The President of the Austrian Republic Heinz Fischer is paying an official visit to Moldova on November 16-17, at the invitation of President Nicolae Timofti, IPN reports.
According to the presidential press service, on the first day of the visit Heinz Fischer was familiarized with the work of the Austrian charity organization Concordia in Moldova, which carries out a number of social projects here. The Austrian delegation visited the social center in Dubasarii Vechi village of Criuleni district, where 15 elderly persons benefit from extended care services, while 100 people take lunch gratis there.
Concordia director general Bettina Schorgenhofer informed Heinz Fischer that there are ten such social centers in Moldova as well as 40 social eateries that provide services to over 5,000 people.
The Austrian head of state also visited the placement center for children “Town of Childhood” in Parata, Dubasari, which accommodates 150 orphans and children from socially deprived families. The costs for building the 12 house, the medical center and the gym were covered by the Austrian firm Strabag, which implements national road reconstruction projects in Moldova. Heinz Fischer also made the acquaintance of the 21 orphans and children from socially disadvantaged families living at the Chisinau-based Concordia House.
The charity organization Concordia in 2007 contributed to renovating the children’s section of the Chisinau Tuberculosis Hospital, while in 2010 financed the construction of 61 houses for flood victims from Nemteni, Hancesti.
