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Bulgaria Awards Youth Helping Villagers in Harsh Winter
Society | March 7, 2012, Wednesday // 12:16
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The Mayor of Bulgaria's Kocherinovo municipality has awarded 22-year-old Lyuben Kastrev, who embarked on life-saving missions multiple times in February.
The young man was praised for his actions and given a monetary award of BGN 300 from the municipal budget for such occasions.
"I thank you for helping people in such harsh conditions, people in the most remote locations. I thank God for guarding you, because you risked your life and health to help others," the Mayor said during the ceremony.
22-year-old Lyuben Kastrev alone with the horse, in the evening, was carrying food and medicines to fellow villagers through snow drifts 1 m deep. File photo
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