Let's write fairytale for Burgas and Edirne

The project objective is raising the public awareness and sensitivity to cultural heritage and thereby, foster a sense of regional identity and of shared responsibility and respect for the values of the region.

The activities envisage setting up of a network among educational and cultural institutions across the border "Children and the cultural heritage" and elaboration of interactive children's game "Heritages of the cross-border region". The game will include at least 20 landmarks from both partner regions, there will be also at least 10 levels of the game, options two players to play at the same time, options for team contest, etc. The game will be uploaded in Internet and will be available in Bulgarian, Turkish and English language.

The project activities will enable kids to get acquainted with a foreign country and make them more social, productive and active as individuals. The successful implementation of the project will lead not only to development of sustainable tourism in the cross-border region, but will also support the creation of accepting and caring citizens of the cross-border region.

Project status: Finished

The project partners have implemented the activities according to the schedule.

A network of partnerships from over 50 organizations and institutions was set up during the project. An interactive game was created. The game is an important part of socio-cultural learning and development of the child. Playing a game is an easy way to support the learning process. From here, an interactive game was developed by Valshebstvo Kindergarten. This game was introduced to the children of the two countries today and was allowed to play together. Game presentation was made in the multimedia class prepared by the project. Then, with the participation of our volunteer students, the attention-based gaming activity was created using the historical sites of the two countries. Through smart board, students were able to see the places of history of a different country where they could not find a chance to see. By focusing their attention on the target for a short time, they performed mind exercises in such a way that they can remember it again after a period of time. Children actively participate and play every day at home and at the kindergarten. Their neighbours, friends and community are also familiar with the game and so it is accessible to everyone. Made in English, Bulgarian and Turkish for better absorption by children from Europe. The festival was held in Sofia, where more than 200 people were present in Burgas. This has helped to better promote the project and the cross-border cooperation program. A food festival with over 150 participants was held in Edirne.

Project materials:

The Promotional materials (branded t-shirts and hats, official certificate, poster, sticker and information board) elaborated by the project partners are available HERE.

Project products:

The project brochure is available HERE.

The book "Let's write fairytale for Burgas and Edirne" is available HERE.

The interactive game “Journey” realized in 10 levels with 5 camps in English, Bulgarian and Turkish languages is available at the following link: http://kidsjourney.org/ and information for the game is available HERE.

The project presentation is available HERE.