Embassy News
Americans Donate Equipment to School for Children with Impaired Hearing
Representatives of the American community in Moldova donated twelve hearing devices and other equipment to School No. 12 for Children with Hearing Deficiencies in Chisinau. Mrs. Sara Kirby, wife of the U.S. Ambassador Michael D. Kirby, LTC Jeffrey Brotherton of the North Carolina National Guard, and LTC Craig Mix, chief of the U.S. Embassy’s Bilateral Affairs Office, inaugurated the donation on May 23, 2008.
This donation is a result of an U.S.–led international effort of military, educational and private medical entities, with significant private contributions from American citizens. Carolina ENT Specialists, a private ENT clinic in Concord, NC, many private contributions from Davidson, NC, world-known Swiss medical equipment producer Phonak Group, and Seisen International School in Tokyo, Japan, contributed to the donation, which is estimated at 15 thousand dollars. The effort was coordinated by the Office for Bilateral Affairs of the U.S. Embassy in Chisinau, within the State Partnership between Moldova and the state of North Carolina.