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In November, HESED launched a targeted food support initiative for people living in a situation of homelessness in the Fakulteta neighborhood. In the first phase, 30 children and 4 pregnant women received packages with basic food products tailored to their basic needs. The goal of the program is to ensure minimum food security for the […]

DEDO Foundation, together with the organisations in its network — All for family (VPR), Dorka Bags, n.o., and Dorka, n.o. — has opened a unique Integrated Health and Social Services Centre at the Polyclinic Sever in Košice. The centre connects medical and psychological care with social, legal, and employment counselling, as well as housing support […]

Sharing pathways to ending homelessness The European Housing First Partners Conference (EHFPC) is an initiative that brings together practitioners, researchers, policymakers, and people with lived experience to share knowledge and reflect on the implementation of the Housing First (HF) approach across Europe. The conference was organised by Pathways to Housing and Housing First Germany. The […]

Homelessness is a topic of long-standing importance, which today is even more acute on the agenda of European societies. In early October, Silvia Vasileva, Vice President of the Health and Social Development Foundation (HESED), was a guest on the program “Horizont do obed” on the Bulgarian National Radio with host Irina Nedeva. The main emphasis […]

In spring 2025, we conducted a survey in five Central and Southeast European countries as part of the SOLACE-CEE project. Our goal was to map the real-life situation of people experiencing homelessness and housing exclusion. Through questionnaires and in-depth interviews, we examined living conditions, barriers to healthcare and social services, health literacy, and use of […]

Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, became the venue for our SOLACE-CEE project meeting in the last week of June 2025. Health and Social Development organization welcomed all partners. More than 20 people from seven organization: DEDO Foundation, All for family (VPR), Casa Ioana, Health and Social Development (HESED), Metropolitan research Institute (MRI), Housing First Poland Foundation and Hungarian Maltese Charity Service came together with […]

Efficient, fast, and reduces the frequency of parallel care – this is how the telemedicine program launched by the Hungarian Malteser Charity Service within the framework of the SOLACE-CEE program can be briefly described.  As part of the pilot program, online GP care can be launched in three institutions helping homeless people, which are planned […]

The cold winter days are a critical time of the year for homeless people. In the general perception, thоse are all who live on the streets, sleep in subways, at the train station or in abandoned, dilapidated and dangerous buildings. But there are also other types of homelessness. According to ETHOS – European Typology of […]