First steps

To celebrate their first year of service, Lions Club Sofia CyberSophia offered a scholarship to Olga Koeva, a visually impaired student at the National Music School ”Liubomir Pipkov”. Olga is a virtuoso pianist and is currently studying at the Music Academy Regensburg in Regensburg, Germany.

District 130 Reading Action Program Coordination

President Madden's campaign to increase literacy began the Reading Action Program in 2012. The CyberSophia Lions and club officer Ogniana Rainova are responsible for  coordination of the District 130 Lions Clubs RAP campaigns and received an award for starting the District 130 RAP blog. You can check it out at http://district130rap.wordpress.com/.

District 130 National Lions Environmental Photo Contest

The National Environmental Photo Contest is part of the global Lions Environmental Photo Contest. Lion Petyo Budakov was accepting the entries and hepled pick the District 130 winning photograph in the 2012 National contest edition.

Picnic in the Musical Garden for Students at Louis Braille School in Sofia, Bulgaria

On October 20, 2013, Lions Club Sofia CyberSophia organized a picnic for students from Louis Braille School for Visually Impaired. Kids were excited by the ‘singing’ facilities in the Musical Garden in front of Bulgarian National Theatre.

While enjoying the beautiful weather and refreshing, our friends told us what they mostly like to do in and out of school. 10-year old Martin enjoys school's sport events, especially athletics. Peter, who spends holidays with his grandfather in Smolyan, is challenged by mathematics. Smiley Anastasia (16) loves to do music and sings in the choir at the school. Our lively group taking pictures with the Lions banner catch the attention of many passers-by. Later, club members, students and two of the teachers enjoyed Mass in memory of Joan of Arc, De Pacem and Berlin Mass, performed by the National Philharmonic Choir in Bulgaria Music Hall. At the end of this exciting day, club members discussed how to continue its service for the new friends from Louis Braille School.

Vision Screenings for SOS Children's Villages

In November and December, members of Lions Club Sofia Cybersophia organized vision screenings of 76 children and youths from SOS Children's Villages - Sofia and village of Dren.

We, Cyber Lions, and our SOS- friends are deeply grateful to Dr. Tanya Andonova, director of Insurance Company Bulgaria PLC, and to the ophthalmologists from MEDICHECK, medical center, who willingly participated in this charity campaign.

"When we invest in children's health, we invest in the future of our nation and any investment is worthwhile. Thank you for involving us in the campaign and giving us the opportunity to contribute with services at the amount of BGN 1,100.  Thanks for your appreciation!"


The words from the letter by our partners Medicheck warm with its cordiality and encourage us to continue help Christmas miracles to happen.