Non-alterable food products will be collected in a number of supermarket chains in Chisinau, Cahul, Orhei and Edinet for charity during April 8-28. The products will be distributed to the mobile social eatery “Close to the Close Ones” or to lonely elderly persons accommodated at the parochial centers of the Bessarabia Metropolitan Church, IPN reports.
According to a communiqué from the Social Mission “Diaconia”, which organizes the campaign, over 200 young volunteers will urge buyers to donate products for supporting those in need.
Lessons in the form of plays will be held in the education institutions of Chisinau, by which the students will be familiarized with the problems of solitary elderly persons and with possibilities of helping them.
During the Easter campaign of 2012, with the assistance of 70 volunteers and people who accepted the invitation to make a donation for lonely elderly persons, there were collected 1,500 kg of food products and over 16,000 lei. On the eve of the Easter holidays, the food products reached the social eateries “Saint Mary Magdalena” in Rosu village and “Saint Ilie” in Leova town, where by 20 elderly persons eat daily. Another 220 elderly persons from seven bishoprics of the Bessarabia Metropolitan Church received food parcels.
The Easter campaign “Meal of Joy” is held the fourth consecutive year. The project is implemented with the blessing of His Holiness Petru, Archpriest of Chisinau and Metropolitan Bishop of Bessarabia, with the consent of the Education Ministry and with the support of partners.
