From August 2011 to April 2012, we are implementing the “Through Volunteer Participation of Youth towards a Sustainable Community” with generous support from the East Europe Foundation through the “Youth Participation” Program funded by USAID through Eurasia Foundation ($13.673).
In August 2011 OO C.I.S.T.E. “CERTITUDINE” was selected by Youth Service America as Regional Partner for Europe in organizing Global Youth Service Day 2012, on April 20-22, 2012. Global Youth Service Day is an annual campaign that celebrates and mobilizes the millions of children and youth who improve their communities each day of the year through service and service-learning.
Established by YSA in 1988 in the United States and in 2000 globally, GYSD is the largest service event in the world and is now celebrated in over 100 countries. On GYSD, children and youth address the world’s most critical issues in partnership with families, schools, community and faith-based organizations, businesses, and governments.
On Global Youth Service Day, youth around the world will address pressing issues facing their communities, such as disasters, illiteracy, poverty, violence, HIV/AIDS, juvenile delinquency, climate change, and more. YSA is joined by an active consortium of more than 200 international partners, which organize thousands of projects each year. ($5.000 planning grant)
In March – April, 2011 we have piloted the “Community Score Card” assessment tool for NGO’s to assess the level of involvement of the community in project planning, implementation and evaluation. The activity was piloted in three villages in the north of Moldova, based on three projects for youth. The activity was financed by USAID through AED’s Moldovan Civil Society Strengthening Program (MCSSP). The output of the activity was three reports produced by three facilitators who facilitated three focus group discussions in three organizations. Activity budget was 28.720 MDL ($2.360)
In March, 2011 we were awarded a grant from USAID through AED’s Moldovan Civil Society Strengthening Program (MCSSP) to implement the “I can – We Can. Rural Youth Empowerment Project” in 5 villages in the northern part of Moldova with the aim to create 5 functional teams of young people who would be empowered with knowledge, skills and experience in project planning, implementation and evaluation. Another major component of the training course was social entrepreneurship and youth civic engagement through volunteering. As a result of the project 100 young people from 5 villages attended a 20 days training course consisting of 4 modules and implemented a micro-project per village with a 3.000MDL support from our grant source. Total Project Budget was 110.085 MDL ($9.050)
In December 2010, our organization was awarded a grant from MTV Staying Alive Foundation to implement the “HIV Aware. Be Empowered – Act Positively” Project aimed to raise awareness of young people from 10 villages in the north of Moldova about the threat of HIV, and empower them with prevention methods. More than 200 youth from 10 villages were involved and trained during the project. Another component of the project was the dissemination of free condoms and informational materials in local bus and train stations from Balti city, for young migrant workers who depart the country looking for a job in Russia. The total project budget was $12.500.
On 10/10/10 we organized in Moldova the „350” (www.350.org) environmental campaign being one of almost 8.000 environmental awareness raising and action projects from around the globe aiming to tackle climate change. We have managed to mobilize more than 50 young volunteers from 3 different villages to demonstrate their solidarity with the environment through the “Walnut Tree – Ensure a Healthy and Prosperous Rural Community in Moldova” Project http://www.350.org/en/node/18048 which resulted in around 300 walnut trees planted, around 2.000 leaflets and brochures distributed about the importance and utility of the walnut tree for rural communities. The project received a small grant ($1.000) from Global GreenGrants Fund (www.greengrants.org) after winning the on-line voting competition with 2351 votes (http://europeanfund.350.org) for the European Region. The project was a result of our Rural Youth Empowerment Project funded by the Embassy of Norway in Bucharest.
From December 2009 to December 2010 we have implemented the Rural Youth Empowerment Project in 5 different villages in the northern Moldova with the aim to create teams of active young people from rural areas who would contribute to community development and empower them with skills and knowledge through training and consulting in “Community Organization Set Up and Running”, “Project Proposal Development and Project Management” and “Fundraising”. Also, as a result of this project we are building a regional youth network, which is registered on-line, in order to share experiences, best practices and interact with each-other so that the ideas circulate and youth become more active citizens in their communities http://projects.tigweb.org/ryepmd. Also, as part of this project we are empowering young people with social media and ICT’s skills so that they will be able to use them for development and interaction purposes. The project is funded under the Small Grants Program of the Norway Embassy in Bucharest (€5.255)
From August 2010 to July 2011, as a follow-up on the Rural Youth Empowerment Project we have initiated the “Be Empowered – Change Your Community” Project targeting 5 different villages in the north of Moldova. Through this project we are not only training and empowering young people from rural areas with skills, knowledge and networking, but we are also supporting them in planning and implementing their first intervention to change their community with a small grant. The project received support (€13.290) from the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine under the MATRA KAP Program and is being implemented since August 2010 till July 2011. As a result of the project 5 initiative groups from target communities have implemented 5 initiatives: in Rautel village, they organized an HIV Awareness Raising Campaign; in Pirlita village they organized a sports competition and bought sports equipment for the local school; in Pelenia village, they cleaned the local park and a portion of the river, and installed 6 benches and trash bins; in Alexandreni village they have rehabilitated the water well which served in the past as primary water source for more than 400 people; in Marandeni village, they
From January 2010 to June 2010, we have been acting as the Regional Lead Agency for Western Europe and coordinated/facilitated the implementation of more than 60 projects in about 18 countries involving more than 30.000 volunteers in service projects together with a group of more than 120 partners. We have managed to mobilize youth in cleaning activities, planting and garbage collection activities, sports competitions, collecting food and clothes for young people in need, fundraising campaign for collecting funds for books for kids in local kindergartens, an awareness raising marathon with people with disabilities, a "dental health" campaign in Portugal, and a variety of others, which may be found on www.gysd.org. We were appointed by Youth Service America to serve as the Regional Lead Agency for Western Europe and received a ($5.000) planning grant.
In 2003 we have organized an awareness raising campaign about the benefits of Information and Communication Technologies for Youth, with support from Canadian Development Agency and TakingITGlobal. We managed to mobilize more than 60 young volunteers in this campaign and reach more than 4500 students from 5 different universities across Moldova through this campaign.
Awards & Recognition
• 2nd Most Active Organization Promoting Volunteering nominated by the Coalition for Volunteering, during the National Volunteering Festival, December 2010.
• Youth Prize for Civic Engagement awarded by the Ministry of Youth and Sports from Moldova, November, 2010.
• YouthActionNet fellowship awarded by the International Youth Foundation and Nokia, November, 2009.
Organization’s Yearly Budgets
Year Local currency (MDL) EURO equivalent USD equivalent
2010 196556,64 11912,52 15851,34
2011 (as of June 1, 2011) 227561,32 13791,60 19784,94
Total 424117,96
25704,12
35636,28
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