• Professional experience:  law, education
• Current employer: Bulgarian Childhood Foundation
• Education: Doctor of Jurisprudence, Columbia Law School, NY, US
  BA in Politics and Spanish, Mount Holyoke College, MA, US
• Current location: splitting time between Washington, DC and Varna, Bulgaria
• Previous locations: Massachusetts and New York, US; London, UK,
• Contacts: boriana.shikova@bulgarianchildhood.org

• Professional experience: software engineering
• Current employer: Google, Switzerland
• Education: M.Eng., Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA, US
  B.Sc., Computer Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA, US
• Current location: Zurich, Switzerland
• Previous locations: California and Massachusetts, US
• Contacts: LinkedIn

• Professional experience: behavior analysis, special education, corporate finance, investment banking
• Current employer: pro bono work
• Education: MA in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA, concentration in Autism), Ball State University, IN, US
  MBA, Harvard Business School, MA, US
  BS in Finance and International Business, University of Bridgeport, CT, US
• Current location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• Previous locations: Connecticut and New York, US; Manama, Bahrain
• Contacts: LinkedIn

• Professional experience:  cross-industry (sales, marketing, production, renewable energies, real estate development)
• Current employer: Motion Software (UK)
• Education: MBA, University of Chicago Booth School of Business, IL, US
  MBA in Business Administration, University of Kent, UK
• Current location: splitting time between San Diego, CA, US and Sofia, Bulgaria
• Previous locations: Kent, UK; Illinois, US
• Contacts: LinkedIn

• Professional experience:  architecture, urban management
• Current employer: Lean City GMbH
• Education: CAS, Urban Management CUREM, University of Zurich
  M. Arch., University of California, Berkeley, CA, US
  BA in Architecture, Mount Holyoke College, MA, US
• Current location: Zurich, Switzerland
• Previous locations: Massachusetts and California, US
• Contacts: LinkedIn

We organize formal annual fundraising events with active participation of Bulgarian dimplomats, public figures and artists and many supporters and volunteers.  These events raise awareness of our cause and help us reach out to new supporters.  We also organize different children’s events in the US and UK to promote Bulgarian language and culture and foster connections among children of Bulgarian expatriates.

Pictured: Formal fundraising event at the Bulgarian Embassy in London.

Many of our supporters and volunteers among the expatriate community maintain close ties to Bulgaria and have many opportunities to visit and meeting the children in our projects on the ground in Bulgaria. These events offer fun for everyone, motivate our supporters and provide valuable social interactions especially for children in state care.

Pictured:  Expatriates at a Children’s party at a social care home in Bulgaria.

The party was sponsored by the volunteers participating in the event.

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