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cotiujenii mici and marinesti - bathroom creations - august 2022
On Thursday 11th August a team of 7 set of across Europe to Moldova, closely followed on the 13th by a team of 5. The lorries and van arrived into Moldova on Sunday 14th, and had been joined along the route by two lorries from the charity Hope & Aid Direct. TEECH were to support Hope & Aid to enter Moldova so they could deliver aid to support the Ukrainians currently residing in the country.
The first village for TEECH to visit was Cotiujenii Mici, Singerei District, to divide a classroom into two, creating bathrooms for the boys and girls of the school, along with installing the sanitary ware, hand driers, toilet cubicles and a hot water boiler. As most village schools in Moldova only have outside, long drop style toilets, TEECH and supporters continues to work hard to provide indoor toilets for children, bringing them hygienic conditions and privacy.
The team completed the bathrooms in 4 days, as all volunteers were very focused on the tasks at hand. One of the Hope and Aid lorries kindly picked up the two septic tanks purchased by TEECH from the capital Chisinau and visited the team at the school. The community hall was used to distribute clothing to the locals, opening for 2 days. Volunteers also took the time to deliver food parcels to the homes of the elderly and/or disabled, across three villages supported by Elena the social worker, who accompanied the volunteers to each home. The three villages were Cotiujenii Mici, Alexeuca and Gura-Oituz. In the village of Alexeuca the gentleman in the picture above was in need of a wheelchair. TEECH aim to source one before a team travel back to Moldova at Christmas time. If you know of a good quality one, please get in touch.
Children’s bikes were taken to Moldova and the Director at the school in Cotiujenii Mici, Rodica, decided which children were to receive the bikes, those from less well-off families. Two trampolines and a bouncy castle were also donated to the school.
Sergiu, a young Moldovan lad, joined TEECH on the Friday in the village and would go onto paint a mural onto the wall just outside the bathrooms to mark TEECH’s work and year. Sergiu has been supporting TEECH since the charity completed a bathroom project in his village of Bolduresti in 2015.
On the Saturday the team travelled approx. 10 miles (over very bumping, stony, dusty road) to the village of Marinesti for the next bathroom project. Sergiu would travel with the team and complete a mural in Marinesti also.
The director, Raisa, in Marinesti was surprised to see the team, as we arrived a day earlier than planned. Work started the same day, to unload the lorry of supplies, get the kitchen set up and get to work. The school had allocated two separate rooms for the bathrooms, and Romeo’s team had already been on site to plaster walls, create a new ceiling and tile the floor, so TEECH volunteers would install sanitary ware, cubicles, lighting, hand driers and the septic tank. Again, everyone worked really hard and the project was finished on the Tuesday.
The team then had time on the Wednesday to travel into Balti to deliver food to the reception centre for Ukrainians, plus visit the summer camp were some are also staying. We were also lucky enough to have an evening of local food, kindly made by the teachers at each school during our visit.
All pictures from the trip can be seen by clicking here to take you to another page of the website. Huge thanks go to those who continue to support TEECH, especially in the current climate, with costs rising, making it all the more of a challenge to achieve. Please see the photo page for specific thanks.
The first village for TEECH to visit was Cotiujenii Mici, Singerei District, to divide a classroom into two, creating bathrooms for the boys and girls of the school, along with installing the sanitary ware, hand driers, toilet cubicles and a hot water boiler. As most village schools in Moldova only have outside, long drop style toilets, TEECH and supporters continues to work hard to provide indoor toilets for children, bringing them hygienic conditions and privacy.
The team completed the bathrooms in 4 days, as all volunteers were very focused on the tasks at hand. One of the Hope and Aid lorries kindly picked up the two septic tanks purchased by TEECH from the capital Chisinau and visited the team at the school. The community hall was used to distribute clothing to the locals, opening for 2 days. Volunteers also took the time to deliver food parcels to the homes of the elderly and/or disabled, across three villages supported by Elena the social worker, who accompanied the volunteers to each home. The three villages were Cotiujenii Mici, Alexeuca and Gura-Oituz. In the village of Alexeuca the gentleman in the picture above was in need of a wheelchair. TEECH aim to source one before a team travel back to Moldova at Christmas time. If you know of a good quality one, please get in touch.
Children’s bikes were taken to Moldova and the Director at the school in Cotiujenii Mici, Rodica, decided which children were to receive the bikes, those from less well-off families. Two trampolines and a bouncy castle were also donated to the school.
Sergiu, a young Moldovan lad, joined TEECH on the Friday in the village and would go onto paint a mural onto the wall just outside the bathrooms to mark TEECH’s work and year. Sergiu has been supporting TEECH since the charity completed a bathroom project in his village of Bolduresti in 2015.
On the Saturday the team travelled approx. 10 miles (over very bumping, stony, dusty road) to the village of Marinesti for the next bathroom project. Sergiu would travel with the team and complete a mural in Marinesti also.
The director, Raisa, in Marinesti was surprised to see the team, as we arrived a day earlier than planned. Work started the same day, to unload the lorry of supplies, get the kitchen set up and get to work. The school had allocated two separate rooms for the bathrooms, and Romeo’s team had already been on site to plaster walls, create a new ceiling and tile the floor, so TEECH volunteers would install sanitary ware, cubicles, lighting, hand driers and the septic tank. Again, everyone worked really hard and the project was finished on the Tuesday.
The team then had time on the Wednesday to travel into Balti to deliver food to the reception centre for Ukrainians, plus visit the summer camp were some are also staying. We were also lucky enough to have an evening of local food, kindly made by the teachers at each school during our visit.
All pictures from the trip can be seen by clicking here to take you to another page of the website. Huge thanks go to those who continue to support TEECH, especially in the current climate, with costs rising, making it all the more of a challenge to achieve. Please see the photo page for specific thanks.
Thanks to Bill Hunter for the drone photo of the 2 TEECH lorries and van (top) and the two H&A lorries in Romania.
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Sergiu artistic talents
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