National Network for Children announces the start of the nominations for the prestigious awards “Hero of the Children” and “Children’s Organization”, part of the traditional Golden Apple Awards for contribution to the welfare of children and families in Bulgaria, which are awarded for the 11th consecutive year.
In a time of global crisis lasting more than a year, the mission of the Golden Apple is more important than ever with the ambition to focus public attention on people and organizations that support children and families with their civic activity. The awards aim to widely promote their positive example.
If you are wondering who the children’s heroes are, here are some of their qualities – these are individuals or informal groups of people who have had a positive impact on children’s lives, they stand up for their rights, change the thinking and environment so that children receive more attention, support and development opportunities.
The nominations in the category “Children’s Organization” distinguish civil society organizations that with their activities, projects and initiatives have a positive impact on the lives of children and families in the fields of health, education, justice, charity and children’s rights.
The nominations for “Hero of the Children” and “Children’s Organization” are accepted until April 26, 2021, and it is necessary to fill in the online form on the website of the “Golden Apple” awards here:
Category “Hero of the Children”: http://www.1june.nmd.bg/nominiraj/
Category “Children’s organization”: http://www.1june.nmd.bg/nominirati-detska-organizatsiya/
The selection of winners will be made after online voting, which will last until May 15, 2021.
The winners will be announced on the eve of June 1 – International Children’s Day.
Who are the Heroes of the Children over the years?
2020 – Heroes of the Children are Anna Yoncheva, Georgi Peykov and Mihail Nikolov – their photo project “Different” grows into the initiative “Let’s play together”, with which they create swings that give children with disabilities a chance to have fun with their peers .
2019 – Antonina Kenova was chosen as the Hero of the Children – she works to build a fair, innovative and quality system for training the youngest.
2018 – Dr. Tanya Andreeva and Daria Mukova, who established the platform HealthyKid Sofia, which directs parents to appropriate doctors and hospitals.
2017 – Mariana Geleva and all the ladies from the page “We knit for Bulgarian children”, who every day create beautiful, hand-knitted toys for charity.
2016 – Vera Kirilova from the National Alliance for Work with Volunteers – Plovdiv, which supports work with disadvantaged children.
2015 – Mothers of children with disabilities are chosen for their daily heroism.
2014 – The award was for a team of 40 Louis Pasteur High School, Sofia, for managing to save a dying school.
2013 – Winner in the category was Darin Madjarov – creator of the site Уча.се.
2012 – The award is won by Iliana Kaleva – a doctor (pediatrician) from the “Ambulance”, who adopted four children.
In addition to the “Hero of the Children”, the Golden Apple Awards are also presented in the categories “Hospital”, “School”, “Municipality”, “Journalist”, “Charity” and “Award for Overall Contribution” and in these categories the nominations are made by the 140 member organizations of the National Network for Children from all over the country.
