23.03.2023

5,000 CHILDREN WILL RECEIVE VOUCHERS FOR HEALTHY FOOD UNDER THE PROJECT OF THE SOCIAL ASSISTANCE AGENCY

The Social Assistance Agency, in its capacity as the Managing Authority of the Program for Food and Basic Material Assistance, approved the project proposal for providing vouchers for children's kitchen. 53 municipalities and regions of municipalities have expressed interest in partnership under the "Children's Kitchen" procedure. The planned budget is BGN 7.15 million.

The aim of the measure is to ensure healthy and wholesome nutrition for children from 10 months to 3 years, supplemented with specific accompanying support for social inclusion and overcoming the consequences of poverty. It is expected that by November 30, 2025, thanks to the children's kitchen vouchers provided, at least 5,000 children from 10 months to 3 years will receive a varied and healthy meal that their families could not provide them due to their difficult situation are located. Vouchers will be provided for the children, against which they will receive a lunch meal including soup, main course and dessert.

In order to minimize the risk of children being abandoned and to provide conditions for adequate early childhood development of the supported, it is planned that their parents will be covered by accompanying measures. They are aimed at increasing their parental capacity, providing additional social and health services according to the individual needs of children and families, as well as for a permanent exit from poverty through inclusion in employment, training and qualification.