In the period from 15 December 2014 to 14 January 2015, thirty children from residential institutions in Straseni, Carpineni and Chisinau will go to Italy to get medical treatment and to rest.

The Ministry of Education says the visit is organized based on a 2011 cooperation agreement with the Italian volunteering organization PUER. The agreement provides for free treatment and vacations for Moldovan children from vulnerable families.

The effort aims to improve the children's health and develop their socialization skills. In the past three years, about 150 Moldovan children benefited from this program.