Romania's last orphanages
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- Over 100,000 children were abandoned in Romania's orphanages during the communist dictatorship of Nicolae Ceausescu. Nearly 30 years on Romania, like most other countries, is closing down the last of them.
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I was adopted in 97’ in a orphanage in Oradea, Romania. Praise the lord for blessing me with loving adopting parents. This was not a fun place to be. This was so heart breaking to watch. Count your blessing Not your problems.
Marc Wagner Oradea*
Oradea
I was an orphan in Romania as well . You said it count your blessing not your problems
Adriana Newberry How awesome it’s nice to meet new people who share the same. Nice to meet you
Most definitely thankful to be here. It is very sickening.
At one minute in, when she describes the physical abuse, I felt sick to my stomach and wanted to reach through my computer screen and give that poor lady a hug. All these years later it is still destroying her. I wish adults would realize what abuse does to children.
This era only half adult know relity and help others and they are true humans and other adult are somking, drugs, alcohol, relationship for just body abuse others 😞
It’s so sad because she smiles to keep from crying 😢
10000 playings on tapes
I'm a Romanian orphan. I was adopted and if I wasn't I would of died. The orphanage I was in shut down, in Campulung. I was tied to a crib and had no interaction, and was malnourished. I was on the tv show Acces Direct meeting my biological family for the first time
I hope things are going well for you.
What did you eat
What was it like meeting your biological family? I long to do that myself
Andrew Wallace wow thank you for sharing your story.
😭😭😭😭😭
I hate watching this, too many memories. I was adopted in 1990 from an orphanage in campulung. I remember eating anything I could find, the icky stories still haunt me sometimes. And I am one of the luckiest to be adopted...
I am so sorry
I am sorry for what you had to endure. I wish you happiness and health always
Sorry u had to go through that.. Hoping for better days 🙏❤️
Big hugs to you! I hope the days ahead are better for you, Dan!❤️😘❣️
How old was you when you left
"What they need is such a simple thing: affection, love, parental love, so they basically grow up in the bosom of the family rather than the bosom of the state. But mainly they need to be accepted." - Claudia
who is claudia ? :x
nvm i just heard the name in the video :)
Looking at this video makes my problems seem like nothing...
I know it’s very good the 5 sisters are together but their aunt and uncle are fakers. They didn’t take them in to suddenly “do some good”, otherwise they wouldn’t have allowed them to live in that horrible orphanage for years, they have them now bc they’re getting paid.
Same
@@gaelcrane8008 How many Romanian knew of the terrible condition? I mean in hindsight we know it was a terrible institution.
@@gaelcrane8008 Well not all orphanage were bad. Some were actually decent so I guessing the parent who abandoned them were actually hoping the institution will take care of the children as they couldn't themselves. Largely due to the economical mismanagement of the government.
Blugale Doh I changed my mind, after watching a little of the video once again I think the parents had to know where they were taking their children, how could they not know, they were dropping them off to a hell on earth? I had to stop watching after a few minutes, it was heartbreaking.
This is heartbreaking. It seems to me that they keep rocking themselves back and forth because that's some way of comforting themselves- like how mothers do it when we're crying or helping babies sleep. 💔
I never though of it like that
@@bmjesus08 A mentally happy child never rocks in that repetitive way, sadly :(
Save the earth don't give Birth
No One asked to be born
I'm Syrian and I wish i was aborted
This breaks my heart 💔 I was an orphan in Romania from 1996 to 1999 . If you think you dont remember anything at 2 3 years old you're wrong !!! 😭😭
Hi adriana i hope u are ok this time Roumania its not the same now its difficilt to even adopt
@@iliepetcan1736 this breaks my heart 💔💔
@@Romanian228 in roumania whn u speak about adaption many people are very dramatic its a very senzitive subject for roumaniaans ,btway do u speak roumanian
I was in a Romanian orphanage until 3&1/2 years old and I don't remember anything about the orphanage
@@Alexmurphy2657 happy for you, be grateful 🙏
Hope and Homes have done amazing work to make huge changes.They need our support to continue.Every child does deserve a loving home.
As my late mums' birthday approaches I thank God for wonderful parents who showed me so much love and support.x
Jo u are one among the lucky few thousands God bless u
my mum works there and have closed down many orphanages x
As a Romanian this is sad
This is very sad and I feel for anyone who had to go through this. I unfortunately don’t have any memories of Romania. I just have stories and photos of my
Biological family
Why is sad?
How about educating women using condoms or actually not sleeping around?????
How about that Romanian ?
I watched some of this many years ago, i was in tears 😥😥😥😥 i couldn't stop crying for the babys in the hospital, they will not let any children out of the country to be adopted.
There is also young boys who live in sewers who have been dumped by their parents.
