Four organisations providing social services received new means of transport, purchased with the financial support of the European Union and the Soros Foundation Moldova

Four organizations providing social services were equipped with new means of transport, thanks to the financial support provided by the European Union and the Soros Foundation Moldova. Thus, mobile teams from Cimișlia, Chișinău, Edineț, as well as the Center for Social (Re)Integration of Young People from Ialoveni, will be able to provide social services at home to people with disabilities in these regions.

The Mobile Team service consists of a speech therapist, physiotherapist, social worker, psychologist, who visit adults and children with disabilities at home to provide them with necessary assistance according to a personalized plan. This social service cannot be provided without a means of transport. Alexei Buzu, Minister of Labor and Social Protection, who attended the event of donation of cars on 27 July in Cimișlia, welcomed the implementation of this project, which boosts the development of 40 social services in Moldova. “It is an important project that inspires us in the social assistance reform, among other things. We are talking about the services that will be included in the basic services package, which we will try to extend in a uniform and qualitative way throughout Moldova,” he said.

“The European Union supports civil society efforts in the process of implementing innovative solutions aimed at promoting the social inclusion of people with disabilities and people from socially vulnerable groups. At today’s event we are transmitting four transport units to four social services, which will bring social services closer to the beneficiaries and will help workers in the field to streamline and modernize their activities,” said Jānis Mažeiks, Ambassador of the European Union in Moldova.

“The partnerships we have with civil society organizations help us overcome difficult situations in the social field. The streamlining of social services will improve the quality of life and will ensure the social inclusion of families of people with disabilities,” said Tatiana Aramă, Vice-president of Cimișlia district.

Social services in the four regions were developed by civil society organizations in partnership with public authorities, with the support of the project “Civil Society Organizations Act for Better Social Services”, financed by the European Union, co-financed and implemented by Soros Foundation Moldova in partnership with Keystone Moldova and AO Institutum Virtutes Civilis.