Detski Knigi Foundation

Detski Knigi Foundation is a non-governmental organisation, aiming to develop a literate future generation through raising the reading abilities of the children in Bulgaria. The foundation consists of a Council as decision-making body and an Executive Director. The staff consists of 20 people, who are volunteers. The organisation is a member of the National Network for Children. In the previous year we had a budget of around 5 000 EUR. The funds come from contest fees from the Bulgarian publishers, as well as from economical activities like marketing campaigns. sponsorships and trade. For the next year we expect to receive grants for different planned activities in the field of education and literacy for around 10 000 EUR. We aim to raise the reading abilities of the children through different national reading campaigns. One of them is called Reading Relay and it is suitable for children aged 6-13 years. The other special campaign is the Magic Pearl Award - the only literary award in Bulgaria, in which every Bulgarian child aged 6-15 can vote for a favourite book. We also have special campaigns to promote young adult books, dealing with the problems of the teenagers, as well as literary clubs for children, book games and events. We are also trying to change the attitude of the parents, teachers, librarians against reading interests of the children and we take part in different seminars as lectors. Our main partners include the Ministry of Education, the Alliance of the municipalities, Bulgarian Library and Information Association, Bulgarian book Association, many schools and libraries around the country.