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MOLDOVA / 20TH ANNIVERSARY
STORY: MOLDOVA / DEVELOPMENT
TRT: 5.21
SOURCE: IFAD
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / ROMANIAN / NATS
DATELINE: 14-19 JULY 2011, MOLDOVA
1. Med shot, farmers planting
2. Close up, farmer planting
3. Wide shot, farmers planting crops
4. Wide shot, crops to man driving cart
5. Med shot, women farmers
6. Med shot, women farmers
7. Med shot, man driving tractor
8. Tilt up, farmers at work
9. SOUNDBITE (Romanian) Victor Rosca, Director, Ministry of Agriculture, Moldova:
“The biggest impact has been on the income of communities. Because those people who migrated stopped working in agriculture, revenue collected for local budgets has gone down. And this has had a direct impact on development.”
10. Wide shot, old farm
11. Med shot, ducks
12. Tilt down, old woman walking
13. Med shot, well
14. Wide shot, man driving cart
15. Med shot, old man driving bicycle
16. Wide shot, old man sitting
17. Various SHOTS, Vladut’s grandmother with her nephew
18. SOUNDBITE (Romanian) Grandmother:
“Of course, and for us and not only for Vladut, it was very difficult. Almost two years when they have left”.
19. Wide shot, Vladut leaving grandmother's house
20. Tracking shot, Alexandru Baes
21. Med shot, Alexandru Baes playing with Vladut
22. Med shot, Alexandru's daughter
23. SOUNDBITE (Romanian) Alexandru Baes:
“When I worked in Portugal, my daughter Diana who was very little then, was just learning to say her first words, during one telephone conversation she was just a kid and she knew nothing about hardships, she said “if you don’t come home I will hit you”. Her words touched me so deeply that I decided to quit my job and come home”.
24. Wide shot, children playing
25. Med shot, Alexandru watering plant
26. Wide shot, children in a garden
27. Close up, Alexandru Baes opening water system panel
28. Wide shot, Alexandru Baes opening water system panel
29. SOUNDBITE (Romanian) Alexandru Baes:
“When I came home I did something that was important to me and quite important to the village. I began designing a system that would supply water to the village”.
30. Wide shot, Alexandru Baes working at water system panel
31. Wide shot, Alexandru Baes walking from panel to pipes system
32. Med shot, pumping system
33. Close up, pumping system
34. Wide shot, water tower
35. SOUNDBITE (Romanian) Alexandru Baes:
“Without water, our economy could not be developed. But then, when we installed the water tower with support from IFAD, several small businesses started up. Which meant new jobs were created”.
36. Wide shot, man working in a green house
37. Close up, water dripping
38. Med shot, man at work inside green house
39. Close up, tomatoes
40. Various shots, man moving tomatoes boxes
41. Med shot, Abdelkarim Sma, IFAD Country Programme Manager
42. SOUNDBITE (English) Abdelkarim Sma, Country Programme Manager, IFAD:
“We believe that our projects have created about 5,000 jobs directly these are fulltime jobs”.
43. Various shots, farmers at work
44. SOUNDBITE (English) Abdelkarim Sma, Country Programme Manager, IFAD:
“This dream of earning a better living is still prevalent but we’ve seen a reverse trend thanks to the support of the government as well as donors who are trying to provide incentives”.
45. Wide shot, farmers walking in orchard
46. Pan right, farmers walking in orchard
47. Wide shot, bus
48. Wide shot, young people walking in street
49. Med shot, Vladut with his grandmother
Planting season in Moldova. Fertile soil and sunshine are among this country’s only natural resources.
During the Soviet era, Moldovan crops were highly valued.
Today, as it approaches the 20th anniversary of its independence, it is now the poorest nation in Europe and another natural resource fuels the economy.
About one-quarter of Moldova’s 4.5 million people work abroad, sending money home to sustain families.
SOUNDBITE (Romanian) Victor Rosca, Director, Ministry of Agriculture, Moldova:
“The biggest impact has been on the income of communities. Because those people who migrated stopped working in agriculture, revenue collected for local budgets has gone down. And this has had a direct impact on development.”
With less money to spend, rudimentary advances are being overlooked in rural communities where 60 per cent of the population continues to live.
Roads are bad, water is still draw from wells and many drive horse-drawn carts.
Many villages like Antonesti are populated by old people raising children.
When 7-year-old Vladut’s parents went to Italy 2 years ago, he stayed behind with his grandmother.
SOUNDBITE (Romanian) Grandmother:
“Of course, and for us and not only for Vladut it was very difficult. Almost two years when they have left.”
Today Vladut’s grandmother can no longer care for him.
15,000 Moldovan children are in similar situations, according to government records.
Fortunately for Vladut, his cousin has agreed to take him in.
Alexandru understands the pressure migration places on families. He spent more than a decade working abroad.
SOUNDBITE (Romanian) Alexandru Baes:
“When I worked in Portugal my daughter Diana who was very little then, was just learning to say her first words, during one telephone conversation, she said if you don’t come home I will hit you. Her words touched me so deeply that I decided to quit my job once and for all and come home.”
But coming home meant unemployment.
Although remittances make up one-third of Moldova’s GDP, little is actually invested in business activities or changes that might create jobs.
Alexandru had a plan.
SOUNDBITE (Romanian) Alexandru Baes:
“When I came home I did something that was important to me and quite important to the village. I began designing a system that would supply water to the village.”
With support from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) working to finance job creation in farming communities across the country Alexandru formed a water users’ association and began building the network of pumps and pipes that would deliver drinking water directly to village homes.
SOUNDBITE (Romanian) Alexandru Baes:
“Without water, our economy could not be developed. But then, when we installed the water tower with support from IFAD, several small business started up. Which meant new jobs were created.”
One of those small businesses is run by Mihai Oprea. With a steady supply of water and a small loan from IFAD, he built several green houses and now grows tomatoes and cucumbers bound for local markets.
Investing in more than 900 new enterprises like this one so far, IFAD’s country manager, Abdelklarim Sma, says agriculture offers the greatest potential for job creation in Moldova.
SOUNDBITE (English) Abdelkarim Sma, Country Programme Manager, IFAD:
“We believe that our projects have created about 5,000 jobs directly these are fulltime jobs. This dream of earning a better living is still prevalent but we’ve seen a reverse trend thanks to the support of the government as well as donors who are trying to provide incentives.”
As Moldovan’s prepare for their country’s 20th Anniversary the idea that tens of thousands may soon have good reason to return home and be reunited with their families is appealing, particularly for children like Vladut.
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