This really breaks my heart
Save the earth don't give Birth
Overpopulation is the cause of all problems
I read a book about a couple who adopted their daughter from a Romanian orphanage at 2 1/2. They would have to visit her every day for 2 weeks to get to know her. The few toys there were broken and had tatty clothes. They bought new toys and clothes for her and left some there a few of the times they visited but they never saw them again. When they asked staff they said they didn't know. The director told them the staff take them for their own children.
How incredibly cruel to steal the few toys from the poor children I really don't get it even if you're poor and your children have little toys, incredibly selfish, the poor orphans had no worth.
Namr of the book?
@@Paul-kp8pu It's called a long way from home by Cathy Glass.
This is why I can't send my twin sister (who's under conservatorship with our old foster parent) any birthday or Christmas presents.
@@nuclearcatbaby1131 Why can't you have contact with your own twin sister? That's wrong does she have disabilities and can't make decisions for herself?
parents are underrated.
john pardon this is the most true comment
What underrated? Parent are giving some screen time or something?
we need more superheroes like Claudia
Thank you!
I was born in Romania and was in an orphanage. I don't remember anything about it because I was only 3 1/2 when I got adopted (2000). Whenever I listen to music, I rock back and forth, which is probably due to being in a crib all the time in the orphanage.
😥❤
I still rock back and forth
My mom thinks I shouldn't do it but it's comforting to me when I do it. I don't do it in public, just when I'm alone.
@@Alexmurphy2657 its normal due to the lack of parenting :(
@@iliepetcan1736 yeah 😢
I noticed as an adult I still rock randomly in uncomfortable situations and just to reduce my anxiety more than 20 years after being adopted and seeing these kids rock back in forth is so hard to see
Have you considered that you are autistic? It's called stimming.
When I love on my kids . I think of these kids in Romania . They rock back and forth to nurture themselves. I just want to get each and everyone one of them and hold them, feed them, clothe them. Letting each one know they’re loved. 😢
No One asked to be born
Save The Earth spread Antinatalism
Me too!
@@stupidfurball there's a thousands of african kids , why you don't adopt them ?
@@avikazak655 I would love to adopt every child who needs a loving home, ubfortuneatly that is not realistic or possible!
@@stupidfurball i'm Syrian
If you Want you Can adopt me.,
Well at least it's good that the situation in Romania improved greatly since the regime's fall. Only looking at how that orphanage, that's about to shut down, looks like, clearly the children had a nice, clean, safe place to grow up in. Their rooms also look really nice.
Claudia you are amazing broke my heart when you we're talking about the abuse you received I see how heart broken you are you didn't deserve this❤️❤️❤️
I m from Romania in 2021 is Still the same nothing changed peoples children leave on the street i’m so happy I Don’t live there anymore
I wish i had so much money to donate to every needy kid in this world & adopt them... 😢
The stress and confusion on the babies faces is heartbreaking.
This is so heartbreaking if I had it the resources I will adapt all of this Angel's.
Me too.. Heartbreaking.
What lovely human beings at five minutes into the video....took all five girls, angels indeed.
Idk why I have become so obsessed with these orphanages. It’s sad but also so interesting How many of them turn into animals the longer they have been left without interaction. How the kids will rock themselves back and forth they all do it. Why? Like does it offer some kind of comfort.
Yes
They rock themselves as a form of self stimulation, they are so deprived and alienated from human touch that it is a form of self soothing to rock back and forth.
I will say those who mistreat them are the animals, not the ones neglected.
@@smiley1960 some of them are probably autistic too. My son is autistic and he does this even being surrounded by an enormous amount of love and care. It’s called stimming
I would imagine a lot of these neglected children would grow up with an attachment disorder
The people who cared for these kids in these orphanages were savages! I don’t care how many kids there were they were babies, children you love them the best you can even if you don’t get a break to breath!
may god bless and help them.
If only people could be more humans and less beasts.. why should anyone abuse a child? already unlucky enought to not have the love and care of their parents... i pray this world one day will change in better. Lots of love from Turkey
No One asked to be born
Antinatalism Is the answer
I am a new parent and this 100% breaks my heart. Greetings from Hungary
I have a beautiful home and would gladly adopt but it’s nearly impossible with all the paperwork, red tape and tens and tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees. The system almost wants the children to never have a chance at a normal family life. It’s sad.
As a Romanian, this breaks my heart.
Your all subhuman
I'm a orpghange baby myself adtoped at age 5 from there . From Romania myself
needa tell my parents I love them
Just another sad proof that ignorant decisions can lead to disastrous outcomes for thousands of people.
Just so heartbreaking that the ones that never get families that's so very sad and lonely bless you all always amen
Save The Children
Adopt don't Breed
I was able to escape this life. But being born in Romania in 1989 was rough.
