2010 – European year to combat poverty and social exclusion
Another year of “combating poverty and social exclusion” is over, though on European level this time. So what? The never ending isolation, caring, misery and DEPENDECE were the major features of the disabled people’ lives in Bulgaria.
Read MoreAn evaluation of the Assistant for independent living service
Students from Sofia University conducted a thorough evaluation of the ‘Assistant for Independent Living’ service provided by the municipality of Sofia. The evaluation was part of a project implemented by the Centre for Independent Living in partnership with the Department of Sociology of the Sofia University and funded by the Trust for Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe.
Read MoreDisability rights workshop
The Center for Independent Living starts a new project, which will be implemented in partnership with the Department of Sociology of the Sofia University and is funded by the Trust for Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe. The project will involve university students in various activities aimed at the promotion of the social model of disability.
Read MoreTraining as vehicle to employment
Since the beginning of 2007 Center for Independent Living – Sofia received funding from the Bulgarian Ministry of Finances under PHARE 2005 programme “Civil Society Development” for promotion activities of the results achieved by the international project as well as for building a national network of employers who would accommodate disabled people in their trainee- and internship programmes.
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