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Nicoleta. She grew up in the orphanages at the time when Ceasescu was in power. The conditions in the orphanages were horrible, she testifies: the only time the kids weren't neglected was when they were being sexually abused. All the kids ended up on the streets after they turned 18 and were released from the orphanages.

James Nachtwey made a very well-known documentary about it. [link]

Powerful photographs. Photographs that actually triggered a change. The orphanages are excellent now, materially. Bordering on luxurious. But the attitude hasn't changed yet. The mentality is still the same... The opposite way of life in the orphanages has the same results: when the kids are released they are too used to the relative wealth in the safehouses. They don't know how to take care of themselves. So they still end up on the streets.

Some things are hard to change.

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Pictures for editorial use and for the NGO "Helping Hands". Please contact me if you would like to make a donation to this NGO. They offer hot soup, soap, mental and dental assistance and some clothes to the kids. Now they are gathering funds to build a permanent shelter for the homeless kids in Brasov.

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Nicoleta. She grew up in the orphanages at the time when Ceasescu was in power. The conditions in the orphanages were horrible, she testifies: the only time the kids weren't neglected was when they were being sexually abused. All the kids ended up on the streets after they turned 18 and were released from the orphanages.

James Nachtwey made a very well-known documentary about it. [link]

Powerful photographs. Photographs that actually triggered a change. The orphanages are excellent now, materially. Bordering on luxurious. But the attitude hasn't changed yet. The mentality is still the same... The opposite way of life in the orphanages has the same results: when the kids are released they are too used to the relative wealth in the safehouses. They don't know how to take care of themselves. So they still end up on the streets.

Some things are hard to change.

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Pictures for editorial use and for the NGO "Helping Hands". Please contact me if you would like to make a donation to this NGO. They offer hot soup, soap, mental and dental assistance and some clothes to the kids. Now they are gathering funds to build a permanent shelter for the homeless kids in Brasov.