8,000 pupils from disadvantaged families in Chisinau will receive financial support to help them prepare for the new academic year. The 700 lei handouts will be dispensed in two rounds, the Chisinau City Hall announced.
The beneficiaries or their trustees will be able to get the money from post office upon showing an identity document, from August 4 to November 4.
In the first round, 6,427 pupils from grades II-IX and XI-XII will receive the payments, and in the second round planned for October, another 1,573 pupils from grades I, V and X will receive them.
The beneficiaries include children from families on low incomes, families with many children, single-parent families, families where one of the parents has a degree of disability and children under guardianship/custody.
