UNHCR Moldova organized an informative sessions for its beneficiaries on Family Aspects

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Moldova, organizes annually, for its beneficiaries, a training on family issues such as violence, drug addiction / alcohol, HIV / AIDS. Being already a tradition, this year the informative session was held at the Reception Center for Asylum Seekers on October the 20th. The event was attended by refugees, asylum seekers, beneficiaries of humanitarian protection as well as by representatives of UNHCR Moldova and NGOs partners. As guests of honor, the UNHCR Regional Representative Mr. Oldrich Andrysek, Representative of UNHCR Moldova, Mr. Peter Kessler and Mrs. Ecaterina Silvestru, Director of Refugee Directorate, vice-director of BMA.

The 12th edition of the Festival of Ethnicities

Saturday, September 15, in the Stefan cel Mare Public Garden, the Bureau of Interethnic Relations with the support of the Chisinau Mayoralty held the Republican Festival of ethnicities entitled “Unity through diversity”. The festival has reached its 12th edition and about 40 ethno cultural organizations, including the Charity Centre for Refugees, participated there. It aims to help integrate representatives of different ethnic groups by harnessing the traditions and the ancestral customs.

Excursion to the Scientific Reserve “Codrii”

Saturday, on the 25^th August 2012, at 9am, the Charity Centre for Refugees organized an excursion to the Scientific Reserve "Codrii", located near the village Lozova, Straseni district. The trip was attended by more than 50 persons, including refugee children and CCR staff, which were transported by a bus ordered by CCR. 

"Codrii" is the oldest reserve in Moldova, founded in 1971 which occupies an area of ​​5177 ha. The relief is crossed by numerous valleys and ravines. The natural reserve amazes with the multitude of forms and species, many of which are categorized as rare and endangered.

CCR combined the IFTAR feast with an entertaining evening for children

On August the 10th, at 5pm, at the initiative of Mr. Ray Taheri, lecturer at the University of British Columbia, and with the support of CCR, it was organized an entertaining evening for children with a diversified program. Mr. Taheri originates from Iran, the fact that do not allow him to be indifferent to refugees, many of whom are also coming from the Eastern countries.

Due to the fact that it was the month of Ramadan, CCR decided to combine the evening with the celebration of IFTAR, which refers to the evening meal when Muslims are breaking their fast during the Ramadan, i.e. the ninth month of the Islamic calendar.

2012 AGDM Participatory Assessment

Every year UNHCR, in cooperation with its main implementing and operational partners, conducts a comprehensive Age Gender Diversity Mainstreaming Participatory Assessment which is a process aimed at better assessing the situation of refugees, beneficiaries of humanitarian protection and stateless persons through a structured dialogue with persons of concern - women, men and children of different ages and backgrounds. It was decided that this year the focus group will be composed by asylum seekers and the main topics of discussions were decided to be the quality of services provided by UNHCR, NGOs, Government and the treatment of a/s by these Organizations and discrimination.