News
Emilia Maslarova charged
The former minister responsible for Bulgaria's social care homes, Emilia Maslarova, has been indicted by Sofia prosecutors on charges of embezzling nearly £5 million during her term in office. - Read more....
Our 2010 volunteer programme will focus on helping babies and children up to 7 years of age.
We are starting with one home to begin with and volunteers who are interested in taking part should contact CAST for application details. - Read more....
Recycle your old mobile phones and TBACT will benefit
We receive £2 for every phone we receive – no matter how old it is! Maybe you have got old mobile phones lurking in the house somewhere? On average there are three ‘retired’ mobiles, lying forgotten, in drawers or the back of cupboards in every household. - Read more....
Bulgaria update in the news
This month Grazia magazine has an indepth interview with Kate Blewett and updates readers on the progress the children from Mogilino have made since the 2007 BBC documentary exposed their shocking neglect. - Read more....
YouTube Film - In the BleakMidwinter
Eighteen months after making a documentary that showed the plight of 75 unwanted disabled children in a Bulgarian institution, director Kate Blewett returns to update the story. - Read more....
Recycle your mobile and help Ivan walk
Have you got old mobile phones lurking in the house somewhere? On average there are 3 ‘retired’ mobiles, lying forgotten, in drawers or the back of cupboards in every household. Why not donate your unwanted mobiles to a good cause? - Read more....
Volunteer programme kicks off in Bulgaria
The first group of CAST volunteers flew out to Bulgaria earlier this month to help care for the children at one of the largest institutions for children 0-7 years in northern Bulgaria. The group of four, who are all experienced volunteers, are starting what is expected to be, a long term volunteer programme at the home. - Read more....
New government for Bulgaria
The GERB Party has won 116 out of 240 seats at the National Assembly and will form a minority government with a mandate to fight corruption and injustice. - Read more....
01/12/2008
TBACT's Baba Programme begins
TBACT's first fully sponsored Baba Programme began today in a social care home for children aged 0-7yrs in Pleven, Bulgaria. - Read more....
Mogilino in the news
Bulgarian National Television News has reported that during a visit to the Mogilino social care home the Bulgarian Social Minister, Emilia Maslarova, announced 30 children from the home are going to be moved out and placed in better facilities. - Read more....
17/02/2009
Scottish Volunteer Network
We are delighted to announce that Julie Campbell, from Glasgow, has joined the TBACT team as the charity’s first ever Scottish Volunteer Co-ordinator. - Read more....
Exposing Europe's guilty secret: the incarcerated children of Bulgaria
It is the smell that assaults you - filthy nappies, unwashed babies, rotting flesh. Then you are hit by the silence, an eerie, unnatural silence, the silence of babies who have given up hope of ever being consoled, cuddled or comforted. It is the dreadful quiet of starving, neglected, unloved children waiting to die. - Read more....
US report on human rights in Bulgaria
The US State Department released its 2008 human rights report on February 25 2009 - Read more....
27/11/2008
Volunteer in 2009
Our 2009 volunteer programme will focus on helping babies and children up to 7 years of age. We are starting with one home to begin with and volunteers who are interested in taking part should contact CAST for application details. Their website is www.cast-uk.com - Read more....
27/11/2008
Raise more for Christmas
The Big Give has created an exciting way to make your donations go further this December. The fundraising scheme supported by The Reed Foundation could raise an additional £1 million for UK charities. - Read more....
28/11/2008
Fundraise with a cup of tea!
Our Supporters in Ireland can help raise €10,000 for TBACT if they are partial to a cup of tea! Lyons, the tea maker are giving away a total of €120,000 to 12 different winner’s favourite charities - Read more....
07/11/2008
Mail Online article
Why I'm haunted by these neglected orphans that Bulgaria and the world has forgotten - Read more....
28/09/2008
Bulgarian President at Mogilino
The Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov visited the children and young adults at Mogilino social care home last week. - Read more....
07/10/2008
Rick gets on his bike for TBACT
Canadian supporter Rick Witiuk and his son Chris have successfully completed a 300 mile bike trip to raise money for Bulgaria’s Abandoned Children. - Read more....
06/11/2008
Support the Baba Campaign
Our Baba programme helps to nurture children in these institutions ensuring their need for care and stimulation are met in a close, caring relationship. - Read more....
30/09/2008
Thornden School raises £2,600
Pupils and staff from Thornden School in Hampshire have raised over £2,600 for TBACT by holding a special day of sales and activities. - Read more....
30/05/2008
Clothing for charity scam in Ireland
This clothing collection is not endorsed by The Campaign for Bulgaria's Abandoned Children - Read more....
14/07/2008
The gentle giant catches a big fish
Following the physical abuse that Milen suffered at Mogilino Institute he was moved to a new home several hundred miles away. Our colleague Maria, visited him recently to find out how he is coping in his new surroundings - Read more....
24/06/2008
News update
The last few months have been very frustrating and the persistent government interference has made an already difficult situation much harder at Mogilino. However, UNICEF continue to manage the rehabilitation project there and some very encouraging results are starting to be seen. - Read more....
28/04/2008
BAFTA award for Kate and True Vision Team
TBACT Trustee, Kate Blewett, along with her colleagues Brian Woods and Jezza Neumann from True Vision Productions won the BAFTA for the best current affairs programme at Sunday's glittering awards ceremony in London. - Read more....
