Project Aim
The main focus of Questers Giving Programme is Education. Through supporting various educational organisations and their initiatives, the programme aims to achieve a positive change in the schooling system in Bulgaria and to support alternative educational projects in the area of science and IT. Occasionally the programme supports other social, health and green initiatives.
Project Target Group
The target audiences of the programme could be defined as follows:
-Students with low motivation from less densely populated towns and villages
-Passionate students with deep interests in science and IT
-Unsatisfied with their current occupation young people aiming at requalifying in the IT sector.
Project Duration
The programme has been active for more than 11 years now. In the beginning, our efforts were split between education and child healthcare, but in 2016 we focused on Education, as concentrated efforts have a bigger impact. In the past 4 years, we've been collaborating with organisations such as TeachForBulgaria, Muzeiko, CoderDojo and HackVratsa
Project Activities
-Taking part in Inspirational Leaders Charity Auction in support of the Teach for Bulgaria
-Supporting the MakerSpace at Muzeiko
-Supporting the annual hackathon Hack Vratsa, which aims to attract talented children and encourage them to develop their potential
-Helping the school of Robotics Robopartans in sparking children's curiosity for physics, mathematics and technology
-Supporting the KITEproject of CoderDojo - an annual tech event, where children present their software or hardware projects, they have been developing during the school year
-4 colleagues volunteered as mentors at RailsGirls workshops
-In 2019 we also supported few social, health and green initiatives: Ole Male organization that supports families of children with special needs, Give a Book - a foundation that works with institutionalized children, Wild Animals - organization that aims to preserve the wild animals - species in Bulgaria, GorataBG - initiative promoting afforestation in Bulgaria
Project Results
-The amount donated by Questers at the 2019 Inspirational Leaders Charity Auction would contribute to Teach for Bulgaria's cause for a positive change in the Bulgarian education.
-The donation to Muzeiko was used for additional supplies that would ensure access for more children to the MakerSpace.
-Hack Vratsa 2019 attracted 11 teams that developed and presented very innovative and green projects.
-Through the financial support to Robopartans, more children were attracted to attend the school.