The renovated kindergarten in the Copceac village was opened in the presence of the Romanian Ambassador and the Executive Manager of MSIF
The first public institution in Moldova, which will be built according to the German Passive House Standard, will be a kindergarten. The kindergarten, with a capacity of enrollment of about 100 children, will be put into operation in the spring of 2017 in the city of Calarasi. Kindergarten will have an area of 1100 square meters and its maintenance - heating, ventilation, water cooling and lighting will be comparable to an apartment with 3 rooms, i.e. the bill will not exceed on average 2,000 lei per month .
Dear friends,
The departing year was for us a year of work and great achievements. For the generous grant allocated by the Romanian Government, we have been able to renovate every second kindergarten in our country, which more than 75 thousand children can enjoy now.
The obtained results are also merits of local authorities, and of kindergartens administrations, and contractors, who have demonstrated professionalism, insistence.
Friday, November 20, 2015, in the village of Mihaileni, raion Riscani an Adult Day Care Center was inaugurated, the institution was rehabilitated under the "Social Infrastructure and Energy Efficiency" project, implemented by the Moldova Social Investment Fund with the support of German KfW bank.
The event was attended by the Minister of Labour, Social Protection and Family, Mircea Buga, the Head of Community Development and MSIF Programs Management Department, Tatiana Socolov and community members.
The "Voinicel" kindergarten from Festelita village, Stefan Voda rayon, was inaugurated after completion of capital repair works, carried out within the "Program of technical and financial assistance provided by the Romanian Government for preschool institutions in the Republic of Moldova" with a total value of 20 million Euro.
These 20 schools were selected under the World Bank project "Integration of children with disabilities in regular schools", managed by the Social Investment Fund (MSIF).
Mircea Eşanu, the Executive Manager of the Moldova Social Investment Fund said: "By the end of next year all selected schools will be adapted. Ramps will be build, railings will be installed, toilets and bathrooms will be adapted, etc. in these institutions. Every child deserves to go to a general school, to be guaranteed the right to integrate into society and, thereby, to have a better future."
On October 6, Mircea Eşanu, the MSIF Executive Manager, had a meeting with Lutz Horn-Haacke, the new Regional Manager of KfW (Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau) with headquarters in Kiev.
During the meeting additional funding in the amount of 2 million euro for social infrastructure projects in villages and towns in Moldova has been discussed. The new project is to be launched in January 2016.
The Executive Manager of the Social Investment Fund (MSIF), Mircea Eşanu, and the Romanian Ambassador to Moldova, Marius Lazurca, on Thursday, September 24, 2015, inaugurated the kindergarten "Andries" in Ungheni town, renovated for money from Grant, offered by the Romanian Government.
The event was also attended by the mayor of Ungheni, kindergarten management and teachers, local officials and representatives of parents, whose children attend the kindergarten.
On Thursday, September 3rd, a pre-bid meeting has been held within the MSIF subproject "The construction of the kindergarten" in Calarasi town, financed from the KFW funds.
The meeting was attended by representatives of the Moldova Social Investment Fund, Calarasi town hall representatives, design company representatives, representatives of construction companies, which purchased tender documents, and potential candidates for the position of technical supervisor.