MAD-Aid

Making A Difference, Medical Aid Delivered

Help create a world where children and adults with special needs have access to the same opportunities as others to fulfil their life’s ambitions; a world where we can all live safely with dignity, respect, and quality care.

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Children with special needs needs your help

A fact that isn’t very well known is that Moldova is the poorest country in Europe. And because of this, the country is not equipped to help disabled children and adults. This causes them to live in isolation and without the support they need to live a normal life.

Our vision is a world where children and adults with special needs have access to the same opportunities as others to fulfil their life’s ambitions; a world where we can all live safely with dignity, respect, and quality care.

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Help a child out of darkness

Did you know that there are thousands of children with special needs waiting for their childhoods to begin?

We provide special needs children and teens vital mobility equipment and life journey services that enable them to build friendships, gain skills and look forward to a bright future.

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Donate mobility and freedom

Did you know that there are thousands of housebound people waiting for their first wheelchair so they can start living?

With the help of donors, we deliver and grant such equipment to people in need.

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Care for the elderly with dignity

Did you know that Moldova does not have adequate care facilities for the elderly?

We recently launched a facility for elderly adults who need special services, including room, board, housekeeping, supervision, and personal care assistance.

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Phoenix Pool

💙💛🧡 WHAT ONCE WAS AN AUDACIOUS DREAM IS TODAY A REALITY 💙🤍❤️
 
On Sunday 19th of September 2021, just six years after the opening of Phoenix Centre, MAD-Aid achieved its ambitious goal of launching the Phoenix Hydrotherapy Pool.
 
Phoenix Pool is our third major program, after the Centre and Phoenix Home, to complete our vision of Phoenix Complex | Complexul Phoenix.
 
You know our mantra: TOGETHER we can! Like all bold goals, this project was possible thanks to a broad group of supporters working TOGETHER. 💙
 
Specifically, to date we count 437 individual donors and 53 organisations that provided funds and more.
 
Behind these numbers are also countless hours of meetings, many disappointments to overcome, encouragement received from surprising sources, and a huge amount of trust that gave us a huge responsibility.
 
Victoria Dunford, founder and CEO of MAD-Aid conceived the idea for building this hydrotherapy pool two years ago. It is with her determination and under her focused leadership that perseverance against many odds won the day.

Hydrotherapy will go a long way to strengthening their muscles and, for some, to relieving ongoing chronic pain.

 

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Why do I donate - my time, skills, and funds? Because I have deep-seated desire for social justice and because I can. I long to live in a fairer world where no one is shunned or "othered' and everyone is given ample opportunity to succeed or become their best self.
Francisca de Zwager
Francisca de ZwagerEntrepreneur, consultant/mentor at Joyful Business SOLUTIONS, Manila, Philippines
I first encountered Victoria in late 2013 when she cajoled me into attending a presentation of 200 wheelchairs, impressively I though. Over the next three years I was to witness Victoria launched her campaign against some of the social injustice that exist in Moldova. I felt honoured to be small part of this giant work - running marathons, donating and supporting in any way I could.
Phil Batson
Phil BatsonBritish Ambassador to the Republic of Moldova 2013-2016
I love helping children less able, I love to see the happy faces of whose who benefit of MAD-Aid. I witness their transformation for many years now, starting in MAD-Aid as private and corporate donor and becoming a trustee.
Iurie Bivol
Iurie BivolCEO TAXACE, Trustee MAD-Aid
Martin Luther King said - "I have a Dream", Victoria came to us and said "I have a dream with a Plan", and surely she did and since then never stopped supporting those kinds in Moldova. We are honoured to be part of it.
Charlie O'Neil
Charlie O'NeilIreland
I had a pleasure of meeting Victoria in 2015, and it soon became clear to me that I was dealing with a force of nature. Here is someone, I thought, who embodies all that's best into humanity. She surely can breathe life into her vision. Me and my wife Barbara have supported MAD-Aid from the day Victoria told us about it. Since then we become ambassadors for every great project the charity does and brought in many friends from the USA to Moldova.
David Crossman
David CrossmanBest-selling author, Florida, United States
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Moldova is the poorest country in Europe.

Without your help, many of its children are bound to live isolated lives, leading them to become isolated adults. They need the love and support we provide, YOU can make a real difference with just a small donation.

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