Nearly 30 Years of Impact

"In 1998 we began our Moldova mission with two joint U.S. military/civilian assignments: to rebuild a 120-bed hospital in Ceadyr-Lunga..."

"Our largest project has been renovating the tuberculosis hospital in Ceadyr-Lunga. It has been transformed from an empty shell with no functioning fresh water, sewer, heat or lights into a hospital meeting and surpassing European hospital standards. It is now Moldova’s National Rehabilitation Children’s Hospital."

"Replacing windows, doors, and heating systems in high school (DoD funded) and elementary school (private donor)."

"Alina, our daughter, had been moved from the state run orphanage at Straseni... We were able to provide medicines for the clinic there, as well as food and clothing."

"As a 15 year old, she came to the USA for a summer job sponsored by MWCF... accepted by the University of Birmingham, England, earning a bachelor's degree... Oxford University for graduate study. MWCF again agreed to be a sponsor and she graduated this summer."

"Orphan found semi-conscious from starvation in apartment... Earned a competitive scholarship to Moscow State University, completing her Master's/Graduate degree with MWCF living support."

"MWCF provides wheelchairs and replaces collapsing roofs on service buildings (laundry, boiler room)."

"Full renovation of student dormitory and installation of a modern central heating system."

"Construction of Moldova's only residential hospice facility caring for terminally ill children and adults. Additional school heating system replacement."

"Complete reconstruction of the primary sewer main that previously caused raw sewage to flood the local school grounds continuously."

"Replaced broken Soviet-era heating systems, boilers, and windows/doors to provide warm learning environments."

"Quick showcase of projects in Ungheni (dorm/heating), Zubrești (hospice & school heating), Sireți (sewage rebuilding), Inești, Bălănești, Corneti/Corten..."

"computer labs (400 PCs with Sun TV), cottage industries, and university scholarships."

"Showcase of projects... cottage industries, and university scholarships."

"the installation of this heating system for the boarding school in Leova is just the latest in what is a long and growing list of projects for the children of this country."

"Natalia Bolea... badly burned at five months by an exploding stove... Two North Carolina physicians flew to Chisinau for operations... a flight to and an extended stay in North Carolina for more surgery releasing remaining parts of fingers..."

"15-month-old girl with Crouzon Syndrome flown to Wake Forest Univ Children's Hospital. Dr. Lisa David performs 3 complex surgeries; Moldovan doctors trained for post-op care."

"Sponsored through higher education by MWCF. 4th-year student in Viticulture/Wine Industry in Chișinău."

"Later we visited Tirnova’s Tuberculosis Rehab Center where MWCF oversaw a $1.6 million renovation project in 2011."

"In 2009 he visited Moldova to participate with then U.S. Ambassador Asif Chaudhry in the dedication ceremony of a greenhouse and horticultural classroom at the Leova boarding school... funded [by Jack Bahm]."

"Kindergarten 110 houses children recovering from tuberculosis who have been abandoned and/or whose family cannot afford to support them. MWCF paired with other philanthropic agencies and raised money to replace ill-fitting doors and windows, provide indoor bathroom facilities and do other necessary renovations."

"Julius Vasilchenco, first came to MWCF's attention because of his serious stutter... He is working toward an Engineering Degree in Microelectronics and Nanotechnology."

"Flew to SpeechEasy Laboratory in North Carolina (2012) for custom fitting of a SpeechEasy device (altered auditory feedback)."

"Here we visited the village school... MWCF has replaced floors, windows, rotted sills and provided books, posters and maps in the classrooms."

"where the dedication of a center for children with special needs was televised on national TV, and featured speeches by Ray, a U.S. Embassy official, and the town mayor. MWCF partnered with International Women’s Club Moldova and other local and international organizations on this project."

"At Bulboaca, we checked Vlad’s installed playground at a special needs boarding school, and found it being overused by too many older children in need for some larger equipment for themselves"

"tour of the pediatric wing at the Mother & Child Institute’s respiratory diseases ward, where MWCF partnered with Irina’s PHOENIX charity to replace windows and do other construction work."

"Anastasia Kozlova, the young cancer patient initially mentioned in the Summer 2013 Report when Moldova World flew her mother and her to Israel for the first of two critical, complex, and expensive surgeries and specialized treatment at Jerusalem's Shaare Zedek Medical Center..."

