Help 250+ Vulnerable Elderly in Moldova

Dear donors

We would like to thank you for your involvement and for your care about the elderly in Moldova. We can implement our activities only with support of bighearted people. For the elderly every donation is important. Your desires to help give them hope in a better future.

During the last three months the center was visited 3739 times. In the same time 4032 lunches were prepared and served. The elderly have possibility to wash their laundry 554 times, this means about 2770 kg of laundry was washed. The shower facilities were used 924 times.

 Besides the basic services , the elderly enjoyed watching TV, reading newspapers, learning English, dancing, singing, doing gymnastics, having  massage, helping in the kitchen, gardening, knitting, drawing , celebrating International days, etc.

For many persons the center is like a kindergarten where they spend their time together, avoiding the loneliness,  depression,  cold houses,  lack of facilities at home, lack of water inside.

Winter time is the hardest seasons for those who have to heat the house, to bring the water from the well, to go shopping.

In order to cover more needs of the elderly, a peer to peer group was created. Fifteen volunteers help 15 elderly that can’t attend the center. Elderly volunteer deliver lunches, help in the house, go shopping, pay the bills, buy medicines and most important pay attention to the seniors and their problems.

This is a new service for our community that aims to develop the spirit of volunteering among the elderly and among the citizens.

In Moldova, on the first of March people give each other-Martisor.  Martisor is an old tradition celebrated in Moldova, on March 1st.The name Martisor is a diminutive of March (Martie in Romanian).

It is believed that the person who wears the red and white string(Martisor) would enjoy a prosperous and healthy year.

Our elderly send you a  special Martisor from Moldova.