More than BGN 2 was donated after the end of a charity performance held on Monday evening at the Bulgarian National Theater 'Ivan Vazov' as part of the Bulgarian Christmas fundraising initiative, the Press Secretariat of the President said on Tuesday.

The 21st edition of the Bulgarian Christmas continues, held under the patronage of the Bulgarian head of state. This year the campaign is in support of pediatric surgery. Since the start of the campaign, which was announced by Bulgarian President Rumen Radev at the end of November in Burgas (on the Black Sea), around 250,000 donation text messages have been sent to 1117 and calls to 0900 1117. The amount available at bank accounts of donations of the initiative is BGN 2,270,000 and BGN 30 were donated through the ePay.bg system.

The Bulgarian Christmas charity event was attended by President Rumen Radev and his wife Desislava Radeva, representatives of state institutions, diplomats, donors, campaign ambassadors, doctors and children supported by Bulgarian Christmas. Prominent Bulgarian musicians supported the charity initiative for children in need with their participation in the concert./BTA-KosovaPress