"Diana Ghirghircic... walked across the town of Leova each week for violin lessons using a borrowed violin - until a MWCF friend in Hendersonville provided one for her... now a student at the Republican College of Informatics in Chisinau."

"Vasile Rusu, rebounding from the loss of his mother, is now in his third year of transportation studies, spent the summer as an intern with the Moldova railroad."

"Irina Chifa, another success story growing from the Fortuna Family Home in Drochia... is in the second year as a psychology student at the State University of Pedagogy in Chisinau."

"Andrea Erchevici, eldest child from a family victimized by a Russian human trafficking ring, is pursuing her interest in becoming an artist."

"When last Christmas Victoria, a young oncology patient, wrote a letter to Santa asking for a baby goat, the twosome drove to the Moldova pro-Russian separatist region of Transnistria to buy and deliver the goat."

"Nineteen windows at the Edinet School gymnasium and cafeteria were replaced this spring. Two exterior doors to the gym will complete the job. Cost: $1,100"

"Electric pump motors and water filtration equipment for Leova's seven year-old heating system were damaged by a tornado and an electrical storm. They must be replaced and to protect the investment a larger surge protector installed. Cost: $3,300"

"purchase a computer for Pavel Gutsu, a university technology student supported by MWCF partner A Better Life - Moldova. Without a computer, he spends hours translating Russian to Romanian... Cost: $875"

"will work to secure Speech Easy devices for Mariana Badan and Rinat Zakirov, two young persons with stutters. Tested by a therapist, each is an excellent candidate for the device... Cost: $1,700 per device"

"The school has only 10 squat toilets for 300 children. There is an urgent need for many more inside commodes, in particular to serve special needs children uncommonly integrated with the traditional student body."

"GaM Care agreed to donate furniture, but also offered a large amount of practical items... Over a six-week period the team delivered relief items to 300 socially vulnerable families in over 25 different communities scattered across eleven regions... 1800 heavy duty rubber work boots."

"began helping with a number of home improvements, including a new central heating system and an outdoor oven for baking homemade bread... apartment had new flooring throughout... furniture, painted and papered walls, clothing, and money for an outdoor brick oven."

"nine-month-old Alexandra Grumeza... Born with a rapidly deteriorating heart defect... desperately needed highly specialized surgery available at a hospital in Germany. Moldova World Children's Fund provided two airline flights each for Anastasia... and helped Alexandra and her parents with their journey."

"Maria and Olesea Botnaru are the oldest of a nine-children family in Rusca. Maria has completed private chef courses in Chisinau... Olesea will complete tailoring courses in Chisinau in January."

"Career Development Day in May 2014... Graduating high school students from orphanages and other boarding schools across the country were bussed to Chisinau for a day of motivational activity... MWCF paid for the bus transportation."

"Salvation Army Major Graham Carey... visited the Chisinau TB Kindergarten... brand new bedding arrived touched off with colorful decorated spreads. MWCF and the Salvation Army have had an occasional relationship of late"

"We stopped in Crocmaz to meet local agricultural partners and discuss youth programs..."

"GaMCare - Belgium:Moldova 2016 Actual $21,707 ... GaMCare-Belgium, N.C.-Moldova Bilateral Partnership, and NGNC collect and transport humanitarian assistance Gift-In-Kind material for delivery to MWCF"

"We visited a kindergarten where MWCF has replaced the floors in the building and added solar panels."

"Next we visited Ruseni’s grade school where MWCF has replaced windows and flooring throughout. Great appreciation was expressed to us as we delivered school supplies."

"...grateful for MWCF-supplied children’s library books and a new restroom, provided by the efforts of their beloved Peace Corps Volunteer and MWCF. It is the only indoor public toilet in the village."

"Hospice of North Carolina built the facility with MWCF help on the condition that provision be made for dying children as well as adults... We inspected a newly completed special needs shower room..."

"Melania Busuioc and her mom following successful heart surgery in Kiev, Ukraine"

"Maia Tara’s eldest daughter survived a major poisoning scare with surgery and follow-on care."

