Author: Veronica Tomescu

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All Communal service providers Community mobilization Water supply

“The lack of water limits us to have a civilized life in the village”

“The lack of water limits us to have a civilized life in the village”

Bădiceni commune has an outdated and defective water supply system. The water tower and the pump always need repairs. Public institutions and only a part of the households of the village are connected to the aqueduct. The water delivered to the citizens, unfortunately, does not meet the standards and is not drinkable. To improve the water quality, it is necessary to clean and deepen the artesian well, arrange an accumulation basin and install a water treatment system.

he community from Bădiceni is an active one, they have implemented several social projects: they have established a local radio station, they have arranged a park in the locality. Recently, they also organized the solid waste collection service in the locality. With the support of a local NGO, litter bins were purchased and distributed to households, who subscribed to the weekly waste collection service.

“We want our children to have access to quality water in school and kindergarten. Children need safe water in taps, they spend half a day at school, and water consumption is vital for the harmonious development of the children. The kindergarten and school canteen has to carry water from 5 km away to prepare the food. The water wells in the village are mostly dry or the water in them is not drinkable. Households are pushed to carry water from long distances. And last summer due to the drought, the citizens of the most affected part of the village associated and organized the delivery of drinkable water by the cistern. The lack of water limits us to have a civilized life in the village: we cannot connect a washing machine, we have to wash by hand; we even carry water for our domestic animals, not to mention the impossibility of ensuring normal hygienic living conditions. We hope that with the implementation of the MĂ IMPLIC project we will have a better service in our locality. We will all get involved in creating a quality service, so that later we can extend the aqueduct, even to the village of Grigoreuca.” said Tatiana Coșciug, member of the project implementation team and community social worker.

In the period 2021-2023, the commune Bădiceni will implement a project aimed to improve the water supply service, with the support of the Project “MĂ IMPLIC”, financed by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and implemented by SKAT Consulting. Following the signed agreement, the LPA will benefit from funding (maximum 65,000 CHF), consulting, and capacity building services. The Project “MĂ IMPLIC” will help the LPA and the service provider not only to improve the infrastructure but also to develop long-term approaches to keep this infrastructure in good shape and to have sustainable models for financing the provision of services. In our work, we will ensure that local citizens, employees of LPAs, NGOs, economic agents are actively involved in modernizing public services in the community and especially that the less advantaged have equal access to these services. 

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All Communal service providers Community mobilization Solid Waste Management

“Children in Sudarca were the first to get involved in changing the local mentality regarding waste management”

“Children in Sudarca were the first to get involved in changing the local mentality regarding waste management”

There are 852 households in Sudarca commune, and each of them inevitably produces waste. Until recently, there were at least 7 unauthorized landfills in the commune. One of the largest was on the site of a former silo storage pit of the former local kolkhoz.

“The garbage problem in our commune was a rather painful problem for us. What we could do on our own was to clean up the piles of garbage dumped unauthorized every spring, especially along the ravine, the creek, and the water pond in the village. Every spring we used to organize sanitation days with the voluntary participation of the villagers and high school students. Unfortunately, after a while, the garbage always reappeared. And not even the imposed fines, did not stop the disrespectful residents from throwing garbage at random. Of course, not only the residents are to blame, but the lack of a municipal waste management service also put us in such a situation. We now hope that with the help of the MĂ IMPLIC project we will be able to create a modern and sustainable solid waste management service at affordable prices for the residents. We have experience in managing projects with international assistance, this way we managed to illuminate the streets of the village, soon we will create the community water delivery service and once the garbage problem in the commune is solved, we will live like in a city.” – said Mr. Anatolie Lisnic, the mayor of Sudarca commune.

Sudarca municipality applied and became a partner of the project MĂ IMPLIC, thanks to the perseverance and dedication of the local high school principal. Ms. Natalia Zaiaț says that the idea came to her after talking with her students on the topic of environmental protection. The children enthusiastically participated in the garbage collection in their village, but when they saw the garbage reappear, they were extremely disappointed. A change in mentality was needed in the community. Alone, the students took the initiative to educate the community to keep the village clean and to understand the negative consequences of throwing out garbage in unauthorized places. It was the children who became the initiators of new changes and promoted the idea among the elders.

The mayor of Sudarca municipality, Mr. Anatolie Lisnic, hopes that by their example they will be able to inspire other localities in the region and that citizens will be the ones who will bring the change and will involve in the development of their communities.

In the period 2021-2023, the commune Sudarca will implement a project aimed to improve the solid waste management service, with the support of the Project “MĂ IMPLIC”, financed by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and implemented by SKAT Consulting. Following the signed agreement, the LPA will benefit from funding (maximum 65,000 CHF), consulting, and capacity building services. The Project “MĂ IMPLIC” will help the LPA and the service provider not only to improve the infrastructure but also to develop long-term approaches to keep this infrastructure in good shape and to have sustainable models for financing the provision of services. In our work, we will ensure that local citizens, employees of LPAs, NGOs, economic agents are actively involved in modernizing public services in the community and especially that the less advantaged have equal access to these services.