Projects
- Community for All – Moldova
- September 2008 – present
- Funded by Open Society Mental Health Initiative (MHI) and Soros Foundation – Moldova
- In partnership with global, regional, and local organizations and authorities, Keystone Moldova is initiating a transformation of Moldova’s system of care for individuals with disabilities by creating a community-based system of services and supports. Community for All seeks to build an enriched environment where all people are united in a common spirit celebrating each person’s unique abilities.
- Advancing and monitoring the rights of people with mental disabilities in neuro-psychiatric residential institutions
- April 2016 – April 2019
- Funded by European Union
- The Project goal is to empower persons in neuro-psychiatric residential institutions and local CSOs to defend and monitor the rights of persons with mental disabilities in Moldova.
- The Project objectives are: promote greater awareness of the rights of people with mental disabilities through their empowerment as self-advocates; capacity-building of CSOs to enhance and to monitor the CRPD implementation in neuro-psychiatric residential institutions; combat discrimination of persons with mental disabilities living in neuro-psychiatric residential institutions and promote community for all.
- Social Services for persons with disabilities to increase the confidence between the both banks of the Nistru river
- November 2016 – March 2019
- Funded by: European Union and IM Swedish Development Partner
- Project aims to increase the confidence between both banks of the Nistru River and TAU Găgăuzia through the development of social protection system for persons with disabilities.
- The Project objectives are: improved social services delivery for children with disabilities and their families from 5 districts from both banks of the Nistru River through the development of mobile teams and day center; community-based organizations from both banks of Nistru River and TAU Găgăuzia support the right of persons with disabilities to live in the community; stigma and discrimination of the persons with disabilities prevented through Social Theatre Forum and capacity building of the journalists from both banks of the Nistru River.
- Qualitative Social Services for social inclusion of all vulnerable persons
- April – December 2017
- Funded by: Soros Foundation Moldova
- The Project goal is social accountability of public authorities in promoting the rights of persons with mental disabilities to live in the community and alternative social services.
- The Project objectives are: support to public authorities on deinstitutionalization reform; support to central Government on developing the policies for UNCRPD implementation; increasing the transparency and responsibility of local public authorities in the process of budgeting social services.
- Strengthening and Disseminating Inclusive Education Model for Preschool Children in Moldova
- February 2017 – June 2018
- Funded by: Open Society Foundations/ Early Childhood Program
- The project aims the recognition of the inclusive education model based on a child-centred approach in kindergartens and primary schools, including for ensuring children’s school transition, and an optimal and competent collaboration between the relevant educational services and other community actors based on a shared understanding of quality inclusive education practices.
- Support of inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities into society in Moldova
- May – November 2017
- Funded by: People in Need
- Project aims to increase social inclusion of persons with intellectual disabilities in Moldova.
- The Project objective is to provide consultancy services on developing the four Supported living Services for people with mental disabilities from Balti, Badiceni, Brinzeni and Cocieri.
- Get involved through advocacy and self-advocacy
- 2014 – 2017
- Funded by IM Swedish Development Partner
- The Project goal is to ensure inclusive participation of persons with disabilities in social life by empowering them as Self-advocates and empowering organizations / groups of parents.
- The project has three major areas of activity:
Developing a national network of Self-advocacy (persons with disabilities); Developing a national platform of organizations / groups of parents; Support CSOs active in the field of disability in promoting the rights of people with disabilities at local and national level.