"Diana Ghirghircic, former Leova orphanage student College sponsored by MWCF donor Joyce Jolly"

"Sea Land Container: North Carolina to Norfolk, VA to Constanta, Romania to Chisinau, Moldova"

"Town of Colibasi Recreational Center...BEFORE & AFTER"

"Dorina Caraman Received her Master’s in Educational Psychology"

"Vera Botnaru Graduated as a tailor, seamstress, and clothes designer"

"A wheelchair accessible van donated in Switzerland and transported to grateful recipients by MWCF"

"Teaming with generous friends in The Netherlands and Germany, the kitchen at the Ruseni village school has been remodeled with durable new flooring, attractive ceiling and walls, along with replacement equipment and utensils."

"Shipping delays led to the aid arriving in early March 2020. Fortuitously, the shipment included many items ideally suited for helping establish Moldova’s first two coronavirus hospital response units."

"Six separate shipments (two in 2019 and four in 2020) of hospital equipment, furniture, and supplies have come from Verona, Italy based non-profit charity Operae Life... principal hospital recipient: Institute of Mother and Child in Chisinau."

"Seaborne shipment (Raleigh–Norfolk–Constanta–Chisinau) education & medical: Lora ... status report on 2021 plans involving sixteen metric tons of hospital equipment, medical supplies, books, and classroom materials."

"Humanitarian Aid Trucks from Italy (3) & The Netherlands (11): Irina ... heavy trucks of humanitarian aid each year from several European countries which she recruits."

"TeleFilm 20-Episode Television Series"

"Ideas for customary ornamentation of the new public access fresh water well being constructed on the fringe of the Ruseni Community Center were explored."

"North Carolina seaborne shipment of aid, Ambassador Derreck Hogan, and initial COVID-19 response units ... Relief during pandemic onslaught for needy individuals, families, schools and student dormitories"

"MWCF helping cope with the crisis...providing thousands of folding beds, mattresses, linens, blankets and pillows... Essential bedding accompanied by vital baby food..."

"Transatlantic seabourne container transport funded by U.S. Department of State... High nutrition food bars and canned food... transferred from MWCF storage facilities in Moldova to smaller Ukrainian vehicles..."

"Portable multi-toilet and multi-shower buildings constructed and positioned ready for use... funding donated by Canada’s Momentum Solutions"

"Mobile solar powered electrical energy systems procured and installed... donated by Footprint Project of Minneapolis, Minnesota in March..."

"30 stand alone satellite communication systems donated by SpaceX and widely positioned throughout the country...including one at the Ukraine Embassy to Moldova in Chisinau..."

"Refurbished ambulance and wheelchair donations...truckloads of antibiotics, painkillers, and other pharmaceuticals... trucked directly into Ukraine from The Netherlands"

"Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) gear for demining and disarming unexploded bombs for the National Police of Ukraine... couriered into Kyiv during the summer."

"Diana suffered from traumatic mutism until the staff of a MWCF renovated boarding school coaxed her into speaking again... received her Masters in Social Work... thanks to one of our generous donors."

"In early July, our field teams and vehicles entered the Mykolaiv area with the following in support of the Ukrainian Marine Corps and National Police: a midsized inflatable boat... sump pumps... mosquito repellent..."

"MWCF delivered a carload of soccer balls, shoes, uniforms along with volleyballs, basketballs, manual air pumps... to a children’s school and sports academy in Mykolaiv, Ukraine..."

"...quickly provide individually tailored uniforms and explosion deflecting footwear for all of the female field personnel at Kyiv’s EOD headquarters. Two shipments of extremely cold weather clothing were also delivered."

"...two large seaborne containers with 48,000 lbs. of medical equipment, hygiene supplies, educational materials, and emergency items shipped Raleigh-Norfolk-Constanta-Chisinau..."

"Casa Irina, a community center serving children of the northern villages of Ruseni and Goleni, was officially dedicated with U.S. Ambassador to Chisinau Kent Logsdon and Moldova Ambassador to Washington Viorel Ursu..."

"Western European charity SMHO from The Netherlands provided eight large trucks of hospital beds, medical equipment and school furniture..."

"Additionally, individuals personally volunteered in driving a truckload of critical humanitarian assistance to an aid station in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine."

"Jim & Kitty Olson... enabled the purchase and installation of emergency generators in several selected sites where MWCF is actively engaged... Fortuna orphanage in Drochia, a center for handicapped children in Chisinau, and Hospice of North Carolina in Zubresti..."

"Single mom Tatiana, unable to manage both a major increase in heating bills and mortgage payments on a one-bedroom apartment, received a reprieve when MWCF paid off her loan balance."