Banks of the Nistru River united by art

The Resource Center for Human Rights (CReDO) has initiated an artistic project intended for children living on the banks of the Nistru River. It is aimed at building interhuman relations by drawing, music and dance, Info-Prim Neo reports. “The children are artists by nature and can better establish communication relations by art. The first component of the project is to encourage the children to communicate by drawing, while the second – by music and dance,” CReDO director Sergiu Ostaf said in a news conference. The project has been launched this week and a number of events will take place within it in several days. One of them will be held in Costesti. Sergiu Ostaf voiced hope that the beautiful will help the parents of these children realize that there are no borders and barriers to the communication between the two banks of the Nistru. The CReDO director also said that these events are important for children at linguistic level as well. The children living on the left bank of the Nistru learned words in Romanian, while those living on the right bank learned words in Russian. “The children did not want to go home and counted the days until the next session. The project is a stimulus for some of them to develop their abilities, while for the others to be in contact with everything that is beautiful,” said Sergiu Ostaf. According to him, many of the Transnistrian children who took part in the project have never been to Chisinau before. They visit places in Chisinau, including museums and the Cathedral. This will help them change their perception of the people living on the right bank. Sergiu Ostaf considers that the restoration of the interhuman relations between the two banks is not connected with politics only. “The politicians can propose solutions to the communication problems in 2-3 years. They have important instruments at constitutional level, but we implement related activities by communication,” he stated. Olga Perchinski, artistic director of the project, said more such initiatives should be launched in order to change the perspective of the Transnistrians as the children can reach adults’ hearts quicker. “This project is designed to realize the potential of the children. By drawing we can show them a colored world. We plan that the project will last a longer period and we will stage exhibitions of children’s works,” she said. The project was initiated by the Resource Center for Human Rights and is supported by the European Commission Office in Chisinau.