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Author: Petru Botnaru, August 29 2013        Petru Botnaru posted a video (the first video below) on YouTube in 2010 called Together, and he included this text for English speakers:
... In 2003, in the Vorniceni village, Republic of Moldova, an exceptional situation has been declared, due to the fact that at the "Ion Inculet" lyceum 75 cases of Hepatitis A were identified. This motivated the first step of solving the problem - creating The Moldovan Network of Rural Volunteering Centers for Water (MNRVCW), which was done in 2003 - with main activities including the 7th European Youth Water Parliament; the Project "Democratization of Dniester River Governance" (2008-2010), which was supported by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and realized by Eco-TIRAS in partnership with WECF - Women of Europe for Common Future, and had as a goal to improve the management of 4 Dniester tributaries. The MNRVCW made an important contribution to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals [MDGs] - in all of which water plays a crucial role. The MNRVCW mission aims at expanding its activities including other villages, countries on local, regional, national, European, and international levels....
 


 

In 2013, Petru followed with a video (the next video below) on YouTube called Sunny Day Terra 1530! And he submitted this update on Vorniceni village's citizen action for the environment:

Forests provide a lot of diverse benefits to societies. Besides the fact that wood processing and forest products provide significant contributions to the development of national economies, forests play a major role in maintaining the natural ecological balance. They contribute to creating a microclimate that reduces the effects of environmentally harmful factors....

Goal - The forestation of the 4.65 ha area is from 2013-2014.
Objectives:

  1. Preparation of the Vorniceni village citizenry, over 5,000 people, to make decisions related to environmental problems by involving them in volunteer activities such as the installation of a metallic fence surrounding the square as well as setting up an information panel, dustbins, benches, sidewalks and lamps throughout the plot;
  2. Providing knowledge about Vorniceni village by distributing the "Adevarul" publication ("The Truth");
  3. Posting short videos on YouTube; and
  4. Holding international conferences with partners to promote similar activities.

By Petru Botnaru, freelance journalist, Moldova
President NGO "Terra-1530"

Editor of "Adevarul" (Truth)
Terra 1530 website 

petru.botnaru@terra1530.md