„SĂ COMBATEM SĂRĂCIA PRIN DEZVOLTARE ECONOMICĂ” UN PROIECT DEZVOLTAT DE WORLD VISION ROMÂNIA
”FIGHTING POVERTY THROUGH ECONOMICAL DEVELOPMENT” A PROJECT DEVELOPED BY WORLD VISION ROMANIA

Summary/Abstract: The article presents a study case of the project “Taking Farmers out of Poverty Through Economic Development” („Să combatem sărăcia prin dezvoltare economică”), that was awarded the 1st prize within the Civil Society Gala 2013, the Social and Economical Development section. The project was carried out during October 2007 – September 2012 in 5 communes from the county of Iaşi. The purpose of the project was to improve the living standards of the rural population by providing information and consultancy for helping them develop their entrepreneurial spirit and teaching them to work together within associations. The beneficiaries, 400 farmers from the five communes and their families (approximately 500 children) have now increased chances for a better future. Following the implementation of the project, 293 farmers have graduated the course of fruit-growing, vine-growing, vegetable-growing, bee-growing, breeding animals and have gained entrepreneurial skills; 100 famers have learned the necessary steps for creating a legal status association; nine agriculture associations were set up; 36 farmers have participated to exhibitions and fairs of traditional products, both in Romania and in other countries (France, Slovakia, Bosnia); Romanian traditional products were attested within the Hilița Fruit and Vine Growing Association. The farmers have participated to courses for writing projects: 150 members of the new set up associations have accessed funds through the National Plan for Rural Development, and the total value of the accessed funds for the period 2009 – 2013 is over 1, 3 million Euros.

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