Paving the Church Street with river stone, Viscri
“We can say that almost all the projects implemented during the 20 years of activity in the field of community development would have been logical to be implemented by the local authorities. The Foundation wants to support local authorities with projects for which they fail to attract funding, but, of course, these projects must not run against our philosophy and principles.
The first community development project was implemented in Viscri, where we managed to pave Church Street with river stone “like clockwork”.
What does it mean to implement a project “like clockwork” for the MET team?
- There was a NEED for this road to be rehabilitated because of the stream and several springs which made this road almost impassable for carts or other means of transport, especially after it had rained. I remember slipping several times on the clay soil on my way to kindergarten or school. To facilitate access to the courtyard, the Saxons used to pave their sidewalks with river stone. After it rained, the sidewalks needed to be cleaned of mud, weeds and grass when necessary.
- There is a good COLLABORATION with the local authorities that hand over the land / road in temporary concession to the Mihai Eminescu Trust foundation.
- There were PEOPLE who wanted to get involved in carrying out this community project in good conditions.
- There was KNOWLEDGE of traditional work techniques. We met with older people from the community who explained to us how to place the river stone in a bed of loamy sand after the foundation of the road had been strengthened.
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