Aim: To reduce the risk of abandonment of children and to stimulate the role of the family for the development of children 

Activities: Еstablishment of a network of specialists working in direct contact with children from families at risk in Haskovo and surrounding villages; trainings for the members of the network, regular meetings; interventions aimed at prevention of child institutionalization – social consultation, family group conferences; preventative group work with children from communities practicing early age marriages; group work with parents aimed at positive parenting; increasing the number of boys from the target group participating in activities and activating the role of man in the families through school for parents, FGC, sections with children aimed at tolerant balanced gender interaction 
Target groups: Roma families not providing quality care for the development of their children in Haskovo and 8 villages in the municipality with limited access to social services; children aged 12-15 predominantly from Roma and Turkish background who are at risk of forced marriages at early age; members of the extended families of children including at least 35% fathers and other male figures 
Grant: 60 910 leva 

Contacts: Malina Slavova 
Opportunity and Protection Association 
11, Aleko Konstantinovq Str. 
Haskovo 6300 
Тel. +359 038 662138 
chance@escom.bg 
www.chancebg.org