Background Information
My background is in program management, communications and service delivery. I have a University degree in philosphophy and Romanian, and now I'm working on a Master's degree.
Since 2001 I have worked with Partnerships for Every Child in Moldova. Before that worked with the Moldova Interior Minister, as a communications specialist and a press officer. After that I worked for one year in television. At the time that I entered child protection as a communications specialist. Partnerships for Every Child was merging with European Children's Trust and I coordinated a high level launch and a special launch event. Later I also worked on the launching of the Moldovan Alliance of Child Protection NGOs
Membership & Associations
- Formerly member of National Participation Council under the Government of Moldova.
- Led national working group on social welfare, education and youth.
- Former member of ISPCAN.
Our Interview With Practitioner
Learning by doing, doing by learning.
During this past year, as a manager, I have learned how important team work is and how every team member has an important part. Those parts add up to the whole and we have to be identifying each team member's strengths and be flexible to recognize that each member brings a strength that is different from the other.
As a parent, myself, I learned a lot. By being in this field I have learned about children and what they need, and how to best provide for them.
People are our most important resource. Getting to interact with other people in the field and having exchanges is the greatest tool we have.
I really like this work - it requires a lot of effort but also gives back so much motivation. You are doing a job that helps children and supports families. I do it because I believe in it. I believe we can make change.
The best approach for supporting families is one that is complex. By just taking care of one or two pieces of the puzzle, we only maybe address something short term. We need comprehensive approaches that address all the things - so not only social services, but things that strenghen a families' community, job support, education, social assistance, and so on.
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After 60 years of serving as a residential institution for children with disabilities, the Hîncești Auxiliary Boarding school (SIA Hîncești) in Moldova closed its doors to children in May 2022. The closing of Hîncești SIA serves as a harbinger for what is possible for other institutions for children with disabilities in Moldova and around the world.
