Change for Children in Bulgaria
Leveraging EU policies and funding to drive tangible change.
Bulgaria has the highest rate of child poverty and social exclusion in the EU, affecting 35.1% of children in 2024. Poverty, discrimination and weak family support services continue to drive avoidable family separation, disproportionately affecting Roma children and exposing them to higher risks of neglect, institutionalisation, and violence.
Emergency placements are used as a default entry point into the care system, placement instability remains high, and reintegration outcomes are poor. These challenges reflect deep-rooted structural inequalities that fail to respond to community and cultural realities.
EU policy frameworks play a decisive role in shaping national children and family services. With the support of Tanya’s Dream Fund, Eurochild will strengthen the policy, funding, and accountability environment required to keep children in families in Bulgaria. This is the continuation of the project "Leveraging EU influence to deliver change for families in adversity in Bulgaria."
The Partnership
"The next few years will shape how the EU protects children and families for a generation. What makes this partnership with Eurochild so meaningful is that it connects two things that too often exist in parallel: the lived realities of children and families in Bulgaria, and the EU policy processes that affect their futures. This partnership means the work being done on the ground by so many dedicated organisations can reach the tables where those decisions are made. With Eurochild, and alongside all the partners working with us in Bulgaria and Brussels, we can make sure that one genuinely informs the other. That's what we're building together." - Delia Pop, Tanya's Dream Fund Director.
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