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Join us for an event onThursday, September 26th at New Life Presbyterian Church at 7 p.m. Our visitor, DimitruRoibu, will make a presentation about his work in Moldova, and will be open toquestions. 

Dumitru Roibu is ExecutivePresident of YMCA Moldova. His history of YMCA community service includes rolessuch as World YMCA Youth Empowerment assistant and YMCA Change Agent (a globalleadership program), and participation in YES (Youth Engagement in Sports) andTTT (Training The Trainers) seminars. Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine inFebruary 2022, Dumitru Roibu has been involved in supporting Ukrainian refugeesfleeing the war. To date, helping more than 14,000 refugees, YMCA Moldova has createdmore than 320 Digital Educational Centers.

In 2013, Dumitru founded a rural youthNGO which supported cultural youth events, such as teaching folk dances. HisNGO empowered more than 150 young people from the area to take part inErasmus+, a European Union program for education, training, youth, and sport.For his exceptional civic service, Dumitru was awarded the Civic Merit Medal in2018 by the President of the Republic of Moldova.

Dumitrustudied International Relations, has a master’s degree in Diplomatic Studiesand is currently working on his PhD in Good Governance. He and his wife areexpecting their first child in January 2024.

Dumitru Roibu is Executive President of YMCA Moldova, will be speaking at Presbyterian Church of the Cross on Sunday, September 29th. His history of YMCA community service includes roles such as World YMCA Youth Empowerment assistant and YMCA Change Agent (a global leadership program), and participation in YES (Youth Engagement in Sports) and TTT (Training The Trainers) seminars.  Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Dumitru Roibu has been involved in supporting Ukrainian refugees fleeing the war. To date, helping more than 14,000 refugees, YMCA Moldova has created more than 320 Digital Educational Centers.

In 2013, Dumitru founded a rural youth NGO which supported cultural youth events, such as teaching folk dances. His NGO empowered more than 150 young people from the area to take part in Erasmus+, a European Union program for education, training, youth, and sport. For his exceptional civic service, Dumitru was awarded the Civic Merit Medal in 2018 by the President of the Republic of Moldova.

Dumitru studied International Relations, has a master’s degree in Diplomatic Studies and is currently working on his PhD in Good Governance. He and his wife are expecting their first child in January 2024.

All middle school and high school youth are invited to join us for a visit to Skinny Bones Pumpkin Patch on Sunday, September 29. More information coming at https://www.pmrv.org/youth-ministry/. Email pmrvym@gmail.com with any questions.