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VISION

People in Moldova live a better life in a society where all communities have access to essentials social, educational, and health services, and where dignity, inclusion, and care of every person are respected and promoted.

MISSION

Caritas Moldova’s Mission is to support the most vulnerable through delivering sustainable programs rooted in Christian values, professionalism, and integrity, promoting social justice, solidarity, and community empowerment.

VALUES

Caritas Moldova is an organization made up of a motivated and responsible team that is guided by Christian values and principles, such as human dignity, solidarity, compassion, voluntarism, integrity, transparency and universality.

LEGAL STATUTE

The Charity Foundation Caritas Moldova created within the Roman-Catholic Church of Moldova, at the initiative of the Bishop of Chisinau, was registered, in its current legal form, on 2 June, 2015.

GEOGRAPHIC AREA

Caritas Moldova operates across the whole of Moldova, reaching rural areas in particular through mobile teams and local projects. Our interventions also cover Transnistria and Gagauzia, providing support where it is most needed.

BENEFICIARIES

The main categories of beneficiaries of Caritas Moldova are: the abandoned elderly, people with disabilities, children, young people, students, vulnerable families, single-parent families, the unemployed, people in risk situations and other vulnerable categories.

30 years of Caritas

Period 2015 – 2019

Projects launched:

The dance of tolerance

The Catholic Religious Mission Caritas Moldova was reorganized by transformation into the Charity Foundation Caritas Moldova

Period 2010 – 2014

Projects launched:

Remote support for children "Godfathers of Baptism"
Capacity building in cystic fibrosis

Healthy choices for young people in HIV / AIDS prevention
Social integration of the elderly in Chisinau
Rehabilitation of the social infrastructure in Obileni village
Renovation of the Clinical Hospital in BÄƒlÈ›i
Renovation of the Children's Department of the Clinical Hospital from BÄƒlÈ›i
Renovation of the Vocational School in È˜tefan VodÄƒ
Young Caritas
Children with a future - a future for children
Renovation of the Pilot Complex of Curative Pedagogy "Orpheus" Chisinau
Repair of the Vocational - Technical School from RâÈ™cani
Repair of the Vocational School from Ungheni

Period 2005 – 2009

Projects launched:

Equipment for the Tuberculosis Hospital, ChiÈ™inÄƒu
Reconstruction of the Kindergarten from CreÈ›oaia

Renovation of the auxiliary school in Vâsoca village
Day Care and Placement Center in Tiraspol and Petrushka
Home for the homeless in StÄƒuceni
Social service in parishes
Supporting the kindergartens Sloboda-RaÈ™cov, Stârcea, CreÈ›oaia
Renovation of the Municipal Clinical Hospital of Phthisiopulmonology in Chisinau
Day center for children and youth from Cretoaia
Renovation of the Boarding School in Napadova
Renovation of the auxiliary school in Popeasca village
National Forum for Community Health and Care
Day center for the elderly RâbniÈ›a
Renovation of the vocational school in VulcÄƒneÈ™ti

Period 2000 – 2004

Projects launched:

Preschool Educational Center in Sloboda-RaÈ™cov
Prevention of illegal migration

Children's Day Center in RâbniÈ›a and BÄƒlÈ›i
Summer camps for children
The agricultural project in GrigorÄƒuca
Children's rehabilitation center in Sângerei
Renovation of the sorting center in Chisinau
Social canteen BÄƒlÈ›i, RâbniÈ›a, Bender, Slobozia-RaÈ™cov, CreÈ›oaia, RaÈ™cov, GrigorÄƒuca, ChiÈ™inÄƒu, Tiraspol, Stârcea
Creative workshop for children from Bender
Food for children and adults in hospitals
Gasification of CreÈ›oaia village

In 2004, Caritas Moldova reformulated its anti-poverty strategy by implementing the pilot strategic plan. Thus, in January 2005, the implementation of the first three-year strategic plan (2005-2007) according to the standards of the Caritas Europe Federation began. A simple comparative analysis indicates a significant increase in the number of projects and, respectively, in the number of beneficiaries: from 46 projects implemented in 2004 (with over 17,000 beneficiaries), to 63 projects - in 2005. Next was the Strategic Plan 2008-2010, which aimed to achieve a number of objectives, including - assistance to vulnerable groups and social reintegration of poor and marginalized people. The activities carried out throughout Moldova are an integral part of the Strategic Plan 2012-2016.

Period 1995 – 1999

Projects launched:

The Bishop of Chisinau registered the Catholic Religious Mission Caritas Moldova, as the social department of the Roman Catholic Church of the Republic of Moldova, which acted through Caritas branches in local parishes, consisting of local director (community pastor), operational coordinator, contributers and volunteers .

Assistance to disaster victims
Humanitarian Aid
StÄƒuceni Social Canteen,
Assistance with medicines or Caritas Pharmacy,
Medical and social assistance in Tiraspol, StÄƒuceni, GrigorÄƒuca, Stârcea, RaÈ™cov
HomeCare Chisinau, BÄƒlÈ›i, Vadul lui VodÄƒ
In 1999, Caritas Moldova started long-term projects, such as: Home Care, Medical-Social Centers, Illegal Migration Prevention Program, Farm at GrigorÄƒuca village, Day Centers for Children from Vulnerable Families in BÄƒlÅ£i and RîbniÅ£a, Rehabilitation center for children with physical disabilities in Sîngerei, hospitalization of needy patients, equipping hospitals with medical and para-medical equipment, scholarships for students, providing humanitarian aid, including medicines, disadvantaged people, maintenance of social canteens, etc.

Founder

Anton CoÈ™aBishop

Not to us, God, not to us, but give glory to your name (Ps 115,1)

From the beginning of its existence, Caritas Moldova has received from its founder a clear and unequivocal mandate, that of serving the poorest of the poor, all those who are on the margins of society, forgotten and neglected by all, and to he thus showed them the gentle and loving face of God, who "is love" (cf. 1 Cor 4:16), in all the acts of charity it promotes.

There are a lot of Caritas beneficiaries and very different: children, young or old, families in difficulty, the sick or people with various addictions. Approaching them with love, attention and care represents for each contributor more than an employment contract, but especially a mission of the soul and a vocation of joy from which they receive light, as Pope Francis says very nicely in the Encyclical Lumen fidei: "For how many men and women of faith the sufferers were mediators of light!" (No. 57)

Charity, God's love for those who have had less luck in life is the motivation for which the Caritas Moldova team, both at the central level and in its various structures in the territory, makes considerable efforts every day to help those in need, to ease their problems and give them new reasons for hope.

Caritas Moldova, in collaboration with partners from different country, has implemented numerous projects of great importance. Of course, there would have been room for more, but the short time and the limits of material possibilities did not allow this. However, a big and sincere word of thanks should be brought to both the partners and the Caritas Moldova team for all the good done. May God reward each one rich and tender!

† Anton Cosa