Operation: Teddy Bear
The Biggest Grass-root Christmas Campaign for Making Children’s Dreams Come True
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Association “Operation: Teddy Bear” organizes the largest Christmas campaign in Bulgaria for making unprivileged children and youth’s dreams come true. Fourteen years ago, we started as a civic volunteer initiative, giving presents to 40 children from a single foster home. Today we are an NGO that brings back Christmas to nearly 10,000 children deprived of parental care, children with disabilities and children at risk every year.
We believe that it is our duty to be involved in the lives of those children and help them create a better future for themselves. That is why, in 2017 we started the Year-round Mentoring Program “The Hidden Talents of Bulgaria” – an educational project that gives a chance for studying in university and professional realization to talented children, deprived of parental care and children at risk. In only four years, we have managed to get 8 students accepted to university! This is just the beginning…
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20 000
Sponsors yearly
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8 000+
Beneficients yearly
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250
Volunteers
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73 829
New gifts
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150
Cities
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OUR TEAM
Mihaela Stoykova
Founder
Executive Director
Dona Cherneva
Technical Secretary
National Coordinator
Diana Vangelova
Association Co-founder
NLP-Kinesiology Specialist
Galina Dicheva
Psychologist
Psychodrama Therapist
Psychodrama Trainer
Stanila Ivanova
Marketing, Merchandise and Event Manager
Stela Zhelyazkova
Graphic Designer
Boriana Damianova
Graphic Designer
Dilyan Lubomirov
Web Master
Mihaela Mihaylova
Accountant
Christmas Campaign Volunteer Regional Coordinators
Denitsa Simeonova
Donor Communication Coordinator
Slavina Georgieva
Blagoevgrad Regional Coordinator
Yana Chalakova
Burgas Regional Coordinator
Daniela Dimitrova
Varna Regional Coordinator
Tanya Trifonova
Veliko Tarnovo Regional Coordinator
Emiliya Yosifova
Vidin Regional Coordinator
Svetlana Borisova
Vratsa Regional Coordinator
Stanislava Spasova
Gabrovo Regional Coordinator
Veronica Chalakova
Dobrich Regional Coordinator
Ralitsa Miteva
Kardzhali Regional Coordinator
Darina Stoycheva
Dupnitsa City Coordinator
Stefany Bozhkova
Kjustendil Regional Coordinator
Maria Kisiova
Lovech Regional Coordinator
Paolina Makaveeva
Lom City Coordinator
Lilia Angelova
Montana Regional Coordinator
Yordanka Shaterova
Pazardzhik Regional Coordinator
Maria Ivanova
Pernik Regional Coordinator
Galina Gospodinova
Pleven Regional Coordinator
Monika Vasileva-Hristova
Plovdiv Regional Coordinator
Polina Ivanova
Razgrad Regional Coordinator
Polina Hristova
Ruse Regional Coordinator
Militsa Maksimova
Silistra Regional Coordinator
Ivelina Staneva
Sliven Regional Coordinator
Kamelia Mihailova
Smolian Regional Coordinator
Maria Noncheva
Sofia City Coordinator
Ema Karadjian
Sofia Region Coordinator
Radina Georgieva
Stara Zagora Regional Coordinator
Monika Ugrenova
Targovishte Regional Coordinator
Zlatka Toleva
Haskovo Regional Coordinator
Borislava Borisova
Shumen Regional Coordinator
Maria Stoyanova
Yambol Regional Coordinator
Tsvetelina & Ivan Martignion
Kaspichan City Coordinators
Desislava Kordova-Dimitrova
Svilengrad City Coordinator
