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FEATURED ARTICLES *** Abandon Of Underaged www.arhiv.reginapacis.org/en/34.php [accessed 21 June 2011] There are no “street children” in Gazza Supports Emergency Appeal For Distributed by PR Newswire on behalf of Romanian Orphanage
Trust www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=21244 [accessed 21 June 2011] "Their life is miserable,
just an existence. In the worst cases the orphanages have no hot water,
medicines or electricity. The plumbing has broken, toilets are blocked with
feces, which pour out into the grounds of the orphanage, windows are cracked
and the children are fed on porridge or rice. The children are covered in
sores; they live two or three in a cot on mattresses reeking of urine.
In some cases I've seen girls chained by their ankles to the bed at
night," Paul continued. ***
ARCHIVES *** UNICEF – www.unicef.org/infobycountry/moldova.html [accessed 21 June 2011] The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on the Worst Forms
of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/moldova.htm [accessed 21 February 2011] INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - The net primary school attendance rate was approximately 98.0
percent. According to the government,
about 800 children did not attend school; however, press reports indicate
that the number is higher, particularly in rural areas. Human Rights Reports » 2005
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61664.htm [accessed 21 February 2011] CHILDREN - The law mandates
government-provided free, compulsory, and universal education for at least
nine years. Many inadequately funded schools, particularly in rural areas,
charged parents for school supplies. While not illegal, such fees contradicted
the government's policies and resulted in some parents keeping their children
at home. The government and local authorities provided annual assistance to
children from vulnerable families to buy school supplies. The UN Children's
Fund (UNICEF) reported that net primary school enrollment was 86 percent and
secondary school enrollment was approximately 73 percent, with little
difference in the rates of boys and girls. The situation of children in
orphanages was generally very poor. Due to lack of funding, children's
institutions had major problems, including inadequate food,
"warehousing" of children, lack of heat in the winter, and disease.
According to the Ministry of Education, there were approximately 11,500
institutionalized children. Not all institutionalized children were orphans;
the number of children entrusted to the government by needy parents or by
parents leaving the country to look for work reportedly continued to grow.
The government estimated that parents of approximately 20 thousand children
worked abroad and placed their children in boarding schools or entrusted them
to relatives. TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS – The
country was a major country of origin for women and children trafficked
abroad for sexual exploitation and men and children who were trafficked to Concluding Observations Of The Committee On The Rights Of
The Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 4 October 2002 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/moldova2002.html [accessed 21 February 2011] [47] While noting the amendment to
the Penal Code regarding child beggars, the Committee notes that the negative
effects of the current economic crisis and the consequent deterioration in
the family environment have resulted in an increasing number of street
children in Chisinau and other cities. Messages from November 07, 2004 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 21 June 2011] 26% of street children were either
disengaged from their families due to abandonment, fleeing domestic violence,
were orphaned or had only occasional contact due to poor relationships. All
of this group were homeless and lived on the streets in abandoned cars,
sewers and with groups of other children in venues provided by their group
leaders/protectors. www.jdc.org/nonsect_currresp_moldova.html [Last access date unavailable] "CHILDREN OF THE STREETS"
- PROVIDING A CENTER FOR CHILDREN IN ADUL LUI VODA (2007-PRESENT) - Abandon Of Underaged www.arhiv.reginapacis.org/en/34.php [accessed 21 June 2011] There are no “street children” in Scotland’s Youngsters And Traveling Fans Win The Hearts And
Minds In Moldova EveryChild, Chisinau, 13th Oct 2004 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 21 June 2011] DETAILS - The young players heard about
how the Center provides support for Moldova's street children; facilities
like a day-care center, access to education and medical care, as well as
social rehabilitation all contribute to the long-term goal of integrating
children back into mainstream education and preventing street children from
entering institutional care One
Child Abandoned Each Day In United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF, Central and Eastern
www.unicef.org/ceecis/media_2276.html [accessed 21 June 2011] At least one child under seven is
abandoned each day in Valentyn Bejan,
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies IFRC, 25 May
2005 -- This article first appeared in ‘The
Bridge’ [accessed 21 June 2011] As a result of a decade of exodus,
the traditional family is disintegrating: separation and divorce are common
and children often end up being cared for by relatives and neighbors, falling
prey to violence and exploitation. The
issue of the “feminization” of poverty is also causing concern. Women have
fewer economic opportunities than men and they have been leaving out of a desire
to better their lives and those of their children. But in what is still an overwhelmingly
matriarchal society, this too often results in broken families and abandoned
children. Gazza Supports Emergency Appeal For Distributed by PR Newswire on behalf of Romanian Orphanage
Trust www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=21244 [accessed 21 June 2011] "Their life is miserable,
just an existence. In the worst cases the orphanages have no hot water,
medicines or electricity. The plumbing has broken, toilets are blocked with
feces, which pour out into the grounds of the orphanage, windows are cracked
and the children are fed on porridge or rice. The children are covered in
sores; they live two or three in a cot on mattresses reeking of urine. In some cases I've seen girls chained by
their ankles to the bed at night," Paul continued. All material used herein
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