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Meet the “Cafés Joyeux” in France !
Les Cafés Joyeux (Happy Coffee Houses), where 70% of the employees have Down’s syndrome or cognitive disorders, has been awarded the social entrepreneurship prize by the Boston Consulting Group in France in 2022! The founder’s idea is clear: to make disability visible and encourage encounters. To do this, he wants

Prisoners create art and bake coffee in support of female victims of violence
A project of the ‘Art Angel’ Foundation envisages opening of an art and training centre and a bakery shop for healthy baked products in the Pazardzhik prison of Bulgaria. Тhe profit will be used in support of victims of violence and disadvantaged people and the occupational therapy will help the

Project ‘Garden of Wonders’
‘Garden of Wonders’ is a project of ‘St Nicholas the Miracle-Maker’ Foundation in Dobrich. It employs people with intellectual disabilities and aims at their socialization. In the enterprise they are active in real work environment where they do not feel isolated and left out. And the demand for their locally-grown

Another Bulgarian community enterprise – more social benefits
‘Flower City’ greenhouse in Gotse Delchev Municipality, Bulgaria handles landscaping of public spaces, yards of municipal, health and social establishments, alleys as well as landscaping around buildings, children’s and sports grounds. The greenhouse also offers flowers and plants for sale to citizens and companies. The community enterprise employs 31 people

The first zero-waste restaurant in Bulgaria employing disadvantaged young people
„Blagichka – ZERO WASTE“ is the first zero-waste restaurant in Bulgaria employing disadvantaged young people. This is a place where love for quality and delicious food meets faith that young people are the most important asset of community. Values and principles of Blagichka’s restaurant: – REFUSE – Give up things

‘Joy’ Bakery provides permanent job for young people with disabilities in Bulgaria
Having turned 18, young people with disabilities in Bulgaria struggle to find a job. Some of them can only do specific work assisted by teachers, social workers and/or psychologists. In response to this problem ‘Joy’ Bakery was established in 2018 in Varna, Bulgaria and has since provided permanent jobs to