Excerpt from cafebabel.co.uk:
"After being set up in 2007, the summer academies grew into full-year programmes. Now, 40 youngsters a year are trained by students and professionals on subjects including English, computer literacy, empathy, human rights and leadership.
Lyuben Ivanov | The former reality TV contestant motivates youngsters
One of the programme volunteer speakers is Lyuben Ivanov, 26, a local celebrity who starred in the third reality TV edition of Survivor Bulgaria. Sitting in a lecture hall of a public library, the kids listen hypnotised to a guy who flew three planes, took a bus and a boat to get to a secluded island in the Philippines. He is also an economics teacher at Sofia university – apparently, anything is possible. The leadership programmes especially inspire the kids from the orphanage. Victor Porvakov, 17, wants to launch a career in design and is beginning his career as a male model. Another Victor, Byrlalov, 16, wants to make a career as a drummer. Again, apparently, anything is possible in Bulgaria."
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