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ABOUT US

­Neglected Children Society is a non-governmental organisation founded in 1997 as a non-governmental society of sociologists, psychologists, police officers, lawyers, publishers and social workers who work in the field of child crimes, crimes against children, children with deviant behaviour and child sexual exploitation.  In 2000 Neglected Children Society became Bulgarian branch of ECPAT International and now it operates as ECPAT Bulgaria – national group of ECPAT, working on the problems of sexual exploitation of children, child trafficking for sexual purposes, child prostitution child pornography in Internet, etc.

ECPAT International – ”End Child Prostitution, Pornography and Trafficking for Sexual Purposes” is a global organisation which unites the efforts of NGOs from 100 countries around the world for elimination of all hideous forms of sexual exploitation of children.

Neglected Children Society – ECPAT Bulgaria is a member of the ЕU Civil Society Platform Against Trafficking in Human Beings.

The EU Platform has been created in accordance with Directive 2011/36/EU/ of the European Parliament and European Council for the purposes of prevention and combating trafficking in human beings and protection of victims of trafficking. A representative of ECPAT Bulgaria takes part in the annual sessions of the Platform and particularly in the subgroup on the problems of trafficking in children and the reintegration of children – victims of trafficking.

As a member of ЕСРАТ International, ECPAT-Bulgaria realizes a number of projects, researches, analyses and reports, trainings and conferences at national and international level, like: world congresses and venues dedicated to the prevention and struggle against child trafficking and varied forms of sexual exploitation of children.

Founder and Chairperson of the organisation is Lydia Zagorova – psychologist and expert on the problems of children at criminogenic and victimogenic risk; children with deviant behaviour; sexual exploitation of children; trafficking for sexual purposes; reintegration and psychological help for children – victims of trafficking and abuse; protection of child rights and interdisciplinary national and international cooperation.

The activities of the organisation are also supported by volunteers – girls who are former victims of sexual exploitation in the near past.

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