KRESNA MUNICIPALITY BULGARIA Grundtvig project “Young People in Action” Seminar in Campina, Romania “Young people as volunteers” 29/09 -03/10/2011

Quick facts about Kresna Municipality Location: South-West Bulgaria Province: Blagoevgrad District Population: about 6000 people 1 towns and 6 villages: Town of Kresna Village of Vlahi Village of Gorna Breznitsa Village of Dolna Gradeshnitsa Village of Oshtava Village of Slivnitsa Village of Stara Kresna

KRESNA - The most popular place in Bulgaria for rafting and kayaking

On 23 October 2011 in Bulgaria will be held local elections Iliyan Krastev Mayor Georgi Georgiev Vice Mayor They will fight for the votes of Kresna citizens to become Mayor for the next 4 years

Project meeting in Kresna 7th – 11th July 2011 Seminar “Young people and sports”

Visit the annual jamboree of Kresna citizens at Sinanitsa (in the Pirin mountain)

Visit Rila Monastery- the largest and most famous monastery in Bulgaria

All the partners were very good at rafting in the Struma river All the partners were very good at rafting in the Struma river !!! Congratulations!

Young people in Kresna as volunteers

Eco-center Vlahi ( a village of Kresna Municipality Young people work as volunteers to mark the walking paths between Vlahi village and the villages of Stara Kresna and Oshtava in order to promote rural and eco-tourism

Youth initiative “Leaving our roots in Bulgaria”

Youth eco-regatta “Clean Struma river”

Project “Young People in Action” Contact us at: vasilkavelichkova@yahoo.co.uk