1. Association for Education Neoumanist Vienna 2015

2. Moldova  Territory: 33,800 km 2  Population: ~ 3 Mio.  Capital: Chişinău

3. Striking facts  Every third person is aged 60-64 years  Women constitute ~ 83% of senior pensioners  14.1 % are over the age of 80 years  2050 the number of elderly will increase 2.5 times  The average pension is 1,087 Lei (~ 55 Euro)  The minimum consumer goods basket reaches 1,668 Lei (~ 85 Euro)  About 82 % receive a pension under 1,300 Lei (~ 65 Euro)

5. Living conditions Urban Rural 99,9% electricity 92,2% water supply installations 73,0% have water closet within the dwelling 79,8% use natural gas 88,1% sewerage 77,1% have bathroom or shower 53,5% central or autonomic heating 99,9% electricity 50,2% water supply installations 9,7% have water closet (mostly outside the dwelling) 70,7% use gas cylinder 33,3% sewerage 11,6% bathroom or shower 0% central heating

6. The biggest challenges  Unhealthy living conditions  Isolation from the community  High rate of migration of their children  Wages below subsistence level (around 55 Euro/month)  Inadequate nutrition  High costs for medicines  Depression

7. Life in villages

8. Mission of Neoumanist Association Improving the quality of life of the most vulnerable groups of society, especially elderly, by providing social assistance and care.

9. Our donors

10. RĂSĂRIT Day Care Center for Elderly

11. Day Care Center assists over 280 elderly a year. It offers the following services:  Public kitchen  Laundry room  Bathroom  Socialization activities  Training courses  Different rehabilitation therapies

12. RASARIT Activities Public canteen Women Club Knitting

13. Impact Before attending the center After attending the center

14. SPECTRU Home for Elderly

15. The center offers 24 hours social and medical care, a cozy atmosphere to 20 elderly with different types of disabilities

16. Volunteers’ work

17. Hard life in villages...

18. Single and needy elderly...

19. Home Care project provides social assistance and care to 40 elderly

20. Personal hygiene

21. Social assistance

22. Care

23. Psychological support

24. Other projects  Mobile lunches and medicines for 30 vulnerable elderly in Straseni  „Adopt an elderly“ – program  Winter help

25. Makes dreams come true…

26. CASTANIA - Touristic pension

27. Green house

28. Fundraising campaigns  Dinner for ten 2013  Charity football match 2014

29. Problems and consequences  In 2016: 750,000 pensioners  Lack of social reforms  Low capacities of nursing homes, day care centres and home-based care

30. Solutions  Elderly as a priority group for Sustainability Development Goals  Longer terms of funding of social projects in Moldova  Need of social reforms  Close cooperation and partnership with state

31. Thank you! Veronica Ţîmbalari Executive director Visit us: Republic of Moldova, Străşeni, str. 31, Ion Creangă  : + 373 237 28003 e-mail: org.neohumanist@yahoo.com web page: www.neohumanist.org Weblog:www.neoumanist.wordpress.com