The office of the Bulgarian President is about to open the fourth annual major charity campaign for aiding children.

"Bulgarian Christmas" kicks in December 1 to raise funds for drugs and medical facilities and help children in need.

The traditional campaign is organized by Georgi Parvanov's office with the assistance of the BNT and NOVA television channels.

The three previous editions of the campaign resulted in the collection of BGN 4,734,953, which were used for paying the medical treatment of more than 80 children.

The special website has been launched to explain the aims of the move, and instruct people how to donate money. The site http://www.bgkoleda.bg explains that short messaging to 1117 (for subscribers of MTel and GloBul) and calls to 0900 1117 (for fixed lines) allots one lev (about 0.5 euro) for the campaign.

Following the tradition, on the first day of Christmas, December 25, a charity concert will be organized in the National Theatre Ivan Vazov.

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