So sad so many problems in the 🌎 Never thought this would happen in Romania.
Are you serious? Its an eastern europen country on its knees for the last 60 years so much deprived people and familys
C Steven Diez lol MANY problems in ROMANIA after 100 years we got a road
@@SunnyvaleTrailerParkSupervisor "on its knees" yea definitely. Not only is it the fastest growing economy in europe. Its fighting corruption and it has a really low unemployment rate. It's definitely "on its knees".
@@whywhere1768 bruh you’ve gotta be kidding me , it may have low unemployment rates but that is made up of very , very low paying jobs. And ofcourse it has improved , but it’s still hard in Romania. I live in the uk and many Romanians still emigrate here , so it’s clearly not some type of haven. And when these orphanages were around - after the end of soviet rule it really was on its knees
Heartbreaking.
I remember seeing videos like this when I still lived in Belgium back in the 90s, and thar Romania was always poor.
So very heartbreaking and sad for them poor babies that never felt love and kindness bless them children always amen
Unfortunately moving kids from orphanages to a foster care is in many cases not the best solution either. Some foster care families only care about the government check and not so much about their foster kids. I am sure some of you can relate.
Omg how skinny and ill they were they needed sm too take care of em what a cruel world... MONSTERRRRS.
I'm glad progress was made here. The show featuring Romanian children decades ago was horrid. Thank you to all those who worked and continue to work.
The girl who had her birthday is so so precious! ❤️ I hope her and her sisters' future will be filled with love and hope.
Its so sad to know that little babies and children have no parents or anyone to love and cuddle them.💔
Omigod this is really sad and horrible 😢😢😢
This documentation really explains what the affects that i have delt from living in Cernavoda
This is why some people are lucky
Claudia, I have MUCH RESPECT for you my Dear! ❤
Thank you 😊
Nice short! It is well done, but I am curious about the credits.
Adică?
This is so sad 😭
I love you Claudia God bless you
🤗🤗🤗
Wow if I only had money connections something to help all these kids. Where is the love the compassion God Almighty please help n protect this children let ur Angels take charge n please please do something
I was born in Romania and was in Romania Orphanages, very sad and hard traumatic experience. It was very difficult to watch this.
This is what happens when you ban abortion in a country.
the leader MANDATED 5 children per woman.
@@pinkiesue849 Antinatalism Is the answer
No Problems
No Problems
I didn't see this before I commented above. These orphanages are a glimpse into the future of the Americans if the Republicans have their way.
This kind of thing should never be allowed to exist. Tragically it does.
You can't help everyone but you can help in small ways. I say to myself but Claudia, you look as great as the day you were born. Well Done.
This is so sad
My heart and blessing go out to Claudia! so gorgeous!
Hi Lorna Kurien
@@iliepetcan1736 hi there, how you been?
@@lornakurien7962 i try to speak with u
Thank you 😊
When someone is against abortion watch this. Sometimes it’s not worth having a baby if it’s gonna have a horrible life like this. I’d never put a child through this or wish this for any child.
It is very personally responsible to have a child if you can actually raise one. And sometimes, delaying means abortions.
People need to stop saying these kids were "abandoned". Unless you were there and lived through more than a generation ,where the issue wasn't that they couldn't afford food...there was NO food. The shelves were empty and those queues outside the shops? They're waiting for food to (hopefully) arrive.Women had no way to avoid pregnancies, with "The menstrual police" examining them on at least a monthly basis. If she wasn't pregnant, she was a traitor and could face persecution (the ever present threat of the secret polive-the securitate), imprisonment or worse. Most women were forced to give themselves abortions. Many died, others simply couldn't manage with maybe 8-10 children, some of whom may have been disabled. If you aren't permitted enough light to read by, or sufficient heat to prevent water INSIDE the house from freezing, It's hardly yhe ideal situation to be raising that large of a brood. When a mother is forced to give up her flesh and blood, it's a trauma often too much to bear...a mother who never returned or couldn't be found may not have coped with the guilt, shame and pain. She may have been "disappeared" by the securitate or perhaps she has purposely avoided going through the whole process of having to tear herself and her child apart over and over again.
This breaks my heart. If half of the world adopted one child there would be no orphans. It’s that simple
Not that simple. Children are expensive to raise after governments enacted child labor laws, or more accurately, child no labor laws
Wish it was cheaper to raise kids, each month the prices of goods keep rising to insane height. If one sees, when i was a kid my school fees was hardly anything, i remember ppl having 4 kids too but now, prices are high & people choose not to be parents, families are breaking. Though i do wish ppl with resources adopt.
i hope the people in charge of these places are locked away forever :(
I wish I could adopt all those kiddos
Samantha Clostermery LoL this was 30 years ago... most of them are much better off now and grown
The ones who gives this an negative comment have never visited a Roumnian Orphanage. How many of you have? I even volunteered in one!
