2 Sredets street
Pernik
Bulgaria
- Democracy and community development
- Gender
- Human rights
The team of PULSE Foundation consists of psychologists and psychotherapists, social workers, lawyers, family consultants, outreach workers, an administrator and an accountant. Ekaterina Veleva – Psychotherapist, Chairperson of PULSE Foundation Yana Katsarova- Psychotherapist, Executive chairperson of PULSE Foundation Mariyana Evtimova- Lawyer, Coordinator of Protected Home Programme Kalina Yordanova- Clinical psychologist, psychotherapist Borislava Metcheva- Family therapist, Coordinator of Family Support programmes Veselina Georgieva- Consultant, Coordinator of Crisis Unit Programme Miroslav Naumov- Consultant Aksiniya Stoimenova- Consultant, Project coordinator Vyara Oreshkova- Social worker Gabriela Boyanova- Administrator Lyudmil Iliev- Outreach worker, Coordinator of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Among Young People Programme- Component 7 of the Programme of the Bulgarian Ministry of Health Kristina Sergieva- outreach worker, Coordinator of HIV/AIDS/TB Prevention and Control Among Intravenous Drug Users Programme - Component 4 of the Programme of the Bulgarian Ministry of Health Yuliya Andonova – outreach worker Kristiyan Hristov – outreach worker Eleonora Ignatova- accountant Partners Municipality of Pernik Child Protection Department- Pernik Social Assistance Directorate- Pernik Regional Police Directorate- Pernik District Court- Pernik Regional Inspectorate in Education- Pernik Regional Inspectorate for Public Health Control- Pernik KABKIS (Room for Free and Anonymous Consulting and Examination of HIV/AIDS)- Pernik Bulgarian Youth Red Cross Animus Association Foundation BAG FORSA (Feminist Organization against Sexual Aggression), Germany Zene za Mir, Serbia Youth club The Youth club “Let Us Be Friends” has been functioning since the very beginning of the organisation. Many young people have participated in the club throughout the years, some of them already grown-ups with jobs, families and their own children. Presently, about 30 young people meet regularly on a voluntary basis every Friday for two hours and discuss issues like good relationships with peers, violence in society, family models, domestic violence, couple relations, trafficking, etc. They take part in the prevention activities of PULSE among school students. http://2bfriends.hit.bg
Our mission: • To build healthy relations in the Bulgarian family • To foster an attitude of intolerance to violence in Bulgarian society, respect for personal dignity and suffering • To create accessible community services tailored to users' needs • To enhance professionalism and standards in the field of psychosocial care Our goals: The priority of PULSE Foundation is to create and affirm effective regional care programs for children, adolescents, adults and their families who have suffered or are at risk of violence. The service offers two types of activities- prevention and rehabilitation. The first one refers to the existing attitudinal and institutional biases in cases of domestic violence and child abuse, and adopts an educational approach and planning for community facilities; The second one refers to identified cases of violence and adopts an individual and family approach. We consider the importance of providing crisis help in cases of acute violence before providing any family or individual care and treatment of trauma. In this connection, in 2008 PULSE opened a Crisis unit for emergency accommodation of clients after experiencing violence, and a protected home for a longer-term accommodation for clients on the way to change their life situation. An emphasize in our work is providing legal consultations and defence. We would like to facilitate the effective application of the Child Protection Act, the Domestic Violence Act and the Law Against Human Trafficking in Bulgaria.
Current projects: - Violence Prevention and Rehabilitation Program for Children, Adolescents and Their Families funded by OAK Foundation, Switzerland - Protected Space and Reintegration of Children, Victims of Violence funded by Financial Mechanism of the European Economic space. - Initiative for Youth Creativity funded by Social Assistance Fund at the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy - Services for Women, Victims of Violence – Partner project together with Bulgarian Aliance for Defence Against Domestic Violence funded by OAK Foundation, Switzerland - Maintaining Low Level of AIDS/ HIV Among Intravenous Drug Users funded by The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria through the Bulgarian Ministry of Health - Improving Control of Tuberculosis among Intravenous Drug Users funded by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria through the Bulgarian Ministry of Health - HIV/AIDS Prevention Among Young People funded by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria through the Bulgarian Ministry of Health