March 27th, 2017 - posted in Activities, Donations, Galleries, Guest Speakers, Meeting, News and Events, Theme evenings.
The regular meeting of Rotary Club Sofia International was held at the Hilton Hotel on 22 March 2017.
The meeting was presided over by President Elect Ms. Ani Hristova. A presentation by Assoc. Prof. Petko Hristov, director of Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum (IEFSEM) at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) and Prof. Albena Georgieva (Deputy Director of IEFSEM) was well received.
The outcome of the Wine It! event was a resounding success and the funds raised surpassed all previous events. The total amount raised at the event was 4,400 BGN. We would like to thank all our kind sponsors and guests of the event. Information on how the money is spent will be published here also.
The board and members ratified the nomination of Dr. Wolf Harlfinger as a new member and he will be inducted on 5 April 2017<
After a lengthy discussion about the forthcoming events and the need for sponsors, the meeting was closed, and members continued the fellowship in the Lobby Lounge.
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March 18th, 2017 - posted in Activities, Galleries, News and Events.
On 18 March 2017 the International Networking Conference of the Foundation for Social Change and Inclusion (FSCI) took place in Sofia. Partner organizations of FSCI from Bulgaria, UK, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, FYR of Macedonia, Moldova, Serbia took part in the event.
The aim of the conference is for partner organizations to exchange experiences and ideas, in order to be able to provide better social services for the disadvantaged groups of the society.
The representatives of Rotary Club Sofia International – Mr. Michail Sougarev and Ms. Ani Hristova were warmly greeted as friends, which made us feel special. Mr. Sougarev in his presentation stressed that the real stars are all the volunteers working for the social organizations, while we from Rotary are there to help them and support them in their endeavors. This was shared also by the other speakers, the representatives of the business – the Senior Corporate Social Responsibility Adviser of Vivacom, Ms. Simona Tcharaktchieva , the CEO of ZAD Bulgaria, Mr. Plamen Minkov, the General Manager of UBB MetLife, Mr. Evgeni Benbasat. Each one of them shared how their organizations are supporting FSCI and provoked the partner organizations to start thinking how they can involve the businesses in their cities and countries.
The second part of the conference was sharing of best practices by the participants from Bourgas, Varna, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Later the event continued with lunch, where we had the opportunity to network and assured our new friends that we will connect them to the Rotary clubs in their cities, so that they could engage them in their projects. After lunch the participant split into groups and continued to visit the Houses of Opportunity, the Kindergarten of Opportunity, HOPe Restaurant. After the visits, the day concluded with workshops where they were asked to come up with solutions for real life issues.
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March 15th, 2017 - posted in Activities, D2482, Galleries, News and Events, Video.
The seminar for Presidents Elect is one of the most important events in the calendar of the Rotary year. This year it was held in Tryavna and the organizers were Rotary Club of Gabrovo. At the seminar, District Governior-Elect Emil Kotsev presented highlights of the tasks of Rotary International for the upcoming activities during 2017-2018 Rotarian year. Rotary Club Gabrovo had a Wonderful initiative – Masquerade (Carnaval). More, than 300 Rotarians showed their artistic and creative talents.
Rotary Club Sofia International participants in PETS were:
President-Elect: Ms. Ani Hristova;
Secretary-Elect: Mr. Plamen Kertev;
Rotary Foundation: Ms. Slavena Savkova, Mr. Jörg Schenk, Mr. Michail Sougarev who also was a guest lecturer at the Grant Management Seminar (check the videos – Part 1, Part 2, Part 3);
Treasurer: Mr. Plamel Lazarov;
Also one of our newest members from Holland – Mr. Cris Biemond attended all of the sessions. Big applause for his efforts to learn about Rotary, even in Bulgarian language.
Ms. Elena Ivanova and Mr. Alberto Staykov also joined us. They prepared the Certificates of Appreciation for our wonderful sponsors of Wine It! 2017 Event.
More information:
Lectures from PETS
Pictures from PETS
Pictures from Masquerade (Carnaval)
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March 13th, 2017 - posted in News and Events.
March 10th, 2017 - posted in Activities, Future projects, Galleries, Guest Speakers, Meeting, News and Events.
The regular meeting of Rotary Club Sofia International was held on 8 March 2017 at the usual venue Hilton Sofia and was presided over by the President Horst Stueer.
Members were advised that there would be no meeting on 15 March 2017 to accommodate the Wine It! event. The annual Wine It! fundraiser takes place on 16 March 2017 at 19:00 in Royal Sofia Club in the National Palace of Culture. The money collected will be for the needs of the day center for children and teenagers with disability “Blagoveshtenie” with Caritas Sofia.
The guest speaker was Mr. Daniel Hoffmann CEO of Lufthansa Technik Sofia. His presentation was well received by the members and outlined the role played by Lufthansa Technik Sofia in the growing and challenging Bulgarian economy.
After the close of the official meeting guests and members continued the fellowship in the Lobby Lounge.
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March 1st, 2017 - posted in Activities, Donations, Future projects, Galleries, Guest Speakers, Meeting, News and Events, Theme evenings.
