Association for Education

Neoumanist

Vienna 2015

Moldova

Territory: 33,800 km2

Population: ~ 3 Mio. Capital: Chişinău

Striking facts

Every third person is aged 60-64 years Women constitute ~ 83% of senior pensioners 14.1 % are over the age of 80 years 2050 the number of elderly will increase 2.5

times The average pension is 1,087 Lei (~ 55 Euro) The minimum consumer goods basket

reaches 1,668 Lei (~ 85 Euro) About 82 % receive a pension under 1,300 Lei

(~ 65 Euro)

Living conditions

Urban Rural 99,9% electricity

92,2% water supply installations

73,0% have water closet within the dwelling

79,8% use natural gas

88,1% sewerage

77,1% have bathroom or shower

53,5% central or autonomic heating

99,9% electricity

50,2% water supply installations

9,7% have water closet (mostly outside the dwelling)

70,7% use gas cylinder

33,3% sewerage

11,6% bathroom or shower

0% central heating

The biggest challenges

Unhealthy living conditions Isolation from the community High rate of migration of their children Wages below subsistence level (around 55

Euro/month) Inadequate nutrition High costs for medicines Depression

Life in villages

Mission of Neoumanist Association

Improving the quality of life of the most vulnerable groups of

society, especially elderly,

by providing social assistance and care.

Our donors

RĂSĂRIT Day Care Center for Elderly

Day Care Center assists over 280 elderly a year.

It offers the following services:

Public kitchen Laundry room Bathroom Socialization

activities Training courses Different

rehabilitation therapies

RASARIT Activities

Public canteen

Women Club

Knitting

Impact

Before attending the center

After attending the center

SPECTRU Home for Elderly

The center offers

24 hours social and medical care, a cozy atmosphere to 20 elderly with different types of disabilities

Volunteers’ work

Hard life in villages ...

Single and needy elderly...

Home Care project provides social assistance and care to 40 elderly

Personal hygiene

Social assistance

Care

Psychological support

Other projects

Mobile lunches and medicines for 30 vulnerable elderly in Straseni

„Adopt an elderly“ – program

Winter help

Makes dreams come true…

CASTANIA - Touristic pension

Green house

Fundraising campaigns

Dinner for ten 2013

Charity football match 2014

Problems and consequences

In 2016: 750,000 pensioners Lack of social reforms Low capacities of nursing homes, day care

centres and home-based care

Solutions

Elderly as a priority group for Sustainability Development Goals

Longer terms of funding of social projects in Moldova

Need of social reforms Close cooperation and partnership with state

Thank you!Veronica Ţîmbalari

Executive director

Visit us: Republic of Moldova, Străşeni, str. 31, Ion Creangă

: + 373 237 28003

e-mail: org.neohumanist@yahoo.com

web page: www.neohumanist.org Weblog: www.neoumanist.wordpress.com