Prepare Bulgarian Kids for the Jobs of the Future

This spring, 30,000 students across Bulgaria continue learning skills their official curriculum never offered them — from AI and financial literacy to social-emotional intelligence.

Our goal for 2026/2027 is to reach at least 35,000 students through 1,500 champion teachers. Because children can’t afford to wait for educational reform. They need essential digital, financial, and life skills — now.

This quarter brought meaningful external validation of our work as well as exciting updates. The highlight? Buki Fest 2026 brought 340+ visitors, 52 student projects, and the Mayor of Burgas to a living expo of student ideas in the International Congress Centre.

Read the full report to see what we achieved, what's keeping us up at night, and how your support makes all of it possible.

A BIG THANK YOU for your support! This is what makes this impact possible <3 

Links:

• Join us in our mission to help thousands of Bulgarian students

• Global Giving Report - May 2026 (PDF)
  

The past quarter marked a phase of consolidation, validation, and scale for our work. We transitioned fully to the new model –with the Buki.bg platform firmly established as the core operational model of Telerik Academy School. This strategic shift allows us to:  

• Reach 10x more schools and students compared to the old model (the free extracurricular cohorts). 

• Ensure equal access for rural and small schools. 

• Use donor funding in a significantly more costeffective and scalable way. 

Building on the momentum from the start of the school year, our efforts during the past three months focused on supporting active schools and teachers, gathering in-depth feedback, strengthening our community and donor relations, and preparing the ground for sustainability through fundraising and gradual validation of paid subscriptions.  

Thanks to the continued support of GlobalGiving and other donors, we were able to provide free access to high-quality educational programs to hundreds of public schools across Bulgaria, ensuring that financial constraints did not limit students’ access to relevant 21stcentury skills. 

Links:

• See how you can support our work

• Global_Giving_report__January_2026.pdf (PDF)