{"id":449854,"date":"2021-11-17T18:30:28","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T18:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/?p=449854"},"modified":"2021-11-17T11:52:18","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T11:52:18","slug":"the-man-raising-children-on-nistru-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/the-man-raising-children-on-nistru-river\/","title":{"rendered":"The man raising children on Nistru river"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 7<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>\t\t
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On the Nistru, near the village of Varni\u021ba, a few colored pens with blue dots in the middle travel up and down the river. If you get closer, the pens become kayaks, and the blue dots – the students of the kayak-canoe school. You can also see that there is a larger boat, where the trainer Mihai Chitaica is sitting, taking care that nobody flips over, that the children paddle well, and encouraging a healthy competition. On the water, nobody asks them where they\u2019re from and what language they speak. Nistru and Mihai Chitaica unite them all: the students from Gura B\u00eecului, from Varin\u021ba and the ones from the North district under the administration of Bender.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Mihai Chitaica, Master in Sports, trains around 15 children in kayak-canoe\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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He smiles a lot and the red cheeks emphasize his good mood. This is how he wants the children to remember him. Mihai Chitaica is 68 years old, he has retired a long time ago, and he does everything for the children who come here to learn how to paddle on Nistru river.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Mihai Chitaica is a master in sports. Besides training and competing as a veteran, for many years he has worked in the field of carpentry, having a small workshop near the river, in the village of Varni\u021ba, Anenii Noi. But, while seeing the children and their trainers of kayak-canoe from Bender, kayaking down the river, his heart would melt. So he put a kayak on the river and slowly remembered the rowing technique, the rhythm and what it feels like when the drops of water sprinkle your face. He worked up the courage and rowed down the river. \u00a0 <\/span><\/p>

He understood that he can do more, and today he trains at least 15 children. Some of them were \u201cstolen\u201d by sports lyceums or clubs from other countries, and he is very proud of them. He is not upset, because it is \u201cthe choice of each of the child,\u201d says Mihai Chitaica. He is very happy with their results, at the same time saddened by the fact that children couldn\u2019t train during the pandemic – they couldn\u2019t train enough, couldn\u2019t organize competitions in Varni\u021ba, couldn\u2019t go abroad for competitions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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The school is attended by the children from Gura B\u00eecului, from Varni\u021ba, but also from the North district under the Bender administration. \u201cWhen they come here, I tell them \u2018You are all equal to me. When you are here with me, you are my responsibility for the two hours, and you have to behave as I tell you to.\u2019 One of the trainers from Bender once told me: \u2018I noticed that your children don\u2019t have quarrels.\u2019 And I told him that I just don\u2019t accept it, it\u2019s that simple. If I hear any swearing, they get punished. You know how I punish them? I make them do push ups, lift weights.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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Varni\u021ba is a village in the Anenii Noi rayon. It is located on the right bank of Nistru river. It borders Bender, the North district being a part of this town, and it is under the administration of Tiraspol. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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In the center of the neighboring village, Gura B\u00eecului, students are waiting for Mr Mihai, as they call him. On the way to Varin\u021ba, where the classes of kayak-canoe take places, after the children are picked up in the minibus, they start to discuss the current situation:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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\u2014 There are in Bulboaca!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

\u2014 Well, they\u2019re in Bulboaca. But I don\u2019t live in Bulboaca. I live in GB!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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Then, when they get to the gym, they change their clothes, run a few circles for warming up and come back to the kayaks near the gym. Two of the younger kids approach a kayak and each of them grabs one by the tip. The children clumsily lift the kayaks, as they slightly shake while being carried towards the river. The older ones put their kayaks on the shoulders and carry them with much ease.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

