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Must-see TV: coverage of Romanian institutions |
By rmsecretary on
10/10/2006 12:05 AM
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Regeneration Ministries in the News
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This week, CNN has broadcast several reports about the current child
welfare crisis in Romania. Their coverage has included shocking, recent footage
of Romanian institutions for children, as well as a reporter posing as a
"baby-buyer" in Romanian villages.
I was not able to find much on the CNN website to pass along to you
(although perhaps you might dig something up!). However, I did find videos
on the website of the British news network that originally taped the
footage. Their report aired on British ITV earlier this month, and is very
similar to the report aired this week on CNN.
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Countdown to EU Membership: Romania's Forgotten Children |
By rmsecretary on
9/24/2006 9:59 PM
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Regeneration Ministries in the News
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Do you remember the television documentaries a few years back, featuring young Romanian children, abandoned in metal cribs, wasting away in anonymity and neglect? Such images energized many in the west to find ways to help - but unfortunately, 17 years after the fall of Communism, Romania continues to struggle to find solutions that actually work
In their bid for accession into the European Union (due to take effect on January 1, 2007) abandoned children are once again the last priority. Told by the EU to clean up their human rights violations, the Romanian Parliament banned all foreign adoptions, determining to manage the children through Romanian adoption, foster care, or re-unification. For many abandoned children in Romania these new laws continue to relegate them to a childhood without love or stabi ...
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