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Georgi Georgiev was born in 1949 in Yambol, graduated from a technical school of cooking and semi-higher education at the Haskovo cultural center, once an organizational deputy. director of theaters in Dimitrovgrad and Kyustendil, spokesman for BNR, went to the bottom after the death of his 18-year-old son and separation from his wife.
At least that’s the story he briefly told me.
Georgi’s legs are almost immobilized and for more than two weeks he remained in the open air on the corner of “Slavyanska” and “September 6” streets, soaked in water and urine, buried in rubbish. Most of the people ignored him with contempt, some more merciful left him food and clothing. But the weather was getting colder and this man could die of cold very soon, just like that, in the middle of downtown Sofia.
Two days ago, my friend Yana and I decided that we could no longer do it like this.
We started calling the temporary reception centres, but unfortunately either the phones were turned off or nobody was answering. In the end, Yana managed with great difficulty to contact the people from the municipality, who, after long insistence on her part, came to get Georgi.
We took Georgi home to Krasna Polyana, where we bathed him and changed him into clean clothes. For now he has a roof over his head, but since he doesn’t have an identity card, we don’t know how long he will be able to stay sheltered, writes the skandalni.eu website.
One of Sofia’s big problems turns out to be the lack of houses for temporary accommodation of people like Georgi. The Sugar Factory location has recently closed and the other two centers are at very low capacity.
