Donors: East European Foundation, donations, local contribution

Partners: Kindergartens nr. 223, mayoralty Tohatin

Issues: early childhood environmental education, children outdoor education

Grant amount: $ 7349

Duration: 11.07 – 05.09. 2011

Main project results:

• 3 meetings with parents/local public authorities organized
• 1 workshop organized for parents, educators on the involvement of kids in waste reuse activities
• Recommendations elaborated on outdoor play methods with a focus on environmental education
• 2 play pavilions renovated
• 1 set of play accessories procured and installed
• 4 pay sets for individual and role play was procured
• 1 opening event on renovation of outdoor play conditions organized

Funding: Milieukontakt International

Partners: Milieukontakt Foundation, mayoralty of Bolduresti village, NGOs Ormax, “Bătrîneţe fără tristeţe”, The initiative group of village Stoianovca

• Partnership with different NGOs. The partnership was carried out at the level of idea exchange, experience share and for syncronization of similar activities
• Development of a sustainable environmental strategy for village Boldurești which involved action plans for prioritized environmental problems fits into the strategy of economic development)
• Involved different stakeholders for undertaking a common work
• Objective evaluation of different environmental problems, their prioritization, common elaboration of the strategy for sustainable development

Collaboration with WatSan Programme of SDC

• Selection of two pilot communities for building of outdoor UD toilets
• Training of 12 teachers, active parents and 200 pupils in the pilot school Băcşeni on the use of UD toilets and use of urine/faeces
• Elaboration of educational materials on the use and maintenance of UD toilets
• Construction of UDDT household toilet, development of technical description, evaluating the costs

Main project coordinator: WECF

Donors: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MinBuza), The Netherlands

Co-funding: Swiss Development and Cooperation Agency, WatSan Program

Local partners Moldova: WISDOM, ECOTOX

Issues: Energy & Climate, Water & Sanitation

Duration: 01/2008 - 12/2010

The special objective of the project was to reduce the human health risks from water pollution and improving people livelihood and health conditions of rural areas of Moldova. The main activities planned within the reporting period were focussed on assessing the situation, awareness raise on sustainable sanitation and resource management and implementing demonstrational ecosan facilities. Through community involvement, mobilization of active citizens groups/local leaders and development of various education tools (such as monthly renewed information boards, dissemination of educational materials and presentation of theatre plays) the population of rural communities were provided with hands on information on how to build and maintain ecosan toilets and why these systems promote a healthy and sustainable way of living in rural areas.

Main project results:

• One new hygienic UDDT toilets in mayoralty hall and 50 household (Boldurești, Băcșeni, Căușeni, Grimăncăuți, Văleni, Drochia were constructed for a total number of 204 beneficiaries, including 105 women
• Two hands-on trainings were organized on building solar fruit dryers and rainwater harvesting
• Information seminars for two schools on using UDDT
• One experience sharing workshop on ecological sanitation organized in Căușeni
• One workshop for schools was organized on water safety plans
• Experiments were carried out on the use of solar energy for shortening sanitization time of human faeces from Ecological sanitation systems (the results presented at the 3rd International Dry Toilet Conference in Tampere,Finland, 12-15 August, 2009)

Donors/partners: WfWP

Issues: Water, conference platform

Grant amount: €5500

Duration: 09.03 - 31.06.2009

Results:

As a result of WfWP grant an Internet information and communication platform was created which helped with the following components:

• A website with news – http://www.conference.wisdom.md
• An electronic newsletter – two issues were distributed before the conference
• Media propagation of the conference (1 newspaper and 1 radio advertorial produced)

Donors: Swiss Development and Cooperation Agency, ApaSan project

Partners: SEAM, Skat Foundation in Moldova, OWH Studio,

Issues: water, hygiene, sanitation

Grant amount: €16513

Duration: October 2009 - July 2010

The project is addressed to beneficiaries from rural areas from the Central part of Moldova where there is the worst situation regarding the water supply and sanitation. The main target groups are: schools and youth organisations, NGOs active in the field of water and sanitation, departments of preventive medicine, ecological inspectorates and universities. Considering that the education tool will be delivered to different public organizations that offer information services to a large number of beneficiaries by using this information and education tool we expect to reach around 30000 people.

Goal: Change of attitude and stimulate the acceptance of ecological sanitation concept in the society.

Objectives:

• Raise awareness on sanitation, health and protection of environment
• Inform and educate people on sustainable practices of sanitation
• Gain commitment and stimulate public participation in decision making of water and sanitation

Toolkit components:

• Leaflet on Ecological Sanitation
• Brochure on Ecological Sanitation
• Three thematic briefs: 1- maintenance and cleaning of UDDT, 2 – sanitization of excreta, 3 – how to build an UDDT, including some construction schemes
• Two posters – 1 – Ecosan promotion and 2 – promotion of hand washing practices
• A 15 minute documentary film “EcoSan – health, comfort, environmental protection”. The documentary was created in partnership with OWH-studio
• A Guide for teachers on Water and health in our village
• A poster for girls on How I useEcosan toilet
• A poster for boys on How I use Ecosan toilet
• Two posters - Let’s discover how the Ecosan system works and
• Pollution of underground water in villages
• Sticker on Wash and dry your hands
• Evaluation game for pupils with 6 illustrations
• leaflet on Water and hygiene at home
• Ecosan Toilet- alternative sanitation in the village

Donors: Foundation Danielle Mitterand France Liberte, CWS, Milieukontakt International

Partners: WECF, Ormax, NGO Renașterea Rurală, National Centre of Public Health, lyceum "Alexandru cel Bun", vg. Vărzărești, lyceum "Valeriu Bulicanu", vg. Bolduresti

Issues: water protection, rights to water and sanitation

Grant amount: €6997

Duration: October 2010 - January 2012

Main project results:

• Co-organization of the international conference “The implementation of the human right to water and sanitation in Moldova with a focus on the Protocol on Water and Health ”
• Quality of well water analyzed (nitrate and microbiological analysis) in Tohatin, Boldurești, Vărzărești
• 2 cleaning activities of the rivers and areas along the wells and springs organized in Bolduresti and Vărzărești
• One training organized for 14 pupils on community mobilization for water protection activities
• Organization of the community contest “The most well managed well” in Bolduresti village
• A well protection day was organized where pupils of lyceum “Valeriu Bulicanu” shared their ways of waste minimization to the community (how to make jewerlies from waste materials, reduce of packaging and plastic bags)
• 7 thematic lessons/events on water protection were organized in Tohatin, Bolduresti and Vărzărești

Donors: Milieukontakt International

Partners: NGO Renașterea Rurală

Issues: community participation, water and sanitation

Grant amount: € 900

Duration: February - September 2011

Main project results:

• A survey carried out with 140 people on water and sanitation (Tohatin 74, Cheltuitor -37, Bunet – 13 people, areas for summer houses -15 people)
• A stakeholder workshop for problem indentification/hyerarhization in the field of water and sanitation organized in Tohatin village
• Elaboration of a local action plan in the field of water and sanitation for Tohatin commune and its debate at local level