As a final training project for the Community and Organizational Development (COD) program, we were challenged to complete a youth activity in Cricova, one of the training villages. Myself along with 4 other trainees linked up with three Moldovan girls and planned a day for the children of Cricova that functioned like a field day and we called it Day of Peace and Friendship.
We had 3 planning meetings, went to speak with mayor three times, and advertized for the event 5 days before by walking around the village, handing out flyers, and talking with adults and children in the community with our broken language skills. We had no idea how it would turn out and this is what happened...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBF7JGe0SEs
It was amazing and the community seemed to really enjoy it and there were over 100 kids there. One mother said that they had never had an event like this for the children in the community and before the event started an older man told us that he was really grateful for us doing this for the kids in the community. It was such an incredible experience and I know that our group would not have been successful without the help of our fellow trainees and especially without our Moldovan partners!
Thank you to everyone for helping this day come together!
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