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april 2021          ​newsletter

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project 2021

As mentioned in last months newsletter, the charity is planning a bathroom installation project and trip to Moldova, with a team in August.

Romeo Cucireav in Moldova, who is TEECH’s link to the Schools Director, Stela Gherman and mayor Tatiana Latuc, has been to visit the school to look at the required preparation works. Preparation includes the levelling of floors, removal of walls and the plastering of all walls in both currently unused rooms which will be used to create the new bathrooms. The school is also having a roof replaced and will be funding other improvements before TEECH arrive. The commitment to fund and improve the school for the children locally is a real positive, with the local authorities of the area committed to the project. The preparation work will be done in June and July, prior to volunteers arriving from the 15th August.

TEECH is progressing well with buying the sanitary ware for the bathrooms, flooring, the toilet cubicles, plumbing and electrical items. 


​The team continue to monitor the situation across Europe to determine whether TEECH will be able to travel with a team, therefore we continue to fundraise to ensure the project goes ahead, so that the children benefit from the new bathrooms, whether they are completed by a TEECH team (large or small depending on abilities to travel) or by local trades funded by TEECH supporters. Thank you to those who have donated so far this year. 
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Since sharing news of the project village in March’s newsletter, Rebecca (prior US Peace Corps Volunteer who has supported and volunteered with TEECH since meeting many years ago in Moldova) has been doing some research on the village of Slobozia-Sirauti. The image below shows a map of Moldova, which we found of interest. The map shows in darker colours where there is mains sewerage for the residents - mainly showing in the capital of Chisinau and the second largest city, Balti. The school in Slobozia-Sirauti is located in the Briceni district, which is the furthest top left region, showing in pale yellow, demonstrating the need for indoor bathrooms. Just this image of the country, provides a good overview of the problem the country faces bringing itself up to what we in the West consider to be basic living conditions.
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We also have an update on the coronavirus pandemic, from week ending 23rd April to share:

The situation of the COVID-19 pandemic in Moldova is getting better. Newly confirmed cases continued to decrease, averaging around 600-700 out of 6000 tests. Now, the highest number of new cases are coming from Transnistria, with Chisinau taking second place. In total, since the start of the pandemic, we have 248,009 people who got infected.
The number of deaths per day has also decreased, averaging around 20-25 people. As of today, we have 5,643 deaths in Moldova due to the virus. The numbers are also decreasing in hospitals. 
These numbers may seem small to those reading this in the UK, but the population of Moldova is only around 2.7 million.In terms of mortality, the numbers are also decreasing, with a week average of about 25 fatalities per day. Moldova received a total of 292,700 vaccines (92% AstraZeneca, 8% Pfizer) and more than 96,372 people have been vaccinated so far. We are waiting for another lot of 182,000 vaccines from Russia (Sputnik V). 

Update on TEECH volunteers supporting a family in Moldova

During the Christmas trip 2020, the four volunteers who undertook the trip, were introduced to a lady and her children, whilst hand delivering food parcels in the village of Berlinti. The lady and her two children, who had been the victim of violet abuse by her partner, had fled there home. The local community had raised some money to rehouse them but needed further funds to complete the purchase. The funding was provided by the TEECH volunteers and we are pleased to report that the house is now officially in their ownership.

clothing & other donations reminder

In preparation for August we continue to receive and sort clothing donations.
As stated in prior newsletters, we have a lot of ladies clothing already, therefore hope to receive more men’s and children (all ages) over the coming months.  Please pass your donations, as soon as you can, through to us if you are Essex/Suffolk based, so we can ensure we have enough to stock a free shop in Slobozia-Sirauti.
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Please note: TEECH are no longer able to accept large or bulky medical aids. The charity will still take foldable wheelchairs, walking sticks, crutches but not walking frames, zimmer frames, commodes because they are too bulky to store and transport.
 

 
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