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The current project proposal of the Municipality of Stara Zagora aims to provide support to children from 0 to 6 years and their families from vulnerable groups, including Roma communities to improve access to health care, the formation of parenting skills, improving the family environment, increasing the school readiness of children for inclusion in the educational system, with the aim of reducing the transmission of poverty between generations. Comprehensive integrated services in early childhood are aimed at improving access to education, health protection and development of social skills for children aged from zero to six who do not attend and do not have access to kindergarten or nursery, and live in isolated rural and poor areas with a concentration of problems at risk of poverty, social exclusion and marginalization. The activities planned in this project proposal include the construction of a complex of three centers, offering functional services and contributing to improving the quality of life, social inclusion and early childhood development of children from vulnerable groups. It is planned to open a complex of three centers, located in three socially isolated communities in the villages of Kaloyanovets, Han Asparuhovo and Bratya Kunchevi. The complex will offer integrated services - health, social and educational, work with parents and stakeholders. The implementation of this project proposal will support the efforts of the Municipality of Stara Zagora for social inclusion and improvement of the well-being of vulnerable communities and will develop and introduce a systematic approach to early childhood intervention with special emphasis on children aged from zero to six and individuals. who take care of them. The partnership with a local non-governmental organization from Bulgaria - World Without Borders Association, which works in the field of Roma social inclusion, education and healthcare, will also contribute to achieving the goals of the project.