It was great to see that our beds were the a sorely needed finishing touch as though EU funds have spruced up the kids ward no end with new toilets and shiny polished granito gres flooring there old beds still stood out as a sore thumb, a relic of a utilitarian past when life had a more collective asense in the totalitarian past!

Most of us probably cast our mind’s eye back to the Infectious Diseases Hospital here in Sofia where we did our first renovation and the Dickensian conditions that existed at that time for kids unfortunate enough to get ill in Bulgaria! Nowadays every life is important and none more so than the little girl we met at the ward her father brimming with gratitude after waiting 9 years for a liver transplant in Germany his daughter now under observation on her return to Bulgaria getting new comfortable beds courtesy of One Life Charity.

It was so touching moment and gave us all the emotional connect between our hard days of event organising whether it be for the rugby event, football tournaments, cricket golf cycling or the Pub Quizzes it all somehow made sense to us know and we knew we had come full circle and delivered aid as promised at point of most need to those kids suffering from life threatening illness as we set out to do all those years back!

Watch this space for more life improving and saving donations from One Life Charity and for our updates on the 4^th annual CHUWA convoy delivering aid to Bulgarian orphanages in the Stara Zagora region with more promised in September it will be a busy and successful year for our small but dedicated charity.

Chestita Baba Marta

24 January 2010, Sunday, 20:00 at J.J. Murphy’s.

Entrance fee: 15 BGN per person. (Teams 3 to 5 people)

All of you who came to the last Pub Quiz, please feel free to tell your friends and colleagues what a great time you had and what great raffle prizes were up for grabs.

All proceeds help to alleviate children’s disease and disability in Bulgaria.

See you there!

January Pub Quiz

November Pub Quiz

8 Novewmber 2009, Sunday, 20:00 at J.J. Murphy’s.

Entrance fee: 15 BGN per person. (Teams 3 to 5 people)

FREE FOOD (chicken wings, ribs, sausages, potato wedges), a lot of entertainment including raffle with many prizes!

All proceeds help to alleviate children’s disease and disability in Bulgaria.

See you there!

One Life Charity is pleased to announce its 6th annual charity bicycle ride that will take place on 3rd October 2009.

The route is an 80km loop that starts and finishes in the centre of Bankya. The ride will start at 09:00 and we are asking all participants to arrive by 08:30 in order to register.

The participation fee is 25 BGN per rider and we are hoping that the riders will raise additional sponsorship.

One Life Charity has recently coordinated the second CWUHA aid delivery to Bulgaria. This aid has benefited hospitals, schools and orphanages in Vidin, Sofia, Kula, Kustendil and Montana.

All monies raised will be used to help disadvantaged children in Bulgaria allowing One Life Charity to build on the work we have already done.

For further details, please contact: Mrs Rossy Vassileva
Telephone: 866 9237, mobile: 0887 310 290
e-mail: rossy@onelifebulgaria.org

Additional information: The route has been coordinated with the relevant municipalities and police departments. The group will have a police and ambulance escort.

All participants take part at their own risk. All participants are reminded of the need to wear helmet, guard against heat exhaustion, over-exertion, ensure regular fluid and food intake and to carry the correct clothing in case of possible inclement weather.