Бабафон
English translation. This entry was submitted in Bulgarian. It was translated by AI and checked against the original by a second pass. The Bulgarian text below is the contributor’s own, and it is the authoritative version. If you spot a translation that misses the point, please say so in the General space.
Grandma Phone
A server and a telephone handset, resembling a public phone booth – you can dial a different number and hear the story of an elderly person, recorded during my fieldwork. There is also a button so that your own [story] can be recorded.
What it sets out to do
To be a place for collecting stories from elderly people who have no one to share them with
Who it reaches
North-western Bulgaria
Who runs it
Sdruzhenie Fabrika za idei (Idea Factory Association)
What seems to make it work
A simple idea, a familiar tool, accessibility
What gets in the way
Technical difficulties in producing a model after the first prototype
How it is funded
The prototype was funded by an American foundation
Moving it somewhere else
Absolutely applicable and adaptable after a small investment
Read the original in Bulgarian
Сървър и слушалка от телефон, прилича на уличен телефон – можеш да набереш различен номер и чуеш история на възрастен човек, записана по време на теренната ми работа. Има копче и да бъде записана твоята
What it sets out to do
Да е място за събиране на истории от възрадтни хора, които няма на кого да ги споделят
Who it reaches
Северозападна България
Who runs it
Сдружение Фабрика за идеи
What seems to make it work
Проста идея, познат инструмент, достъпност
What gets in the way
Технически трудности с производството на модел след първия прототип
How it is funded
Прототипът беше финансиран от американска фондация
Moving it somewhere else
Абсолютно приложим и адаптивен след малко инвестиции
The record
- Lead organisation
- Сдружение Фабрика за идеи
- Target populations
- Older adults (65+), Children and young people, People with disabilities, Carers, Rural and remote communities, People experiencing poverty
- Countries
- Bulgaria
- Evaluation status
- Internally evaluated
- Peer reviewed
- No
- Contributed by
- Yanina Taneva - founder Ideas factory and Baba Residence
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Yanina Taneva - founder Ideas factory and Baba Residence (2026). Бабафон. LONELY-EU Intervention Registry, entry LEU-006. https://buddyboss.silc-exchange.com/interventions/%d0%b1%d0%b0%d0%b1%d0%b0%d1%84%d0%be%d0%bd/
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