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Situation in Mogilino home has not improved - Belgian delegation

Fri, Feb 01 2008 13:42 CET

byRene Beekman

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After the BBC documentary Bulgaria's abandoned children about the social care home for disabled children in the Bulgarian village of Mogilino had been broadcasted, a delegation of Belgian experts visited the home in Mogilino on January 30.

The delegation said it established the situation at the home had not changed and was as awful as before.

In its conclusion the delegation asked the Belgian government to put pressure on Sofia to move part of the children from the social care home to healthcare institutions, mediapool.bg said.

In the report, which had been presented to Belgian foreign affairs minister Karel de Gucht, the experts concluded that the situation in the homes was bad, adequate care for disabled children was missing, that bathrooms and toilets were shared and eight or nine children slept in one room.

"Bulgaria is the poorest country in the European Union, but that does not excuse what we have seen," the report said.

"This is not an internal matter for Bulgaria. Bulgaria is part of the EU and these problems have been identified during accession negotiations. Some countries are poorer, but social politics should be at a European level," de Gucht said.

Belgium was prepared to allocate 250 000 euro for education of staff in the homes and for cooperative social projects, mediapool.bg said. Regular inspections would be made in Bulgarian homes to evaluate improvements.

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