On the sunny May 14th, hundreds of children and their parents gathered at the Pigeons meadow in the South Park in Sofia. The families spent the day playing and having fun together as they joined the third edition of the Famillathlon open-air annual event, organised by the National Safer Internet Centre.
The event was supported by Sofia Municipality, Vivacom, Devin, Voltaren with the media partnership of the Bulgarian National TV and Darik Radio. The main idea was to promote sports as a way to enhance health and strengthen family relationships. During the Famillatlon, the children experimented with various sports and leisure activities such as badminton, softball, capoeira, aikido, paneurhythmy, roller skating, karate, family games, robotics, boxing, art workshops, relay reading, hiking, petanque, rugby, acrobatic rock and roll, taekwondo, and many more…
Like in the previous years, there was an orienteering track called the Little Europe. It proved to be a funny and engaging way for children to get familiar with the 27 European capitals. The children were “traveling” across Europe to learn more about the culture and traditions of the different nations.
Flashboy, a fictional character created by the National Safer Internet Centre, was also part of the Famillathlon. He is always ready to help and knows everything about safer internet and mobile communications. Flashboy introduced the new initiative of the National Safer Internet Centre – the safer internet Helpline. Its telephone number is 124 123. The Helpline provides consultations to children and parents about online risks for children and is operated by Association Roditeli – partner of ARC Fund in the national Safer Internet Centre.
Ivan Matev aka Super Lyubo and Eva Borissova from Association Roditeli animated the event from the stage and made sure the children were having a great time. There were various other performances and demonstrations on stage and all around in the park to entertain further the participants.
The party ended late in the afternoon as children and their parents were invited to volunteer to clean the Pigeons meadow. In this final game all children were rewarded with apples for filled garbage bags.
