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A fourth edition of the United With Ukraine job fair took place on April 9 at Varna’s Palace of Culture and Sports, where tens of American and Bulgarian employers gathered to meet with refugees from Ukraine residing in the port city.

The America for Bulgaria Foundation is launching a new fellowship program in journalism titled Media E:Volution. Over nine months, fellows will have the opportunity to work at two Bulgarian media organizations, gaining professional experience and engaging in an exchange of ideas.

The America for Bulgaria Foundation will fund 20 projects for the development of rural tourism as part of its Developing Agritourism in Northern Bulgaria request for proposals (RFP). The RFP attracted considerable interest, with a total of 356 submitted applications.

Daycare for children aged 4–12 years, placement for high school and university students, transportation from the border, orientation and translation, assistance with finding accommodation, and career events are just a few of the services partnering organizations provide.

US and Bulgarian partners have united to provide emergency assistance to individuals and families displaced from Ukraine by the war and in need of support. This #UnitedWithUkraine platform for assistance will be updated regularly and contribute to Bulgaria’s overall humanitarian efforts for Ukraine. See the video address for the March 10 platform launch.

A total of 76 ideas took shape at the Teenovator Ideas Weekend 2022 in January, all of them showing considerable creativity and promise. Not only do they attempt to tackle challenges in novel ways, but also three out of every four projects employ new technologies to resolve a problem.

The America for Bulgaria Foundation announces a request for proposals (RFP) for the development of rural tourism in Northern Bulgaria. The RFP is held in partnership with the Embassy of Italy in Bulgaria, the Italian Trade and Investment Agency, LocalFood.bg/Pendara Foundation, Devetaki Plateau Association, and Traventuria.

Bulgarian journalist and Anticorruption Fund cofounder Nikolay Staykov received a 2021 Anticorruption Champions Award from the United States Department of State.

The sixteenth edition of the annual Corporate Donor Competition of the Bulgarian Donors Forum honored socially engaged companies that were most actively involved in the COVID-19 response and in the efforts to resolve the healthcare and social problems deepened by the pandemic.