Free Medical Access for Teenage Mothers, Bulgaria

Dear Donors and Supporters,

As this global COVID-19 pandemic continues into the second year, we wanted to say thank you, once again, for helping us continue to make health a top priority in one of the poorest neighborhoods in Sofia – Fakulteta.

Your support has been invaluable in keeping mothers and babies healthy and safe. We are proud to say that the pandemic has not caused a disruption of services - in the past 4 months, 87 young mothers, pregnant women and babies were examined in the center.

As mentioned in our last report, the doctors in the center need an Electrocoagulator so they can respond several health issues many of the women in the neighborhood have more and more often. We needed to gather around $1000 to buy such medical equipment. By combining all your donations from the past months together with few more from private donors and friends of TSA Foundation we will make this happen. We are in a final stage of deciding on the best offer.

There are just no proper words to tell you how much your donations have meant to so many vulnerable families this and past year! So I will just say "Thank You" on their behalf all young mothers, pregnant women and babies we’ve helped because of you.

Love,

Olya

Dear Friend,

In the last four months, 58 (out of 216) young mothers, pregnant women and babies were examined in the center. Nevertheless, the greatest value of the center is not only providing basic medical services, but also helping the women to demand their rights. An example for this is how the doctors working in the center convinced their colleagues from Ramus laboratory to provide free cytological and microbiological examinations (even the uninsured women have this right according to Ordinance 26).

The donations we received in the past months (around $300) were invested into maintaining the medical center and buying all consumables. In the next months we will support the center with another equipment purchase. The doctors in the center need an Electrocoagulator so they can respond another health issue many of the women in the neighborhood have more and more often.

We could have not accomplished all of these small but significant victories without you, our friends and supporters. On behalf of the women and children whose lives you have touched, and from our team, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. You are a true blessing.

Thank you!

Olya