
Ivanka Shalapatova
“My professional experience has been related with For Our Children Foundation since 1997 when I began working for the British charity organization “European Children’s Trust” as Administrative Assistant. A year later I became Project Coordinator and I started to manage two teams. Following a selection procedure in 2000, I was appointed a Director of the British organization. After its withdraw, I took the management of the independent Bulgarian non-government organization For Our Children Foundation, which inherited the resources of its British founders.
Together with my team we went through many significant changes in the organization, but we never lost the focus of our work – children`s rights.
Along with my main professional cause – the sustainable and responsible development of For Our Children Foundation, I developed my competences and experience in the work in networks abroad. I have participated in the management of three networks – in SEECRAN – South-East Europe, IFCO – specialized in foster care work and NGO Group for the CRC, which unites organizations from all over the world, working on the application of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. In these networks I developed my apprehension of managing complicated processes for lobbying and advocacy of children rights in an international and intercultural context, as well as for the provision of publicity and qualified financial management and sustainability.
I am a straightforward and open-hearted person. I deeply believe in the beauty and good in life, I like the harmony and music. My optimism and self-will are the main reasons for the success in my life. I am a mother of two wonderful boys.
The strongest motive for my work are the sparkling with joy eyes of the children and their shining faces when they feel loved.”
Board of Trustees

Aneliya Dimova
Aneliya Dimova

Gergana Ivanova
Gergana Ivanova

Dr. Metodiya Chadikovski
Dr. Metodiya Chadikovski

Kapka Stoykova
Kapka Stoykova

Silviya Tsanova
Silviya Tsanova

Plamen Sivov

Mariana Taseva
Projects and Advocacy

Vanya Kuneva

Dimitar Ivanchev

Savelina Rusinova

Mila Tashkova

Dobroslava Stoilova
Organizational development

Tsvetelina Bondeva

Viktoria Petrova
Communication and social responsibility

Lyuba Spirieva

Dilyana Maneva

Antoniya Popova

Dobrina Kisova

Svetlana Todorova

Vasilena Naydenova

Ana-Michaela Turneva

Gergana Pavlova
Finance and Accounting

Galya Negrova

Alena Nikolova

Nikolay Petkov

Gergana Petkova
Statistics and analysis

Aleksandra Ilieva

Kremena Hristova

Polina Dimitrova
Quality systems in Socially integrated services

Vera Kolesheva
Human resources and Administration

Yulia Ushovska

Tsvetelina Mihailova - Bornosuzova

Miroslava Balashova

Maya Vasileva- Danova

Radoslav Nikolov

Eliana Vidinova

Stefani Stoyanova

Anelyia Stanoeva

Polina Dimitrova

Stoyan Stoyanov

Slaveya Hadzhieva
Social Services Centers
Community Support Centre “For children and parents”-Plovdiv

Mariyana Kostadinova

Mariya Madarova

Elena Panayotova

Maria Urilska

Stela Aleksandrova

Polina Tonina

Margarita Cherneva

Tsvetelina Ganeva

Sibila Slavcheva

Mariana Rancheva

Atanaska Toneva

Stoyan Nikolov

Petur Kozhuharov

Tanya Ivanova

Maya Cholakova
Foster Care Centre

Denitsa Klimova

Yoana Angelova-Stoqnova

Diana Rinkova

Diana Petrova
Community Support Centre “St. Sofia”

Kiril Kirilov

Desislava Ilieva

Petya Uzunova

Raya Tsvetanova

Petya Yanachkova

Gabriela Todorova

Ivanka Ivanova

Alexandra Yanakieva

Desislava Stoyanova

Desislava Petkova
Community Support Centre “Happy childhood”

Katerina Kovacheva

Vyara Panayotova

Margarita Halachliyska

Niya Lyutakova
Day care center “Growth”

Aksinia Georgieva

Hristina Hristova

Mihaela Arnaudova

Keti Lazarova

Yovka Petrova

Ana Mariya Petkova

Anna Petkova

Vesela Tujrkchieva
Children’s House

Mariana Sokolova

Korneliya Donova

Rositsa Grigorova

Emiliya Vucheva

Snejanka Atanasova

Gergana Tzekova

Yanka Markova

Viktoriya Valentinova

Mariela Gigova
Colleagues on maternity leave

Ekaterina Dureva

Nadya Tabakova
