About Agapedia Moldova

On the Human Development Index 2018 (index of human development in the areas of health, education and income), the Republic of Moldova ranks 112th and is therefore still the poorest country in Europe. As Romanian is also spoken in Moldova and we had gained a lot of experience with post-communist structures in Romania, we came up with the idea of using the synergies and setting up aid projects here too. We traveled to Moldova for the first time at the end of the 1990s.

After several trips and lengthy discussions, we fortunately met Ms. Ecaterina Mardarovici. As a former member of parliament, she was very familiar with the conditions and problems in the country. It was a matter close to her heart to help the abandoned children. In 2001, the Moldovan Agapedia Foundation was finally established. Since then, a team of over 20 employees has been active in various projects.

Republic of Moldova

The Republic of Moldova (Moldova) is 33,700 square kilometers in size and has 3.5 million inhabitants, sandwiched between Romania and Ukraine.
Net average salary 316 €
1 liter of petrol costs € 0.96
1 kilo of meat costs € 4
1 kilo of tomatoes costs € 0.80

Facts

Moldova was part of the Soviet Union until 1991. Approx. 60% ethnic Romanians, an autonomous republic of Transnistria, a contested state language in everyday life: Romanian, or Russian? Visa required to enter Romania. The most fertile soil, a country torn apart in many ways.

Agapedia projects in the Republic of Moldova

Community care in the villages

Community care in the villagesTogether with the Robert Bosch Stiftung, we launched this pilot project in Moldova in 2010 and...

Mother-Child-Center Chisinau

Mother and Child Center ChisinauIn our center, toddlers between 0 and 3 years of age are cared for during the day, whose mothers would otherwise have abandoned them because...

National adoption and foster care program

National adoption and foster care programTogether with the national child protection commission in Chisinau, we set up a foster care program by 2015 to support Moldovan foster families in...

Contact on site

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Ecaterina Mardarovici

From left: Mariana Balan (Senior Community Outreach Nurse in Cimislia County), Margareta Gavrilita (Social Worker), Marina Marian (Deputy Executive Director) , Svetlana Lotesco (Project Coordinator), Sergiu Godoroja (Senior Community Outreach Nurse in Orhei County), Ecaterina Mardarovici (Executive Director and Co-Founder of Agapedia Moldova)