The regular meeting of Rotary Club Sofia International was held on 01 March 2017 at the Hilton Hotel and was presided as usual by the President of the club Mr. Horst Stueer.
Guests Mr. Thomas Esterhofen and Mr. Oppermann were welcomed, thereafter guest speaker Mrs. Granitska from ‘Caritas’ presented her proposal for the donation arising out of our Wine It! fundraiser. She was followed by Dr. Wolf Harlfinger, CEO of Kaolin EAD, who made a presentation on the topic of “Mining of Industrial Minerals”.
After the conclusion of the presentations and meeting, members met in the lobby lounge to discuss upcoming events.
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February 22nd, 2017 - posted in Activities, Donations, Future projects, Galleries, Guest Speakers, Meeting.
22 February was a special meeting of Rotary Club Sofia International. We accepted a new member – Mr. Grant Lyndon Dale. Congratulations and welcome.
During the meeting we presented a check of 2,700 BGN for the project of our member Mr. Peter Simon – for 100 books, which will be donated to 100 Bulgarian Community centers. The book is “Stoino mi, malai mome” and contains 327 songs from different regions of Bulgaria.
We welcomed new friends – Mrs. Matje Vos, from Holland, and Mr. Petko Petkov from Rotary Club Auckland, New Zealand.
The official part of the meeting concluded with a discussion of the organization of our traditional fundraiser – Wine It! – which will take place on the 16 March 2017 at 19:00 in Royal Sofia Club in the National Palace of Culture (NDK).
Next week 1 March 2017 our guest lecturers will be representatives of the day center for children and teenagers with disability “Blagoveshtenie” with Caritas Sofia, for which we will collect money at our Wine It!.
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February 15th, 2017 - posted in Activities, Children, Galleries, Guest Speakers, Meeting, News and Events, Service support.
On 15 February Rotary Club Sofia International held its regular meeting at the usual place – Hilton Sofia. We hosted a presentation by Presentation by Mrs. Olga Lenkova, Director Home for Children Deprived of Parental Care in Doganovo. She explained the situation in the home and expressed a wish to support 5 of their kids to receive vocational training, in order to be able to find jobs and support themselves once they leave the institution.
The money for this project will be raised at a fundraising event with the participation of President Plevneliev, which we will announce soon.
The meeting continued with discussion of the Wine It! – wine tasting fundraiser evening – which will take place on the 16 March 2017 at 19:00 in Royal Sofia Club in the National Palace of Culture. The money collected will be for the needs of the day center for children and teenagers with disability “Blagoveshtenie” with Caritas Sofia. More details will be shared soon.
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February 9th, 2017 - posted in Activities, Donations, Galleries, News and Events, Service support.
The official presentation of the concept and menu of the social enterprise established by the Foundation for Social Change and Inclusion (FSCI) – HOPe Restaurant – took place on 9 February 2017. The project is the result of a collaboration between Rotarians from Districts 1100 and 2482 and the foundation.
The event was held on in the House of Moscow in Sofia and was attended by Her Excellency Ms. Emma Hopkins, Ambassador of the United Kingdom in Bulgaria and Mr. Jörg Schenk counselor of the Embassy of the Federal Republic Germany.
HE Emma Hopkins opened the conference with an inspirational speech. Mr. Schenk followed with an emotional welcome to the guests of the event. The hall hostrd more than 100 guests, including many Rotarians and friends of Rotary, as well as a special friend – the Past District Governor Mrs. Nina Miteva.
The presentation was followed by a cocktail where the numerous guest had the opportunity to immerse themselves in the diverse culinary world HOPe Restaurant.
A big “Thank you” to everyone who celebrated with us the beginning of this exciting project
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February 8th, 2017 - posted in Activities, Donations, Galleries, Meeting, News and Events.
On 08 February 2017 Rotary Club Sofia International held its regular meeting in HOPe Restaurant.
HOPe Restaurant is a social enterprise, where kids from the “House of Opportunity” Programme and those leaving social institutions will be trained to develop professional skills and become independent and worthy and contributing members of our society.
In 2015 a Rotary Club Sofia International, Rotary eClub West of England and Rotary District 1100, as well as other contributing Rotary Clubs – Bristol Breakfast, Bristol Bridge, Brue Valley, Clifton, Evesham, Gloucester, Stroud, Thornbury, Worcester in Rotary International Great Britain and Ireland raised money and applied for a Global Grant from Rotary Foundation for the development of a Social Enterprise together with the Foundation for Social Change and Inclusion (FSCI).
The result of months of work of the team responsible for the execution of the project is HOPe Restaurant. The slogan of the restaurant is “Tasty food is a cause”. Itprovides its clients with a carefully selected menu complying with both the Bulgarian traditions and tastes, and with global trends in cooking. In agreement with some of the most famous chefs in Bulgaria the menu of HOPe Restaurant undoubtedly is a delight for lovers of delicious food.
Rotary Club Sofia International had a wonderful dinner there, together with the friends from Rotary District 1100 and the members of the Vocational Training Team, and with our friends from FSCI.
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