The objective of the project is to rehabilitate the entire building of the only music school in Cahul City and to offer to its long-term pupils proper conditions for pursuing their classical and traditional music education which is important to the educational, cultural and economic life of the city.

The building of the School Music ,,Maria Cibotari'' from Cahul City was built in the beginning of the 20th century and in 1954 it started functioning as a music school for pupils of ages 6 to 12 years old who wanted to attend music classes after their normal school. The School Music ,,Maria Cibotari’’ from Cahul City, is old, dilapidated and poorly insulated. The heating system is too old and cannot be regulated. There is no efficient ventilation system. The roof is in a poor state and can become even dangerous for the pupils and teachers. This lack of comfort has negative and scientifically proves consequences on pupils’ concentration and learning as well as the necessary conditions for teaching. This is why the school building has an urgent need of fundamental refurbishment.

Ever since many generations of pupils have learnt classical and traditional music here and later in their career, they have become well-known musicians nationwide but also internationally.

This year the School Music is in urgent need of fundamental rehabilitation with special focus on the roof reparation, heating system reparation.

Besides, the school is missing functioning musical instruments, which remains a crucial problem.

The implementation of the project will start in june 2019 and will finish in March 2020. The following milestone activities will take place:

1st of June 2019: Initiate Project

10th of June 2019: Meetings with the employed construction company

1st of July 2019: Initiation of works for the reconstruction of the roof

15th of July 2019: Initiation of works on the heating system and isolation of the facade of the building

1st of August 2019: Initiation of works on the interior spaces of the school

1st of August 2019: Initiation of purchase of musical instruments

15th of September 2019: Opening of the rehabilitated school. Opening Concert

25th of September: Open Doors Day

1st of October-1st of December: Last works. Reporting period

The rehabilitation of School Music will provide a real opportunity for making pupils, teachers and parents aware of energy efficiency as well as comfort and the quality of indoor and outdoor environments. The school building, its technical and music equipment as well as operation can be used as a showcase  for the pupils and their families. A showcase that, once experienced, can influence their attitudes and lead them to behave in a more responsible and public-spirited way. As well, the endowment of the Musical School with new musical equipment will increase the quality of today's students' education and the number of students will increase due to the increased popularity that music school will earn after renovation and the purchase of new musical instruments.

Grant Contract between The Embassy of Japan in the Republic of Moldova and Children's art school ''Maria Cibotari'', City of Cahul

School are essential tools in the construction of tomorrow’s society. Schools are, first and foremost, places for opening up to the world, to the acquisition of knowledge and places for socialisation. Through this project we aim to provide a special place where pupils with passion for music can develop extensive knowledge of music.

In order to fulfil this role, the Music School must provide places for training and teaching that are comfortable and of high quality. 

Therefore, the outputs of the project will be:

• Refurbishment of the halls;
• Refurbishment of the school bathrooms;
• Refurbishment of the doors;
• Isolation of the walls;
• Acquisition of the musical instruments.

The immediate population which will benefit from this project are the 280 pupils (180 female and 100 male) aged 6 to 12 who attend the school weekly. Most of the pupils come from Cahul City or from villages nearby. Gender ratio is 60% female and 40% male. The teachers (28 female and 2 male). The entire population (around 40 000 people) of Cahul and Cahul district (130 000 people) that attend cultural events.