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Bulgarian Christmas charity campaign raises EUR 1 million in one month

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The 16th edition of the Bulgarian Christmas charity campaign which started in the beginning of November and has been held under the auspices of the Bulgarian President raised EUR 1 million, it became clear after the end of the charity concert on December 25. Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev, this country’s National Assembly President Tsveta Karayancheva, ambassadors of the charity campaign and contributors attended the charity concert. In fifteen years the Bulgarian Christmas charity campaign raised EUR 16,752 million. A total of 4,380 Bulgarian children and 281 hospitals received financial support by the Bulgarian Christmas charity initiative in that period. In the social networks Bulgaria’s President Radev thanked everyone “whose commitment makes the Bulgarian Christmas possible for children with serious illnesses and disabilities”. 




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