Nurse Family Partnership Program in Bulgaria

Hello, dear friends!

The time has come to update you on we are faring, and truth is – we need your support now more than ever.

The last months have been difficult, as the funding for our home-visiting program is running out this autumn and we still don’t know what the future holds for us. We have been doing our best to secure its future, applying for funds, talking to multiple donors and donor organizations, planning for different scenarios. Our biggest hope is to receive funding from the Bulgarian Ministry of Labour and Social Policy which we applied for this winter. This would allow us to continue running for the next year and a half and buy us more time to advocate for the national dissemination of the service.

However, even if our bid is successful, we are left in a very precarious situation. The funds which the Social Ministry would provide would only cover the team’s salaries and the most vital administrative expenses, so all of the the young moms’ needs, such as medicine, vitamins, contraception, the essential packs for newborn babies, the medical check-ups – would remain uncovered.

Up until now we had a small emergency fund which, combined with your support, allowed us to cover these expenses. However, in this new period we will have no such emergency fund and will rely on your support entirely to address these fundamental needs.

While preparing to address what the future months bring, we ask for your support. If you can, please donate and share our campaign in your networks, so that we can assure that the bright young women we work with have access to the basics they need to build their own future and that of their children.

With gratitude,

Kamelia Tzeneva