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Renovated Auditorium Enhances Opportunity for Expression
Project enhances ties with larger community while putting youth in touch with their roots
Educating students about their culture and traditions has always been a key objective for Mindresti Secondary School teachers and parents. The school has sought to do this by involving students in extracurricular activities and giving students the opportunity to shape their school experience by creating a school “Senate” and a Youth Council, and introducing school radio programming and a school newspaper. However, efforts to support youth engaged in theater and dance yielded few results.
Ocnita Community Elders Lead the Way
It has been observed that Moldovans have become reluctant to express their constitutional right to vote. The Citizen Participation Program (CPP), a Program implemented by the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) through funds from USAID, recognized an opportunity to reverse this trend by engaging underserved populations by giving them the knowledge and skills necessary to have an impact in the upcoming 2007 local elections.
Moldovan NGOs Strive to Make a Difference in 2007 Elections
It has been observed that Moldovans have become reluctant to express their constitutional right to vote. The Citizen Participation Program (CPP), a Program implemented by the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) through funds from USAID, recognized an opportunity to reverse this trend by engaging underserved populations by giving them the knowledge and skills necessary to have an impact in the upcoming 2007 local elections.
Transparency Reunites Community
Fifty-six families live within a mile of the village of Negreshti and, while technically considered part of the village, these neighborhoods lack representation in the local public administration. When an initiative group formed to represent their neighborhoods’ interests, the group learned about the opportunity to participate in the USAID/IREX Citizen Participation Program (CPP). During the CPP facilitated community forum, the initiative group together with other interested citizens requested assistance from IREX to construct a new bus stop next to the highway which borders their neighborhoods and connects them with Chisinau.
CPP Helps Energize Community, Builds Hope for the Future
Through its Moldova Community Participation Program
(CPP), IREX is supporting a much needed school renovation project in
the village of Coscalia, located 25 miles outside of the capital city
of Chisinau.
Moldova’s Citizens Take Action
Citizens in villages across Moldova are mobilizing
to improve their communities with the help of IREX’s Moldova Citizen
Participation Program (CPP). Since November 2004, CPP has helped strengthen
the capacity of citizens to use democratic process to create tangible
and positive change.
Perserverance
and Participation Pay Off at Alecu Russo Lyceum
The outdoor restroom of the Alecu Russo lyceum in Orhei is 100 meters
from the school and is shared by pedestrians from the town market and
stadium. Every school day, in fair weather or foul, students from the
Alecu Russo theoretical lyceum in Orhei cross the 100 meter divide from
their school building to the outhouse.
CPP COMMUNITY PROJECTS
Improving Infrastructure and Facilities
Project Name: “Hirtop Gymnasium Reconstruction”
Project Leader: IG “Volintir Vasilisa”
Location: Hirtop, Taraclia
Though small in size, Hirtop is lucky to have two gymnasium buildings for schooling 142 children from Hirtop and neighboring Hadjichioi. Unfortunately, due to a leaking roof, rotten flooring and damaged walls, one building has not been useable for several years, forcing the school to conduct classes in two shifts, and leaving children from Hadjichioi a six kilometer walk in bad winter weather or after dark. More
Strenghtening Social Services
Project Name: “Creation of a Youth Centre in Badiceni”
Project leader: NGO “Viitorul”
Location: Badiceni, Soroca
After being turned down on their initial project to create a Youth Center, the active citizens of Badiceni got more people involved and resubmitted a stronger project to engage residents in offering services and cultural activities for 794 youths, including disadvantaged Roma, children with disabilities, and unemployed youth. More
Generating Jobs and Income
Project Name: “A Chance for the Blind”
Project Leaders: NGO “Luminatorul” and IG “Teilic Nicolai”
Location: Soroca
Moldova’s difficult transition to a market economy left several factories bankrupt or shut down, and a number of people lost their jobs. In Soroca, the visually impaired citizens of initiative group Teilic Nicolai got hit from both sides: when no one could afford to update equipment, the specialized factory where they worked ceased operations, and due to their physical disability they were unable to find equivalent work. More
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