Our stories

I want to start my life all over again…

 With the support of UNICEF, the frontline workers of the Council of Refugee Women in Bulgaria help women and children, survivors of violence find…View moreПовече

Life-saving support during a pandemic

 UNICEF and the Council of Refugee Women in Bulgaria support a vulnerable woman, victim of violence and her child Тhe Council of Refugee Women in…View moreПовече

Life is too short to focus on one thing... You can accomplish anything you dream of

 Looking beyond Labels to Unveil Women’s Enormous Potentials Can you have all your dreams fulfilled? Silsila – a young powerful woman – proves there…View moreПовече

An Afghan family overcomes one stumbling block, only to find another

 Refugees’ lifelong journey of ups and downs manifests with severe long-term repercussions for their children Jamila*, age 4, has had to cope with so…View moreПовече

Refugees and migrants face new challenges in Bulgaria during the COVID-19 pandemic

 The team of the Council of Refugee Women in Bulgaria stood at the frontline to reduce the burden of the health crisis upon the refugee and migrant…View moreПовече

The dangerous route to better education

 Nedin (17) and Salima (16) arrive in Bulgaria in November 2016 and together with their mother, three sisters and three brothers are accommodated in…View moreПовече

A chance for a second life

 Aya (4) arrives with her mother and two brothers in Bulgaria in the summer of 2016. For almost 9 months they live in one of the Registration and…View moreПовече

Escape route from the park

 Karim, (33 years old), his wife Java, (27 years old) and their two sons Hadi (5 years old) and Hamdi (3 years old) were accommodated in one of the…View moreПовече

American Student Yana Lazarova - Weng with a Donation Campaign for Children - Refugees in Bulgaria

 Her name is Yana Lazarova-Weng and she is from Boston, Massachusetts. She is 16 years old and she is a rising junior in Brookline High School. His…View moreПовече