30.10.14
Ground-breaking Agreement Will Strengthen Moldova’s Future
WASHINGTON DC, October 30 – Moldova’s children in adversity have received a major boost with the signing of an agreement between the Moldovan Government and the Global Alliance for Children, the first international public-private partnership specifically designed to ensure that all children reach their full human potential.
The agreement is the first step of a results-based investment strategy to reduce the number of Moldova’s children that are not meeting their developmental milestones, are living outside of family care or are experiencing violence, exploitation, neglect and abuse. Moldova, one of Europe’s smallest and poorest nations, has enthusiastically embraced the three goals of the agreement and with the help of organizations like Lumos, J.K. Rowling’s international children’s charity and founding member of the Alliance, has made significant strides toward ‘deinstitutionalisation’. Since 2009, it has helped take more than 7,000 children out of institutions to be reunited with families and supported in their communities.
The Prime Minister of Moldova, Iurie Leanc?, signed the agreement, saying: “I am happy that we will work together to overcome the problems that our children face, especially those from socially vulnerable families. I look with optimism at our cooperation which will benefit children from Moldova; I hope we make progress and build good examples in solving the problems we face.