On February 2nd, the official award ceremony for the winners in the 6th Annual Competition for the Best NGO Business Plan was held in Vivacom Art Hall, Sofia. It is organized as part of the NGO Entrepreneurship Program carried out by the Bulgarian Center for Not-for-Profit Law (BCNL) in cooperation with UniCredit Foundation and America for Bulgaria Foundation.
Winners in the competition were each awarded a prize of 7000 BGN:
• Maria’s World Foundation – the prize will be used to develop the catering services and the “Svetove” (“Worlds”) café to support the employment of young people with disabilities.
• “Eyes on Four Paws” Foundation – their idea is to create a hotel for dogs, which provides care for pets in the period when their owners travel. The profits will support the Eyes on Four Paws Foundation’s programs for training guide dogs for blind people.
• “Animus Association” Foundation – the award will be used to open a foodplace “Blaga Baba Blaga”, which will offer home made snacks made by single elderly women or women victims of violence.
• Sea club “Friends of the Sea”, Varna – will develop in a sustainable manner the activities of the social enterprise “Together on board”. It provides vocational training courses in marine specialties “Diver” and “Leader of vessels up to 40 GT at sea”, where 20% of the revenue is invested in similar, but free vocational training courses for young people without parents from poor families and unemployed young people.
• Association “IDEA” will start catering services to enhance the chances for the social tearoom to employ young people growing up in social and economic exclusion.
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