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CPOY 72 Documentary Bronze: The Neglected

The orphanage in the city of Orhei in Moldova is the residence of some 200 boys and men, who are physically or mentally disabled. Moldova is the poorest country in Europe, and poverty is the main reason that many parents are forced to surrender their kids to orphanages. Common for most of the boys is that they lack the care and attention of a family, which is crucial to their emotional development. In order to protect the boys the institutional policy requires their names be anonymized.

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Slide 12 of 12
October 5, 2016
A group is out on their daily walk around the institution. While some don’t have the ability to walk by themselves, they need to assist one another, and the same applies when they need to walk up the stairs. The Moldavian government wants to shut down the country’s orphanages and place the boys in foster care. By doing so they hope to place the boys in families who can teach them how to lead an everyday life and learn daily routines such as brushing their teeth before going to sleep. But this government policy is only slowly being implemented due to lack of initiative and funding.
Mikkel Hørlyck / Danish School of Journalism
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