Bulgarian Red Cross

Neither natural nor man-made disasters can be avoided, but some things depend on the human factor, Bulgarian Red Cross (BRC) Chairman Hristo Grigorov said Friday.

Authorities have revoked the 44-day-long state of emergency in Mizia announced after flash floods severely hit the northwestern town.

A man died and hundreds were left homeless when high waters inundated houses, depriving some 1200 of their dwellings.

Bulgarian Red Cross has set up a language camp for refugee children, the press office of the organization announced.

It is organized by the Refugee-Migrant Service to the Bulgarian Red Cross and takes place between September 8-14.

The teachers in the Shumen school "Sava Dobroplodni" urged parents to donate the money they are going to spend on flowers to the residents in the flooded areas of Bulgaria. 

It is traditional in Bulgaria for the school children to bring flowers for their teachers on the first day of school, September 15. 

Out of a total of over 520 refugee children living in Bulgaria, only 96 will go to school in the new school year, according to the State Agency for Refugees.

A total of 424 refugee children will not be able to attend classes as of September 15, despite the assurances of Bulgarian authorities of a swift solution of the problem, according to reports of Sega daily.

Maxim Behar, founder and CEO of Sofia-based PR agency M3 Communications Group Inc.,part of global Hill+Knowlton Strategies Group, on Wednesday joined the Ice Bucket Challenge.

The town of Mizia, where low-lying parts are still under water after last week's flash flood, is already facing scarcity of drinking water, authorities warn.

Drainage is being carried out for a seventh consecutive day in the town, and special pumps are used to take away water and mire, as Mizia's own drainage system is clogged with mud, alongside streets, yards and houses.

The Bulgarian Red Cross (BRC) urges the business and the retail chains to donate bottled water and packaged non perishable food for the flood victims in the Vratsa region. 

BRC volunteers are already at the site and hand out food and water to the affected people in the town of Mizia. It also delivered blankets and bedsheets. 

The two major donation drives for flood victims in Bulgaria have gathered a total of BGN 1 816 466 as of Wednesday. 

The Bulgarian Red Cross (BRC) campaign for SMS, online and bank transfer donations has gathered BGN 877 947, as of July 2. Around 800 000 BGN were donated through bank transfers and online payment systems, according to the BRC chairperson Hristo Grigorov. 

A charity campaign to support people affected by last week's flash floods has gathered BGN 615 000 (rougly EUR 307 500) via text messages in less than three days.

Another BGN 70 000 have been transferred to the bank accounts of the Bulgarian Charities Aid Foundation (BCAF), which manages the event, its representatives were quoted by the Bulgarian National Radio as saying.