Last year I was brainstorming with the staff of the “Communitas” Association NGO (www.communitas.md), that I volunteer with, about ways to improve the community as well as discussing upcoming projects. One interesting idea that came up during those discussions was the creation of a park in our community because other than some open grassy land, there is no park in my community. That idea continued to grow and slowly morphed into a park, mini golf course, pavilion, and grill.
I and the “Communitas” association staff found some potential funding sources, applied for grants and asked for community support. We also found a group of students from the Black Forest Academy (www.bfacademy.com) in Germany who were interested in working as well as an outreach/educational program for the community’s youth during their spring break.
In April, 15 students and 4 staff from the school visited Moldova for a week. They took an empty field and created a mini golf course during the mornings and in the afternoons they did a four day childrens programming which had 35 to 90 participants from the ages of 8 to 14 from the village.
To my knowledge this is the second mini golf course in Moldova and it is in a village of less than 3000 people. Not only will this give the youth and families of the village a place to relax and hang-out, but it will also be a point of pride. It could also influence the economy of the village if tourist companies visit the park for a rest, round of golf and lunch.
Over the new few weeks the Communitas NGO, “Vitarina-Prim” company (www.ammi.md) and community volunteers will be working to complete this project by installing park benches, picnic tables, flowers, trees, a grill and installing the artificial grass to the mini golf course.
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