17 March, 2008

Matching Grant application, submitted by Rotary Club of Sofia-International and Rotary Club of Metz-Charlemagne for funding to help provide clothes, bedding, furniture and household items to six different orphanages in the cities of Plovdiv, Bratzigovo, Kalofer and Slaveyno-Smolyan, Bulgaria, has been approved by The Rotary Foundation (TRF). The award is in the amount of US$10,309.00.

Rotary Club of Metz-Charlemagne will coordinate the project internationally and will contribute US$8,104.00 (EUR 5,511.00) to the project. Rotary Club of Sofia-International will coordinate the project locally and will contribute US$500.00 to the project. The following districts will provide SHARE (DDF) Fund contributions: D-1790, US$4,007.00; and D-2482, US$2,000.00.

The total sum ammounts to US$24,920.00.

8 February, 2008

Rotary Club Sofia International donated four issues of the Atlas - The Bulgarians in the European Cartographic Tradition (3-19 Centuries) issued by Tangra TaNakRa Foundation.