Afterschool Program for Children at Risk

Unfortunately, the Covid crisis continues to affect the school learning process this school year as wellexacerbating the knowledge gaps of the children attending our program. In order to be of maximum use to them in recent months, we have continued to help them by focusing on the most important skills they need to acquire in order to be successful in the future. Some of the older students needed help to improve their skills in writing essays on various topics related to civic education. Another group had difficulty with English, especially when they had to attend school online. In addition to helping the children with homework we provided further opportunities for them to develop their English language skills. Our volunteer from India meets with them once a week to talk and play educational games prepared by her.
We also provided materials to some children to help them develop their student projects.

The fourth school year has started, during which our project will continue to provide educational support to children at risk. During the summer months we were happy to have face-to-face classes with our students again, after another lockdown. We are currently preparing individual plans to support the children and young people included in our program. Some of them, along with their desire to improve their language skills in Bulgarian, want to learn English. They are especially enthusiastic after the first meetings with our new volunteer from India. The children in our program are becoming more and more curious about other cultures. The creative workshops we do periodically bring together children from Bulgaria, Syria, Afghanistan and Iran. In this way, children are motivated to learn languages and be tolerant of each other. During the summer months, for a second year in a row, the children learned how to ride horses and take care of them as well as curious details about these animals.