Who we are
MISSION
The mission of Caritas Moldova is to exercise Christian charity in support of those most in need, to promote social equity and defend human dignity.
VISION
Caritas Moldova aspires to create a community based on solidarity, focusing on the promotion of human dignity, the common good, truth and freedom.
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
Our mission carries out its activities on the territory of the Republic of Moldova through the National Office and the 11 branches located in: Balti, Bender, Chisinau, Cretoaia, Grigorăuca, Rascov, Ribnita, Slobozia Rascov, Stauceni, Stircea, Tiraspol.
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.
25 years of Caritas
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
- Stăuceni Social Canteen,
- Assistance with medicines or Caritas Pharmacy,
- Medical and social assistance in Tiraspol, Stăuceni, Grigorăuca, Stârcea, Rașcov
- HomeCare Chisinau, Bălți, Vadul lui Vodă
- In 1999, Caritas Moldova started long-term projects, such as: Home Care, Medical-Social Centers, Illegal Migration Prevention Program, Farm at Grigorăuca village, Day Centers for Children from Vulnerable Families in Bălţi and Rîbniţa, 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.
Period 2000 – 2004
Projects launched:
- Preschool Educational Center in Sloboda-Rașcov
- Prevention of illegal migration
- Children's Day Center in Râbnița and Bălți
- Summer camps for children
- The agricultural project in Grigorăuca
- Children's rehabilitation center in Sângerei
- Renovation of the sorting center in Chisinau
- Social canteen Bălți, Râbnița, Bender, Slobozia-Rașcov, Crețoaia, Rașcov, Grigorăuca, Chișinău, Tiraspol, Stârcea
- Creative workshop for children from Bender
- Food for children and adults in hospitals
- Gasification of Crețoaia 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 2005 – 2009
Projects launched:
- Equipment for the Tuberculosis Hospital, Chișinău
- Reconstruction of the Kindergarten from Crețoaia
- Renovation of the auxiliary school in Vâsoca village
- Day Care and Placement Center in Tiraspol and Petrushka
- Home for the homeless in Stăuceni
- Social service in parishes
- Supporting the kindergartens Sloboda-Rașcov, Stârcea, Crețoaia
- 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 Râbnița
- Renovation of the vocational school in Vulcănești
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 Bălți
- Renovation of the Children's Department of the Clinical Hospital from Bălți
- Renovation of the Vocational School in Ștefan Vodă
- 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 Râșcani
- Repair of the Vocational School from Ungheni
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
Founder
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
Foundation Council
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