A total of 33,101,903 leva (16.9 mln euros) has been invested in 147 social projects under the Beautiful Bulgaria program and the Social Investments and Employment projects of the Social Investment Fund (SIF) of the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy between 2005 and 2008.

59 of the sponsored projects are part of the Beautiful Bulgaria program and 88 of the Social Investment Fund. 18 projects helped orphanages, 66 helped old people homes, 19 mental institutions and others.

Eight new projects were approved to receive funding in the amount of 890,316 leva this year under the Beautiful Bulgaria program. Six of them will receive help under measure 1 – Improvement of urban areas and two under measure 2 – Improvements of public infrastructure.

Among these are a school, a church, an asylum, and 3 urban infrastructural projects.