Dr.
Georgi Lulchev, a psychiatrist, neurologist, administrator, amateur chef,
entrepreneur and Director of the Home for Psychologically Challenged Men,
attempts to turn around the mismanaged hospital situated in a former 16th
century monastery 20 km away from Sofia.
Dr. Lulchev works to create a farm where the patients can raise snails,
ostriches and pheasants, produce silk fibres and soy bread. In a country
where 80 percent of the population lives in poverty, every day is marked
by the struggle to survive. To overcome the shortage of funds, the Director
organises different activities for subsistence. During the last 15 years,
Georgi has tried to implement some unconventional business ideas, failed
and resumed his efforts with unflagging enthusiasm.
This is a story full of optimism, snails, ostriches, silk, charity, soy
bread, schizophrenics, foreign investors, Western hunters, misery and compassion.
Compassion, business and butterflies.
See the
Georgi and the
Butterflies website.
