In the early days of May 1995 Scott and Susan Carpenter and their 11-month-old son Alex moved into a simple two-bedroom apartment right off Vitosha Boulevard, by the National Palace of Culture (NDK), in the Bulgarian capital, Sofia. They had a view of the nearby mountain, also called Vitosha, and would listen to the Bulgarian national anthem every 15 minutes.
“When you study World War II or the communist period, it’s just dry numbers. You can’t have an emotional connection to numbers. But if you can experience what it is like to be toiling away on Belene Island during peak mosquito season, history is less likely to repeat itself.”
Life in 1990s Bulgaria wasn’t easy but made the family fall in love. They are back 30 years later.
Humility, honesty, integrity—these qualities were nurtured in a family of grain entrepreneurs in small-town Ohio.
You can have the greatest rules and regulations and policies, and you can have the most money that you possibly can have, but if you don’t have good people… you won’t see success.
Getting the Basilica ready to tell its story involves a complex choreography of effort involving 48 subcontractors and vendors, and construction work continued apace even as the site received its first high-profile visitors last month.
Imagine you are standing on a wide-open field. The air is crisp; birds are chirping away nearby. Take 36 steps going in a straight line. Stop and turn to the
We are excited about several new partnerships and the expansion of youth programs such as Telerik Academy, with 90 new groups starting in 16 Bulgarian cities and giving hundreds of Bulgarian kids and adolescents the opportunity to learn useful IT skills. The largest one-on-one mentorship program for high school students, ABLE Mentor, will launch in 10 cities and for the first time offer online mentorship as well.
The America for Bulgaria Foundation accepts proposals throughout the year through our Apply for Funding Page. We also proactively approach organizations that are independently identified by our staff and initiate
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