotechnology

laboratory. Now science

students develop innovative

projects."

Rositsa Tropcheva

Lab Director, CASI
Sofia University

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"ABF helped me…

Find a great team and start a

business. Now Escreo supplies

whiteboard paint to the world."

Iskren Mitev

ESCREO

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"ABF helped me…

Restore over 2,200 sq.m. of

Roman mosaics. The Basilica will

attract more tourism to Plovdiv."

Elena Kantareva

Mosaic Restorer,
Bishop’s Basilica of Philippopolis

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"ABF helped me…

Gain knowledge and skills to

start my business. Now I have

a banitsa shop and hundreds

of clients."

Iliyan Asenov

Bakery Owner

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"ABF helped me…

Revive nine villages in the

Devetaki Plateau. Now tourists

are 10 times more than

10 years ago."

Iva Taralezhkova

Devetaki Plateau Association Founder

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"ABF helped me…

Modernize our school. Now all

our 800 students are eager

to study."

Ivan Stoyanov

Principal, Hristo Botev School Karnobat

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"ABF helped me…

Learn to run a business and find

a mentor. At age 16, I launched

my clothing business."

Moryana Filipova

Clothing Designer

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"ABF helped us…

Improve beef breeding at our

family farm. Our six stores in

the Pazardzhik region sell

top-quality beef."

Alexandra and Ivan Stoyanov

Farmers

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"ABF helped me…

Ignite children’s interest in

science. Now children are

eager to learn more."

Philip Dandolov

Muzeiko Educator

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"ABF helped me…

Enter the world of information

technologies. At 19 I started my

IT career at a leading company."

Irina Hristova

Software Engineer, Telerik Academy

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"ABF helped us…

Be brave and follow our dreams.

Now we have independent

journalism in Plovdiv."

Ivaylo Dernev and Dimitar Semkov

Journalists, Pod Tepeto

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American
optimism
meets
Bulgarian
potential

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