21/04/2008
Latest update on Mogilino closure
There has been a great deal of political interference in recent months particularly since Mrs Maslarova declared the home would be closed - Read more....
02/03/2008
Bulgarian Citizens in Support of Truth
Despite the efforts of Bulgarian MEP's to stop the screening of 'Bulgaria's Abandoned Children' at the EU Parliament next week, support for the film and demands for European pressure are growing within the country. - Read more....
03/03/2008
Professor Petkov on Mogilino
Here he gives his assessment on the social care crisis and argues that 'the tragedy of Mogilino is not a single isolated case. - Read more....
11/03/2008
Mogilino fails regulations
Bulgaria finally acknowledges Mogilino did not meet standards - Read more....
07/03/2008
Aid on a high note
Oxfordshire businessman Peter Florey, from Simon Florey & Son Marquee Hire, has today announced that he has teamed up with 13 year old Zoë Mace to create the first ever spectacular fundraising event called "Aid on a High Note". - Read more....
24/02/2008
Update for Canadian viewers
Kate Blewett's film' Bulgaria's Abandoned Children' was first broadcast in the UK in September last year and caused an outcry amongst its British audience. - Read more....
12/02/2008
Commissioner Hammarberg to discuss human rights with Bulgarian authorities
The Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights, Thomas Hammarberg, will discuss the human rights situation in Bulgaria with national authorities and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) during a two-day visit to Sofia starting on Thursday 14 February. - Read more....
26/02/2008
Government announces Mogilino closure
The Bulgarian government has announced that the social care home in Mogilino as well as six other homes for children will be closed. - Read more....
22/02/2008
Fundraise with eBay
The Campaign for Bulgaria's Abandoned Children is now registered as a listed charity with eBay for Charity. - Read more....
11/02/2008
Belgian delegation reports on Mogilino
The Belgian delegation has returned from their fact finding visit to Bulgaria and has released a report of its findings. - Read more....
21/01/2008
News update
A great deal has been going on behind the scenes at Bulgaria's Abandoned Trust and we want to share all our news with you. - Read more....
09/01/2008
Fundraise with your feet!
If you are thinking about fundraising for Bulgaria's Abandoned Children and want a healthy challenge then the 2008 Just Walk day could be for you. - Read more....
30/01/2008
Nederland: Bulgaria’s Abandoned Fonds
Er gebeurt ontzettend veel achter de schermen van het Bulgaria’s Abandoned Fonds en we willen al het nieuws graag met jullie delen. - Read more....
01/02/2008
Belgium reacts to the film Bulgaria's Abandoned Children
Following the transmission of Bulgaria's Abandoned Children on Belgian television last week, a campaign has been launched by TV Presenter Chris Dusauchoit to help disabled children in the Bulgarian social care system. - Read more....
30/01/2008
BULGARIAN MEPS CALL FOR EUROPEAN POLICY ON UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN
Sofia Echo: Wed 30 Jan 2008 - Rene Beekman - Read more....
22/01/2008
Grazia readers raise over £15,000 for Bulgaria's Abandoned Children
Grazia magazine readers made a huge contribution to our fundraising efforts in December and a staggering £15,000 has been raised. - Read more....
23/01/2008
£10,000 from the Daily Mail and RBS
We are delighted to announce that The Campaign for Bulgaria's Abandoned Children won £10,000 in the Daily Mail and Royal Bank of Scotland's £1 million charity giveaway at the end of last year. - Read more....
07/01/2008
A new minibus for Mogilino
Thanks to the generosity of our donors we have been able to provide a new minibus for the children at Mogilino social care home. - Read more....
04/12/2007
News update on the situation at Mogilino
Following the controversy that the film ‘Bulgaria’s Abandoned Children' has stirred in the UK and Bulgaria, direct action has been taken to improve the immediate care of the children at Mogilino to ensure that they receive improved standards of nutrition, exercise and therapy - Read more....
19/11/2007
UNICEF calls for enhanced efforts for deinstitutionalization and reform of the child welfare system in Bulgaria
UNICEF today renewed calls for accelerated efforts to improve the child welfare system in Bulgaria, particularly the reliance on institutionalizing children without parental care. - Read more....
12/11/2007
Demand for reform grows as Bulgaria's Abandoned Children is shown in Sofia for the first time.
The furore that was raised following the broadcast of Kate Blewett's documentary Bulgaria's Abandoned Children on BBC4 in the UK shows no signs of dissipating in Bulgaria - Read more....
19/12/2007
Mark Oaten MP questions care standards
The Liberal Democrat MP Mark Oaten has asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make representations to the Bulgarian Government on the standard of care given to children in (a) state institutions and (b) adult institutions. - Read more....
02/11/2007
Mothers protest in Sofia
Protestors gathered in front of the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy to demand improved situations for children living in orphanages - Read more....
In the Bleak Midwinter
Watch a film showing the plight of the children of Bulgarian orphanages. - Read more....
Write to your MP and MEP's
We have now made it easier for you to write to your MP and MEPS. Click on the links below to generate a template letter. We would encourage you to amend the text of the template letter before you send it, but if you can't think of anything you want to change, just sending it would still be a great way to support the campaign. Click here to find out more
