‘My Body, My Rights’: meeting of participants from Yambol, Sofia and Montana

Results from the interim evaluation on project were presented. In the contest “The best project change”, organized for the three participating countries – Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia, one of the stories, submitted by Kosharnik district of Montana, was awarded First Prize as Best Story. The story was publicly presented in the newsletter of the International Planned Parenthood Federation as an example for behavioral change reached – a result of work on the project. Admirations for the local coordinator Petar Cvetanov and the self-help groups, that have a really successful development.
The Project Coordinator – Ventzislav Kirkov from the BFPA team – presented the methodology for final evaluation of the project, as well as the ways for collecting data via documenting stories, interviews with partners, discussions in focus groups and in-depth interviews.The meeting ended with discussion with the NNHM team for the possibilities to continue selected field activities after project end, as well as on future project concepts for joint work for capacity bui8lding of local communities and advocacy for vulnerable groups with difficult access to health care.
The project ‘My Body, My rights’ is supported by the initiative of the socially responsible business ‘MSD for Mothers’.