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The magic in our Children’s House continues!   Today we wrote another wonderful story – another little boy found his family, and with this we proved that there are no impossible things in this world when there is great love, hard work and good care!   Now we will immerse you in the path that this little one took to find his happiness! Marty came to us a year ago when he was only three months old –  motionless, without physical activity, with a wandering, gloomy look. We knew that something was wrong and immediately initiated consultations with doctors starting with the children’s general pediatrician Dr. Stancheva.   On her recommendation, we did a number of tests that showed slight deviations in Marty’s motor activity and the need for rehabilitation. We started immediately – organized three physiotherapy procedures at the Hospital for the Treatment of Cerebral Palsy “St. Sophia”, electrical stimulation of the legs and spine and medical rehabilitation, each for 10 days.   We learned by watching the procedures so the team in Children’s house could continued to do stimulating exercises and games with the child. Marty progressed very quickly, becoming more lively and dynamic with each passing day, curious about everything around him.   He became a wonderfully healthy and smiling child, with eyes shining with love. Very smart and curious, our little researcher carefully started to examine each toy with undisguised curiosity, to enjoy and play with all the other children as they became a stimulus for his development. Despite the huge lag in his development when Marty came to us a year ago, the miracle happened! About ten days ago Marty made his first step and immediately started walking! He also said the sweetest words in the world – mom and dad.   The good fairy fulfilled this little boy’s dream and sent him a real mom and dad, who loved him from the first moment they spent together and could not wait for the next day to visit! Finally, the most wonderful day has come – Marty left the Children’s House to go to his real home with his mom and dad! We believe that he will boldly and confidently continue his happy journey through life surrounded by the love and care of his adoptive family.   We all cried but with happy tears and joy because this child was a great challenge through which we proved that good care and great love have the power to heal not only the emotional but also the physical pain in a child!   We wish him to walk more and more confidently towards happiness, and miracles to continue to accompany his life! We love you, Marty!   Snezhanka Atanasova, caregiver at the Children’s…

Tsvetana and Angel are foster parents since 2016, after undergoing a successful education program in “For our children” Foundation. Just prior to Christmas, they welcomed home their first foster child, Kaloyan – a charming boy, thirsty for the love, which Tsveta and Angel have in bulk. Two years later, they adopted Kaloyan and he became forever part of their family.   Tsvetana and Angel continue their mission to give love to children who lack family warmth and environment, while they find their real home. Thus, in the end of 2018, the one-year-old, Silviya, entered their family – weak, visibly malnourished and neglected, with burn scars on her body, without even one of the mandatory health immunizations for a child her age.   Thus, the young family embarked on a tough journey of recovery for the little girl, hopeful to erase the scars left in her soul and to catch up with and stimulate further her healthy development. Their first step was to assign her to a general practitioner, who would perform all the missing immunizations. Not long after, Silviya started to smile more often, returned her appetite and started gaining weight. These positive results motivated further Tsveta and Angel to continue with their efforts and care for the little girl’s health, development, and socialization. They praise her for every little effort or new learning. With each day passing, she becomes more independent – she picks up her clothes, dresses up, sorts her toys and eats independently. She also established a close connection with the family pets, playing with the dog and feeding the parrot. She likes music and dancing, enjoys being praised, and, as every child, loves the hugs from her foster parents and brother.   Together with the support from our foundation, Tsveta and Angel organize walks in nature, trips and children events, which turns Silviya into a curious, friendly, and happy little girl. A girl, who awaits her loving mother and father, so she too could grow up in the warmth and safety of a loving family.   “There is nothing more important for us than to support this little girl in the process of developing the necessary abilities, which would lead her into living an independent life of a successful adult. We truly believe that foster care is a cause, which gives children the opportunity to experience a family environment full of love and understanding, until they find their real home.”                                                                                                                                    Tsvetana and Angel…

Grandma Plamena is the glue that holds her family together. She is a retiree with too many responsibilities for a person her age. After another consecutive challenge on her way, she came into contact with our foundation. This is her story:   “My 22 years old daughter is a single mom of 3, pregnant with a girl. In the care of the children, she depends solely on me and my husband, who, unfortunately, lost his job during the pandemic. We two are the only ones working in the family. Few days prior to the birth of my granddaughter, Dalia, something unexpected happened – as one of the children imitated a cartoon dragon, the house got on fire. All things we prepared to help us welcoming the new family member, as well as everything else we had for the other 3 children, was lost in the fire. We can’t manage alone, please help us.”   We acted immediately and included the family in our “family support program” to ensure coverage of their basic needs, as well as to prevent them from giving the child for adoption. We provided the family with a trolley, clothes, pampers and other basic stuff. But the most important thing was to work for rebuilding the balance and recreating a happy family environment.   So we prepared a program oriented towards the psychological needs of the family – to support grandma Plamena with her difficulties and to ease the communication with her daughter, as well as to help the children process their emotions. We started working with her daughter, Dilyana, too, with the aim to increase her independence and understanding towards her responsibilities as a mother, to reduce the stress she was experiencing, which also has an influence on her children, and to increase her motivation to find and start a job as soon as possible.   Gradually, we work to improve both Dilyana and Grandma Plamena’s understanding towards the importance of the children growing up in a calm and harmonious family environment. We also spoke about the children’s need to reconnect and establish a healthy relationship with their father, despite Grandma Plamena’s disapproval.   Very often people think that material things are the only things they need, but often the emotional support is what makes them strong and united. As a result of our combined efforts and meetings that continue also today, the glue of the family, Grandma Plamena, is more confident, calm, and motivated to make the necessary change, which would bring peace, safety, and harmony for the children.   Thanks to our foundation’s support and covering the family’s basic needs, today they face these challenging times easier and even manage to cover part of their accumulated debt….

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