More hope and warmth as the winter season approaches
Published: Dec 23, 2024 Reading time: 3 minutes
Through its natural beauty of nature and the charm of the holiday spirit, winter is a special time for many people. However, for many families living in Moldova, winter brings many challenges and difficulties, such as heating their households, obtaining energy compensation, or ensuring their children can attend school.
For the second year in a row, we are running the "Iarna dăruim căldură" campaign, through which we bring joy to 900 children by providing vouchers for winter clothing and footwear.
With the generosity of the Government of the Czech Republic, the project "Support for education and sustainable solutions for refugees and communities affected by the war in Ukraine", we contributed to the well-being of refugee children from Ukraine, as well as Moldovan children, who attend schools in Moldova.
There was great happiness and excitement when the children received the news and went shopping with their parents for winter boots, jackets and other warm clothes.
In addition to the financial contribution for children going to school, the People in Need Moldova team, with the support of the Czech Development Agency (CzechAid), has been engaged in the mission to improve learning conditions by identifying problems and sustainable solutions to repair many classrooms.
Currently, five schools in different regions of the country are receiving repairs and energy efficiency improvements to replace windows, install efficient lighting, and change radiators, with an investment of more than 10 million Moldovan Lei. At the LT "Matei Basarab", the works are being finalised, and very soon, the children who attend this school will benefit from brighter and warmer classrooms.
Another important initiative is the provision of support for registration in the compensation programme for the inhabitants of Comrat, Ceadir-Lunga, Vulcanesti, Basarabeasca, Căplani, Cahul, Causeni, but also for those from Chisinau.
Thus, for 2 weeks, our colleagues joined the initiative of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Republic of Moldova and offered assistance services on several levels in the registration centres in the mentioned regions:
-Consultation on the application process
-Assistance for online registration on the platform compensatii.gov.md.
-The possibility to call a mobile team at home for people with disabilities and/or serious illnesses who cannot visit the registration centres.
This activity was possible thanks to the support of the European Union through EU Civil Protection & Humanitarian Aid, managed by People in Need in consortium with Acted Moldova & NRC - Norwegian Refugee Council.