\u201cHey, girls,<\/span> stop occupying in the wharf!<\/span>\u201d shouts the teacher. Mihaela, C\u0103t\u0103lina and Ana row just a couple of times and already reach the middle of the river. They stay together to chat, but also to compete. \u201cAlign. Ready? Go!\u201d shouts the teacher and the three girls lift their paddles almost simultaneously and, while tilting to the left, they plunge them into the water. They row with their entire bodies, then, in a second, they lift the paddles again and plunge them to their right with the same force. In a few seconds, C\u0103t\u0103lina is two meters in front of the other girls. She is the fastest one. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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After rowing, they move to the gym. C\u0103t\u0103lina Cotelea is 14 years old and she joined the kayak class in 2018. She has a cold and had to move to the gym, where she teases the younger students. She sits in the lotus position: \u201cGet your bum lower!\u201d C\u0103t\u0103lina speaks to her little brother, Gheorghe, with a bossier tone of voice. \u201cShe\u2019s neither kind, no mean,\u201d he adds, mentioning that she is actually just strict.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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In the winter, the younger kids move to the gym and train for spring, when it\u2019s warmer and the ice melts. This is when they take their kayaks on the water\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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C\u0103t\u0103lina inspired Gheorghe to join the kayak-canoe class. He is nine years old and \u201ca month ago, I was the youngest one in my group. And now, I believe that I am the best. I paddle very well and I have the second-best speed.\u201d And Mr Mihai agrees. Last year, he took the boy for his first competition, even if he was two years younger than the allowed age in his category. \u201cHe is quick-witted,\u201d confirms Mihai Chitaica, mentioning that he was awarded the first place in the age category of 10-11 years old.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Gheorghe wishes he becomes a gym teacher. \u201cIf you are a math teacher, you need to have nerves of steel. But if you are a gym teacher, you tell the children \u2018Let\u2019s go, let\u2019s run, let\u2019s…\u2019 you only give commands!\u201d explains the youngest member of the Cotelea family.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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The expenses for competitions are most often undertaken by the teacher Mihai Chitaica, but also for the training, the fuel, the kayaks, their repairs, and other expenses. In order to make sure that children can train, Miahi Chitaica decided to make some money from tourism. Previously, he would earn money from carpentry and renting the gazebos, now he has at least eight kayaks and four small homes he can rent to tourists.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

L<\/span>ast year, for example, he organized a tour of 26 km for eight men. \u201cIn the kayaks I put some wood for the fire, they took their tents and groceries with them. They spent the night near the river and enjoyed it a lot. They now want to come back with their families.\u201d The experimental tour started in the village of \u0218erpeni, with a rest stop in Speia, and the night was spent in Teli\u021ba. Although it was a success, he couldn\u2019t continue with the tours this summer due to the pandemic. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Then he bought some lumber and other materials in order to build a pontoon for tourists. \u201cIt will be ready in spring,\u201d assures us Mihai Chitaica and asks us to imagine a pontoon floating on Nistru, with a tent on it, and a few young people partying and having a barbeque.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

The trainer has great plans for local tourism. These plans will get him closer to his biggest dream – \u201cputting on the water as many children as possible\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Text: <\/span>Georgeta Carasiucenco<\/b><\/p>

Photos: <\/span>Tatiana Beghiu<\/b><\/p>

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Reading Time: <\/span> 7<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>On the Nistru, near the village of Varni\u021ba, a few colored pens with blue dots in the middle travel up and down the river. If you get closer, the pens become kayaks, and the blue dots – the students of the kayak-canoe school. You can also see that there is a larger boat, where the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":449856,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[332,35,1165,27,1152,1164,1166],"class_list":["post-449854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","tag-bender","tag-important","tag-kayac","tag-moldova","tag-nistru","tag-turism","tag-varnita"],"content_social_share":"Reading Time: <\/span> 7<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>\t\t

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On the Nistru, near the village of Varni\u021ba, a few colored pens with blue dots in the middle travel up and down the river. If you get closer, the pens become kayaks, and the blue dots – the students of the kayak-canoe school. You can also see that there is a larger boat, where the trainer Mihai Chitaica is sitting, taking care that nobody flips over, that the children paddle well, and encouraging a healthy competition. On the water, nobody asks them where they\u2019re from and what language they speak. Nistru and Mihai Chitaica unite them all: the students from Gura B\u00eecului, from Varin\u021ba and the ones from the North district under the administration of Bender.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Mihai Chitaica, Master in Sports, trains around 15 children in kayak-canoe\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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He smiles a lot and the red cheeks emphasize his good mood. This is how he wants the children to remember him. Mihai Chitaica is 68 years old, he has retired a long time ago, and he does everything for the children who come here to learn how to paddle on Nistru river.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Mihai Chitaica is a master in sports. Besides training and competing as a veteran, for many years he has worked in the field of carpentry, having a small workshop near the river, in the village of Varni\u021ba, Anenii Noi. But, while seeing the children and their trainers of kayak-canoe from Bender, kayaking down the river, his heart would melt. So he put a kayak on the river and slowly remembered the rowing technique, the rhythm and what it feels like when the drops of water sprinkle your face. He worked up the courage and rowed down the river. \u00a0 <\/span><\/p>

