PULSE Foundation

PULSE Foundation is a Bulgarian non-governmental organization, registered on July 7, 1999, under the name "Animus – Pernik". Since the beginning of 2002, the organization has continued its charitable activity under the name "PULSE" or "Positive Personal Skills in Society". In 2015, PULSE Foundation operated with 19 full-time employees and over 40 youth volunteers.

Programs
The service works closely with government agencies and NGOs in the country and abroad in Bulgaria.

The PULSE Foundation provides for individuals affected by violence. And it has programs for psychoactive substances and the prevention of HIV/AIDS among intravenous drug users.

Volunteering
The PULSE Foundation includes three youth clubs:
 * Youth club "To be friends" since 2000;
 * Youth club "P.U.M.A.S." – "Positive skills of alternative youth in the society", performs activities and outreach at schools since 2004; and
 * Youth Club at the Youth Bank in the city of Pernik, which carries out initiatives.

Volunteers and interns from New Bulgarian University, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski and Southwest University "Neophyte Rilski" are part of the team during their university education.

Membership and partnership
Within the country, the PULSE Foundation works as the regional coordinator of the National Network for Children (NNC) for the Southwest region. PULSE is the co-founder of the association "Alliance for protection from gender-based violence". At international level, the PULSE Foundation cooperates with:
 * KOK – German NGO network and coordination office, working against human trafficking; and
 * European Platform against trafficking, funded by the European Commission.