Tag Archives: Open Society Foundations

Helping Hand Moldova helps families of persons with disabilities start businesses

Posted on April 18, 2013 by nciocan

Busy as a bee, Efimia, a lady from the village of Ciocilteni, Orhei manages to keep a cow, a goat, a pig and different fowl, all by herself. Above that, she is bringing up a boy with an intellectual disability … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Community for all, Community for All-Moldova Program, Helping Hand Moldova, human services, income generating project, Keystone, Open Society Foundations, Soros, Supported Employment | Leave a comment

With Helping Hand Moldova, dreams can come true

Posted on March 26, 2013 by nciocan

Traditionally, Helping Hand Moldova provides donations for the beneficiaries of the Community for All – Moldova Program implemented by Keystone Moldova. Persons with disabilities, their families and inhabitants of Community Homes and Supported Living Services created with Keystone Moldova support … Continue reading →

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Project to support decentralization of human services in Moldova launched in Chisinau

Posted on March 5, 2013 by nciocan

A project entitled “Public-private partnership consolidation for a sustainable development of community-based services for persons with disabilities” was recently launched in Chisinau. The project worth EUR 273,436 is funded by the European Union and implemented by Keystone Moldova jointly with … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Community for all, disability, European Union, human services, Keystone, Ministry of Labor, Mobile Team, Moldova, Open Society Foundations, Public-private partnership, Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Social Protection and Family, UN Convention | Leave a comment

Business ideas presented in public by persons with disabilities and their families

Posted on January 18, 2013 by nciocan

Thirteen business ideas, all of them developed by persons with intellectual disabilities and their family members within the Small Business Incubator organized by Keystone Moldova with the support of Open Society Foundation / Mental Health Initiative, were presented publicly. Persons … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Community for all, disability, human services, Keystone, labor inclusion, Open Society Foundations, Small Business Incubator, Winrock Moldova | Leave a comment

We Are The Ones Who Can Stop Discrimination!

Posted on December 19, 2012 by nciocan

The auditorium lapses into silence. Actors on the stage freeze in a stop-motion. The audience remains pondering, waiting for something else to happen – How come? Plays usually have a happy ending, don’t they? Someone makes a sign for them … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged children, Community for all, disability, human services, Keystone, Moldova, Open Society Foundations, Social Drama, social theatre, Soros | 1 Comment

Paradigm Shift in Moldova – Implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Posted on December 10, 2012 by nciocan

A regional roundtable was held in Chisinau, dedicated to identifying and solving the issues of social inclusion of persons with disabilities in Moldova. The conference, entitled “Paradigm Shift in Moldova – Implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Community for all, disability, human services, Keystone, Moldova, Open Society Foundations, Rights of Persons with Disabilities, UN Convention | Leave a comment

Respite Service launched in Orhei district

Posted on December 6, 2012 by nciocan

A new social service for persons with disabilities – Respite – was launched in the district of Orhei on December 5, 2012. The service is located in the village of Peresecina, Orhei and was established within the district Directorate for … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged children, Community for all, disability, human services, Keystone, Ministry of Labor, Moldova, Open Society Foundations, Respite Service, Social Protection and Family | 1 Comment

Community Home Opened in Ialoveni District

Posted on December 4, 2012 by nciocan

A Community Home – a social service for persons with disabilities – opened in the village of Hansca, Ialoveni today. The service was established within the district Directorate for Social Assistance and Family Protection, supported by Keystone Human Services International … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged child, children, Community for all, community home, human services, Keystone, Moldova, Open Society Foundations, Soros | 1 Comment

Eco-Friendly Social Enterprise in Moldova

Posted on December 3, 2012 by nciocan

A late fall afternoon. In a room filled with humming, two hands are working assiduously on a colorful package. They keep encouraging one another, running over, fixing, folding and caressing the package, trying to tame it… In vain – the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Community for all, Copmadam, disability, human services, Keystone, Moldova, Open Society Foundations, workshop | 1 Comment

How can you change reality?

Posted on November 21, 2012 by nciocan

The curtain opens to reveal a classroom full of students talking with each other. – I’d like to go to the birthday party. – What birthday party? – Mircea’s birthday, your classmate. – Oh, I didn’t know he was celebrating. … Continue reading →

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