In April 1999 the Bistra and Galina hotel, property of the Burdarovs, was opened. It was awarded the Prize of the Bulgarian hotel and restaurant association for a most effective investment of ’99. Bequeathed to the Foundation, the Bistra and Galina hotel in Rousse is the only one of its kind in the country, built to accumulate funds for charity. Month grants from the income of the hotel continuously supplement the funds of the Foundation.The Bistra and Galina Foundation was established and registered on 10.07.1998 in Rousse. It started its activities in the middle of 1999, when the managing body and team were formed. The foundation was created in the name of the two deceased daughters of the family Zdravka and Strashimir Burdarov founders of the foundation.