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 | Helping Moldovan farmers build a
good life at home
Leonid Platon was one of the few who remained. While most of his countrymen left to work for farmers in other countries, this farmer from northern Moldova, not yet 40, was determined to make a go of it at home. More...
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| | | | | | Improving the lives of disabled rural children
For Alexandru Marciuc, an 11-year-old disabled orphan, the center in Scoreni has become a second home. The center, with a Romanian name meaning "Children - The Future of Society", now provides Alexandru with the best psychological and physical rehabilitation services in the country, as well as education in a renovated school...More | | | | |
| | | | | Reforming Education in Moldova "Education in Moldova has changed radically in recent years. Students are no longer seen as children who must be taken care of, but as thinking young people who can take independent decisions,” says Valentina Popeli, a teacher from Cuhurestii de Jos village. The creation of the national school system and the adjustment of school curricula and textbooks began with the change in the country's political and economic system and the creation of the new state. Key reforms were needed – to work out new curricula, publish new text books and train teachers. This required huge funds that the state did not have...More | | | |
| | | | | | Improving people's health by upgrading medical care "I no longer have to go to the district center if my children fall ill," says Nina Sarbu, a mother of two from the village of Horasti. "Now we have a modern health center and good doctors right here in our village.” The center in Horasti is one of several in Moldova that have been modernized thanks to the Moldova Health Investment Fund, a US$20 million project funded equally by the World Bank and the Dutch Government...More | | | |
| | | | | | Pulling Moldovan industry out of crisis In the mid-1990s, Moldagrotehnica, a Moldovan company manufacturing agricultural equipment, was on the edge of bankruptcy. Now, Moldagrotehnica is a thriving enterprise at ease with modern management techniques. What made the difference was the technical help the company received from two agencies set up with the help of the World Bank...More | | | |
| | | | | | Bringing hope to people living with HIV/AIDS Sergei R., 25, is optimistic about the future. He is back at work, following counseling and treatment by highly trained doctors. Living with AIDS for many years, Sergei has received free treatment and medicine under a government program financed primarily by the World Bank and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM)...More | | | |
| | | | | | Giving Moldovan farmers legal rights to their land Up until 1999, Anatol Cibotaru, a 27-year-old Moldovan farmer from the village of Costuleni, had no official documents to show that he was the real owner of his two-hectare plot of land. Thanks to the World Bank–supported First Cadastre Project, Cibotaru finally feels secure. His title to the land was finally recorded. Now, if he wants, he can sell his property and move to the city without any problems arising during the sale, he says...More | | | |
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