St Kozma and Damyn Foundation

National Network
Bulgaria
Address

cherni vruh street26
Veliko Turnovo
Bulgaria

Telephone
+35962652443
E-Mail
stkd@dir.bg
E-Mail (2)
d_vt@mail.bg
Mobile Phone
+359884669156
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
1998
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
General Information
* Structure of the organization: The foundation has a managing board of 4 personsand and is represented by the Executive Director * Number of staff employed and/or partners: 4 employees * Budgetary resources available for 2008: 16 000 EUR * Sources of funding: EC, UNDP, NGO , OSI * Modalities of action: concrete projects, seminars, information campaigns * Main partners involved in the organization's projects/activities: NGO organizations, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, media
Mission and Objectives

to collaborate for the endorsement of democratic values, to work for the protection of human rights and to develop sustainable politics oriented towards the respect of the personality of the individual, a group and the society, to develop social and humanitarian politics in favour of marginalized groups and communities; to endorse the spirit of understanding among the nations and the ethnical groups, to realize programs for the development of intercultural dialogue.

Main Projects / Activities

- prevention of domestic violence
- center for protection of old people`s rights
- teaching social skills to psychiatric patients
- network building, lobbying and intermediation for protection of women, adolescents and children, victims of violence
- The choice is yours - organising of meetings among young people and candidate-mayors in order to increase young people`s social responsibility
- Workshop for development of social skills among hospitalized psychiatric patients
- Social integration of young people with mental problems
- Donative campaigns
- Program social assistant
- Organising and implementing a public forum
- Increasing the level of awareness among the residents of Municipality Elena concerning the aspects of the mental health assistance
- Teaching young people from different ethnical groups and nationalities to work in a team. Overcoming the interethnic conflicts. The role of art in the overcoming of interethnic conflicts
- Forum theatre - means for the development of intercultural dialogue

Contact (1) Full Name
Teodora Getsova
Head of the organisation
Teodora Getsova
Contact (2) Full Name
Maria Todorova