The Municipality of Geroskipou is actively participating in the Pancyprian campaign “Toys With Love 2020” – no child without a gift, and invites the residents of Geroskipou and the residents of the wider area to offer toys (new and lightly used) in the special box that has been placed in the foyer of the Geroskipou Municipal Hall.

The toys collected will be offered as Christmas gifts, accompanied by cards, to children of families with fewer opportunities. The Campaign was carried out for the first time in 2017 and proved to be a very beautiful project.

The Campaign is organized by the Social Policy and Action Organization, within the framework of the KidSocialAct programme, and is held under the auspices of the Commissioner for Volunteerism and NGOs.

The Municipality of Geroskipou invites the following tenders for the period up to 31^st December 2021.

• • 32-2020 SUPPLY OF READY-MIXED CONCRETE
  • 33-2020 WORKS WITH A TELESCOPIC HANDLER
  • 34-2020 WORKS WITH A LORRY
  • 35-2020 WORKS WITH A SKID LOADER -POP CAT- WITH HYDRAULIC HAMMER
  • 36-2020 PICK-UP TRUCK
  • 37-2020 WORKS WITH A DIGGER WITH HYDRAULIC HAMMER
  • 38-2020 REMOVAL OF WASTE AND RUBBLE WITH A LORRY
  • 39-2020 WORKS WITH A DIGGER FOR EMERGENCY INCIDENTS
  • 40-2020 SUPPLY OF CRUSHER RUN
  • 41-2020 SUPPLY OF ASPHALT
  • 42-2020 TRAFFIC AND ROAD SIGNS
  • 43-2020 HORIZONTAL ROAD MARKING

Tenders must be completed on the special tender forms posted on the Municipality’s website, under the “Tenders” category.

Tenders must be submitted no later than 11/12/2020 at 12.00 noon.

The sole criterion on which the Municipality will award the tender is the lowest price.

For further information, interested parties may contact the Technical Services of the Municipality of Geroskipou (contact person Kyriakos Nearchou) on 26961803 ,26961400 from 8.00 – 14.30 daily, Monday to Friday.

The Municipality of Geroskipou recently carried out the cleaning of the Ezousa River. On this occasion, the Municipality of Geroskipou calls on citizens not to dump rubble and other construction or waste materials into the Ezousa River. Instead, they can make use of the Koloni Green Point, which can accept a wide variety of materials.

The Ministry of Health, in cooperation with the company Mediwell and the Municipality of Geroskipou, will offer completely free rapid coronavirus tests for the residents of Geroskipou and the wider area.

Tomorrow, Tuesday 8/12, a sampling team will be present at Geroskipou Square, from 08.30 to 17.00.

The Municipality of Geroskipou has begun cleaning and removing bulky items from a Turkish Cypriot plot on Vera Paisi Street in Koloni, with the aim of converting it into a municipal park.

Chinese businessman Henry-Alexandros Jiang, continuing his philanthropic contribution amid pandemic conditions, today, 3/12, donated one thousand (1,000) face protection masks to the Municipality of Geroskipou.

The Mayor of Geroskipou, Michalis Pavlides, thanked Alexandros for his contribution, which supports the collective effort to tackle the coronavirus pandemic.

As part of their volunteer activity and in a spirit of solidarity and giving, the children of the Geroskipou Multipurpose Centre collected non-perishable food in order to support the vulnerable families of our Municipality.

The Municipality of Geroskipou was represented on 1^st December 2020 at an event held at the 11^th Primary School of Paphos on reducing plastic, as part of the school’s cooperation with the non-governmental organisation “Akti”.

As part of the event, the Mayor of Geroskipou Michalis Pavlides presented an award to a fourth-grade pupil, Lefkos Pasios, for his initiative in collecting a large quantity of bottle caps.

The Municipality of Geroskipou, as part of its social contribution and with the primary aim of providing tangible support to students, is offering a number of scholarships and grants for the 2020-2021 academic year.

The main criteria for selecting scholarship recipients are:

• Resident of Geroskipou
• Exemplary conduct
• Clean criminal record
• Secondary school leaving certificate grade of 18.5/20 or higher.
• Fulfilment of military obligations prior to submitting the application, or exemption or deferral.
• Confirmation of year of study at the Universities of Cyprus, at higher education institutions in Greece or another country.
• Maximum family income of €30,000 (father – mother).
• In the case of a large family (4 or more dependent children), the income limit is increased by €2,000 for each child. In the case of single-parent families and orphaned children, the maximum family income limit rises to €32,000.
• Attendance must be regular, full-time and not by distance learning.

Applications may be submitted until 30^th December 2020 at 2.00 p.m. For any information and application forms, you may contact the Registry (tel. 26 962 324) or the Cultural Service of the Municipality of Geroskipou (tel. 26 960 857). The application forms are available at the links below:

https://www.geroskipou.org.cy/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Παραχώρηση-Υποτροφιών-Δ.Γ.-2020-2021.docx

https://www.geroskipou.org.cy/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Δήλωση-Οικονομικής-Κατάστασης-για-Αίτηση-Υποτροφιών.docx

We would like to inform our residents that, as of today 18/11/2020, there is no confirmed case of the covid-19 virus among the Municipality’s staff. We refute the reports that speak of cases among the Municipality’s staff.