Center for social and medical home care CASMED

We are a an NGO in the North of the Republic of Moldova - a tiny country between Romania and Ukraine, with the lowest living standards and income level in Europe. The NGO Centre for Social and Medical Home Assistance "CASMED" was officially registered on the 13th of December 2010. The organization was created with the purpose to materialize the hopes of and support the people belonging to disadvantaged groups and run social, education and health projects. CASMED mission is to increas the quality of life for different categories of beneficiaries by developing working models of social and community care services and building the capacity of the community actors. Since 2010 our team... read more We are a an NGO in the North of the Republic of Moldova - a tiny country between Romania and Ukraine, with the lowest living standards and income level in Europe. The NGO Centre for Social and Medical Home Assistance "CASMED" was officially registered on the 13th of December 2010. The organization was created with the purpose to materialize the hopes of and support the people belonging to disadvantaged groups and run social, education and health projects. CASMED mission is to increas the quality of life for different categories of beneficiaries by developing working models of social and community care services and building the capacity of the community actors. Since 2010 our team of 50 members has cared for around 3000 elderly and disabled individuals in over 30 areas of the country, through providing social and medical services at their homes. In this way we try to maintain as long as possible the mobility and well being of elderly and to offer an alternative for the services provided by the state, which sometimes does not cover the basic needs of the beneficiaries and had a bad territory coverage. The NGO "CASMED" implements projects and activities having as target public the elderly in particular and NGOs, LPAs, young people and representatives of various disadvantaged categories in general. The implemented projects and events aim at developing partners' skills in carrying out projects / activities / trainings, as well as their abilities to initiate and carry out such contents by themselves. We make constant efforts to encourage and support youth activism by promoting volunteerism, civic spirit, and empathy towards those who are less fortunate. Within CASMED Volunteering Department are implemented activities with social, cultural and educational impact, focused on raising awareness in the community about the difficulties faced by the socially vulnerable categories, increase of social responsibility and facilitating of the dialogue between the representatives of different age. In rural localities, the loyal partners of CASMED are the NGOs and the local authorities. The NGO Centre for Social and Medical Home Assistance "CASMED" is an umbrella for 19 local NGOs providing home care social services, and has experience in providing grants to local NGOs. CASMED supports the development of the partner organizations by providing them with training on specific topics, advice and coaching, meant to contribute to strengthening of their organizational skills, upgrading of staff profesional and managerial capacities. The organization also aims at developing the capacity of the partner NGOs in discussing and working with the LPAs in order to to build / develop a model for public-private partnership, founded by the efforts of the NGO sector and local decision makers. The association is based on the principle of attracting new sources through projects, campaigns, fundraising activities, etc., intended to bring a contribution to advancing of the civil society in Moldova and routing to new international trends.