Download the report: The 2019 Civil Society Organization Sustainability Index for Bulgaria.

"For us joining the Program is an honor and a responsibility and we believe that together we will write another page of the social entrepreneurship in Bulgaria and so to be remembered in history," said Milen Gechovski from the Association "Protectors", Montana. The civil society organizations and their social enterprises can provide sustainable solutions – […]

Five of the social enterprises we have supported over the years have faced the risk of closing down and not being able to continue their activities. They also faced increased social expectations – more people who needed their support, and more people for whom that support meant salvation. What we managed to achieve in the […]

The Recovery Program helps civil society organizations and their social enterprises to develop their potential in the new environment caused by the COVID-19 WHY WE NEED A RECOVERY PROGRAM FOR THE SOCIAL ENTERPRISES The declared state of emergency and the restrictive measures imposed due to the spread of COVID-19 have led to a change in […]

Today the Saviors Need Saving! The SAVE the SAVIORS Initiative of Accenture Bulgaria and The Bulgarian Center for Not-for-Profit Law supports several social enterprises to survive the crisis and continue saving! Small businesses which work with the most vulnerable: people with disabilities, young people in difficult situations, single mothers, elderly and others in dire situation.  […]

Bon Appetit Catering of the Maria’s World Foundation Rich and tasty catering, attractive for both the palate and the eye, lately more and more popular for parties and events. Prepared professionally and with touching kindness by people with intellectual disabilities who inhabit the "Maria’s World". All this – before the crisis. It, however, stopped the […]

The Wonderful Garden of the “St. Nicholas the Wonderworker” Foundation Dobrich In this Garden flowers and vegetables are grown. They are being grown by 22 young people with disabilities. There is no other social company in Bulgaria employing that many people with disabilities. This makes it unique. Most of the employed young people are estranged […]

Bookshop with a mission “Hope” of Parallel World Association  Since we put the PJs on we know what is to be a prisoner in your own home. Day after day without a goal, meaning or direction. Could be worst  though – being under quarantine for life because you are a parent of a child with […]

Art Studio Tvorilnica of the Global Initiative on Psychiatry – Sofia Today the state of emergency is for everyone, but it is particularly harsh for people with mental disorders such as the workers in Art Studio Tvorilnica. This are eleven people for whom more than anyone is of the most importance to have secure, clear […]

Bistro “Caristo” of Caritas – Sofia It is located on bul. Hristo Smirnenski 45. It became famous with its original Lebanese cousins – shish tauk, Lebanese kebab… and with its 2 cooks who are refugees from Lebanon. The third person in the kitchen is a Bulgarian woman in vulnerable situation. Caritas opens the Bistro in […]