Never give up the fight to success – The story of Raya Simeonova, village of Butan

I was in a hospital in Germany when I received a call from Nina Marinova, the director of the kindergarten “First June” in the village of Butan not far from Vratsa, where I worked as an assistant teacher. Fortune was smiling on me at a difficult time – since the age of two my son Malin, now 14, has been battling cancer. In 2017, his doctors advised us to seek medical help abroad, as there was nothing more they could do for him in Bulgaria. We left immediately. We had been in Germany for almost a year when Nina Marinova’s voice in the telephone receiver said, “Raya, there is a project from an NGO that supports young Roma educators in their professional development. Do you want to follow?”
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The Second Dr. Chirkov from Kuklen – The Story of Sasho Emilov

There is nothing more important and humane than helping others and giving of yourself to them.

Kuklen is a small town – its population is only 6000 people, but here for a long time and without much ado Bulgarians, Roma and Turks live together, literally door to door. Sure, nowadays we are an example of integration, but I think this is the natural way to connect people.

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