Dobrich

The Maternal Home of Dobrich is located in Dobrich, Bulgaria. Dobrich is the eighth most
populated town in Bulgaria. It is located in the northeastern part of the country - in the
mountains. It is not far from the Black Sea and the resort city of Varna.

It houses nearly 150 children ages 0-3. These children are mostly normal children with only
developmental delays. The Home takes children who are abandoned due to medical reasons,
poverty, etc...

Current Dobrich Projects

We are currently accepting Relief Supplies for the Maternal Home of Dobrich. These
include, but are not limited to:

Clothes
Pajamas
Shoes
Hats
Blankets
Coats
Toothbrushes
Toothpaste
Hardy Candy (no chocolate)
Small Toys (matchbox cars, crayons, coloring books, dolls, etc...)
Lice Shampoo
Children's Vitamins
Desitin/A&D Ointment
Diapers
Powder
Shampoo
Lotion

Any of the above items will work. However, please consider making a cash donation
earmarked for "Dobrich Orphanage". This allows our field director to buy items in Bulgaria,
saving Love's Hope the cost of shipping and also stimulating the Bulgarian economy.

Send any Relief Supplies to our Georgia Branch Office .

A write up on the Maternal Home of Dobrich:

We arrived at the orphanage at 10AM and had a meeting with the director again. We
told her we would like to donate to the orphanage... and that they could use the sum
for whatever they needed... they went back and forth between fuel to run the heaters
and food -- the food won out. They said that the fuel company was often lenient on the
bills so they could be late - but when food ran out that was it; the grocery would not
give them a loan or take a late payment. So we decided on the food. I couldn't help but
thinking how awful to have to make such a choice...

A lady from the orphanage took us to the city's food warehouse and chose what they
needed. They bought cherries, paprika sauce, tomato sauce, and vegetables - the
money we donated was enough to feed all the children for 15 days. The director of the
orphanage was so incredibly thankful and it was very humbling to know that we had
helped them so much... what we donated was nothing to sneeze at, but it is something
easily affordable on our salaries and something we had been saving for - and to know
that it was such a great amount to them is very humbling, indeed.

We were amazed to see that their food warehouse was what we in the US would call a
small Farmer's Market. I was expecting a Sam's or something, but of course realized
once I got there that I had forgotten I wasn't in the US, but in Bulgaria!