Creating a Better World: Nonprofit-Palooza

[caption id="attachment_38873" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] UN Association, Youth Section; Steliyana Yordanova for AUBG Daily[/caption] Optimistic spirit, good causes, and a brighter future for Bulgaria - those are a few of the alternatives that the representatives from non-governmental organizations, involved in the Nonprofit-Palooza Pitch n' Dine, offered to AUBG students on Mar. 28. The event, organized by JMC professor Diane Rubino, gathered a total of 14 NGOs. The representatives, who were mostly AUBG alumni, had five minutes each to share with the audience what their organization does and how AUBG students could get involved. The event, however, did not enjoy great interest from students as the NGOs present outnumbered the students in Aspire. [caption id="attachment_38875" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Informative brochures of the NGOs' activities; Steliyana Yordanova for AUBG Daily[/caption] The following NGOs took part in the Nonprofit-Palooza Pitch n' Dine:

• Fulbright Bulgaria
• ACC&U and Character.bg
• Active Bulgarian Society
• Arete Youth Foundation
• Caritas Sofia
• Anticorruption fund
• Center for Legal Aid-Voice in Bulgaria
• Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom
• One Percent Change
• Single Step Foundation
• Trust for Social Achievement
• Time Heroes
• UN Association, Youth Section
• National Youth Forum

[caption id="attachment_38878" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Top-left: Fulbright Bulgaria, top-right: ACC&U and Character.bg, bottom left and right: Active Bulgarian Society; Steliyana Yordanova for AUBG Daily[/caption] [caption id="attachment_38880" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Top-left: Arete Youth Foundation, top-right: Caritas Sofia, bottom-left: Anticorruption fund, bottom-right: Center for Legal Aid; Steliyana Yordanova for AUBG Daily[/caption] [caption id="attachment_38882" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Top left and right: Friedrich Naumann Foundation, bottom-left: One Percent Change, bottom-right: Single Step Foundation; Steliyana Yordanova for AUBG Daily[/caption] [caption id="attachment_38883" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Top-left: Trust for Social Achievement, top-right: Time Heroes, bottom-left: UN Association, Youth Section, bottom-right: National Youth Forum; Steliyana Yordanova for AUBG Daily[/caption] Each organization has a different focus, but they are all united by their desire to help. One Percent Change creates a network of friends that donate one percent of their monthly income to charitable causes. Single Step Foundation helps the Bulgarian LGBTI community by providing online chat support every evening. Students who are interested could assist with the online chat. Trust for Social Achievement aims at breaking the poverty cycle in Bulgaria, mainly in the Roma community. They offer internship position for the summer in the financial sphere and are always on the lookout for volunteers. [caption id="attachment_38887" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Teach for Bulgaria; Steliyana Yordanova for AUBG Daily[/caption] [caption id="attachment_38885" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] The representative of Single Step Foundation having a discussion; Steliyana Yordanova for AUBG Daily[/caption] [caption id="attachment_38886" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] National Youth Forum; Steliyana Yordanova for AUBG Daily[/caption]