He understood that he can do more, and today he trains at least 15 children. Some of them were \u201cstolen\u201d by sports lyceums or clubs from other countries, and he is very proud of them. He is not upset, because it is \u201cthe choice of each of the child,\u201d says Mihai Chitaica. He is very happy with their results, at the same time saddened by the fact that children couldn\u2019t train during the pandemic – they couldn\u2019t train enough, couldn\u2019t organize competitions in Varni\u021ba, couldn\u2019t go abroad for competitions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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The school is attended by the children from Gura B\u00eecului, from Varni\u021ba, but also from the North district under the Bender administration. \u201cWhen they come here, I tell them \u2018You are all equal to me. When you are here with me, you are my responsibility for the two hours, and you have to behave as I tell you to.\u2019 One of the trainers from Bender once told me: \u2018I noticed that your children don\u2019t have quarrels.\u2019 And I told him that I just don\u2019t accept it, it\u2019s that simple. If I hear any swearing, they get punished. You know how I punish them? I make them do push ups, lift weights.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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In the center of the neighboring village, Gura B\u00eecului, students are waiting for Mr Mihai, as they call him. On the way to Varin\u021ba, where the classes of kayak-canoe take places, after the children are picked up in the minibus, they start to discuss the current situation:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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\u2014 Don\u2019t tell me that.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

\u2014 There are people infected.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

\u2014 Where? Show me! Who is infected?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

\u2014 There are in Bulboaca!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

\u2014 Well, they\u2019re in Bulboaca. But I don\u2019t live in Bulboaca. I live in GB!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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Then, when they get to the gym, they change their clothes, run a few circles for warming up and come back to the kayaks near the gym. Two of the younger kids approach a kayak and each of them grabs one by the tip. The children clumsily lift the kayaks, as they slightly shake while being carried towards the river. The older ones put their kayaks on the shoulders and carry them with much ease.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

\u201cHey, girls,<\/span> stop occupying in the wharf!<\/span>\u201d shouts the teacher. Mihaela, C\u0103t\u0103lina and Ana row just a couple of times and already reach the middle of the river. They stay together to chat, but also to compete. \u201cAlign. Ready? Go!\u201d shouts the teacher and the three girls lift their paddles almost simultaneously and, while tilting to the left, they plunge them into the water. They row with their entire bodies, then, in a second, they lift the paddles again and plunge them to their right with the same force. In a few seconds, C\u0103t\u0103lina is two meters in front of the other girls. She is the fastest one. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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After rowing, they move to the gym. C\u0103t\u0103lina Cotelea is 14 years old and she joined the kayak class in 2018. She has a cold and had to move to the gym, where she teases the younger students. She sits in the lotus position: \u201cGet your bum lower!\u201d C\u0103t\u0103lina speaks to her little brother, Gheorghe, with a bossier tone of voice. \u201cShe\u2019s neither kind, no mean,\u201d he adds, mentioning that she is actually just strict.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

She doesn\u2019t lose sight of the four boys she is in charge with, making them do the plank, then sit in the air, like on a chair, with their straight backs next to the wall. Her tanned face covered in freckles, once teased by her colleagues, now looks too serious to make fun of. But not to Gheorghe. He allows himself to be silly and feel special, because the trainer today is his older sister<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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C\u0103t\u0103lina inspired Gheorghe to join the kayak-canoe class. He is nine years old and \u201ca month ago, I was the youngest one in my group. And now, I believe that I am the best. I paddle very well and I have the second-best speed.\u201d And Mr Mihai agrees. Last year, he took the boy for his first competition, even if he was two years younger than the allowed age in his category. \u201cHe is quick-witted,\u201d confirms Mihai Chitaica, mentioning that he was awarded the first place in the age category of 10-11 years old.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Gheorghe wishes he becomes a gym teacher. \u201cIf you are a math teacher, you need to have nerves of steel. But if you are a gym teacher, you tell the children \u2018Let\u2019s go, let\u2019s run, let\u2019s…\u2019 you only give commands!\u201d explains the youngest member of the Cotelea family.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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The expenses for competitions are most often undertaken by the teacher Mihai Chitaica, but also for the training, the fuel, the kayaks, their repairs, and other expenses. In order to make sure that children can train, Miahi Chitaica decided to make some money from tourism. Previously, he would earn money from carpentry and renting the gazebos, now he has at least eight kayaks and four small homes he can rent to tourists.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

L<\/span>ast year, for example, he organized a tour of 26 km for eight men. \u201cIn the kayaks I put some wood for the fire, they took their tents and groceries with them. They spent the night near the river and enjoyed it a lot. They now want to come back with their families.\u201d The experimental tour started in the village of \u0218erpeni, with a rest stop in Speia, and the night was spent in Teli\u021ba. Although it was a success, he couldn\u2019t continue with the tours this summer due to the pandemic. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Then he bought some lumber and other materials in order to build a pontoon for tourists. \u201cIt will be ready in spring,\u201d assures us Mihai Chitaica and asks us to imagine a pontoon floating on Nistru, with a tent on it, and a few young people partying and having a barbeque.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

The trainer has great plans for local tourism. These plans will get him closer to his biggest dream – \u201cputting on the water as many children as possible\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Text: <\/span>Georgeta Carasiucenco<\/b><\/p>

Photos: <\/span>Tatiana Beghiu<\/b><\/p>

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