We need people who have clue love God to help.
Em 5:32 ...que lindas moças !!!
Why would they feed them spoonfuls while laying down.?
Que lamentable, pero siquiera aqui.los bebes son hermosos y civilizados.
oh my darling babies, you are in my heart and I love you all. let me be your Mama.
Adopt Me
Just wondering why it’s becoming harder to adopt?
well.. adoption has it's fair share of problems too.
but i don't know what you're pointing too precisely. can be many factors.
My impression is that international adoptions are being restricted. Why?
To paraphrase from the video these kids need families and not all kids have extended families that will receive them. Some I’m wondering why the move to restrict adoptions in general. I would expect countries to strength these partnerships (adoptions) to improve the outcomes for these kids.
To be fair, adoption are difficult. Not all families are equipped to handle some of the severe trauma that these kids have gone through. Just sucks all together.
klingonjoe yea I’ve looked into adopting in Romania since I was adopted. They have made it very hard unfortunately. I would love to adopt a baby or any child
@V. V shut up is not like we wanted to be under communism in the first place
@@klingonjoe International adoptions are plagued with corruption. People use their money to essentially purchase babies, and the adoptive parents are not vetted and screened carefully enough. Once the children leave their home country there's no oversight, to ensure the safety of these children. They are often abused, and the government has no recourse with international adoptions. Why not adopt a baby from the country you reside in? In past decades wealthy American celebrities were adopting children from all over the globe, and showing them off like fashion accessories for public relations points. There's plenty of children in need, right here in the US. The anti-abortion movement will make that number skyrocket in the very near future.
I'm so sorry Claudia, I hope you have found happiness.
Not quite ,but I found balance and strength.
All lower people suffering more than her
I'm Syrian i wish i was aborted
@@avikazak655 if you say so. It's ok. Here it's not about how suffering most or not. Here it's about humanity.
@@murdochclik Buna, esti Claudia din interviul de mai sus? Sper sa vezi mesajul asta, as fi interesata sa vorbesc cu tine mai mult.
@@ioana_m da, eu sunt.
This should be mandatory viewing for pro-lifers.
And socialists.
@@andrei3831 Most socialists these days are in favor of abortion and contraception.
*communists
I’m pro life after watching the whole video. It’s the result of narc abusive parents
@@nuclearcatbaby1131wrong
I am from Romania
The asylum I stayed at Caro Regional center. In Caro Michigan the some of the staff were abusive. So some of the girls refuse to bath. Because they didn't want the staff to touch them. The bigger male staff put them in the bathtub with only cold water and poored vinegar in the water and would scrub the girls with a toilet brush.
Call the police and tell them.
Bless you for taking the sisters in .
Remember that you are not alone.
Where do the children go ?
so are all these places closed down or is this still happening
Sad , sooo sad😥
I was adopted from buzau in 1991.
They are super cute.
Gran bella persona. The Is a big men
True love
Documentary ok..but the wording underneath..bizarre..
My deaf father escaped in 1980, my mother, 2 sisters, and myself had the privilege of walking out of Romania and into Canada in 1982
In 1987 my parents and two brothers-in-law (also escapees), had the temerity to return and take an 8 week holiday...2 years before the fall of communism! No secret police threats whatsoever! Can't stop asking myself if I would return to the land where I had escaped had I been a 42 year old mother with all three kids?! My answer is absolutely NO, yet they did. How were they so certain of their immunity? Where did this bravery come from? What actually went on?!
To this day, no one in my family wants to talk about it or give me answers. In the last few years, my entire family has become estranged from me and from each other (despite Covid)
Feeling desperate for help and/or any kind information possible
Please reply if you have anything to share or suggest? Thank you
Hi, my name is loveth and I am a worker of a non governmental charity agency Divine mercy orphanage and foster home. We take care of orphans, street kids and the less privileged. We would be grateful if you all can make a donation to assist us financially. For more information, you can inbox me or contact our chief of staff via WhatsApp:(+2349010076621).
My grandmother left as a refugee for US in 1983. She was stripped of her citizenship by the regime when she left. I would guess your parents didn't raise a lot of interest to the secret police when they came back to visit. You can find out if they were under surveillance at CNSAS in Bucharest.
@@ilcaragiale thank you so much! It's odd because we all went back to visit in 1987 including the two new brothers-in-law. Each of these men escaped individually and soon met in Montreal.
In short, out of the 7 of us, 3 were men and had escaped separately; one by cruise, one running across the Hungarian border, the other by swimming across the Danube.
Despite the fact that this month-long holiday in 1987 earned us a lot of attention everywhere we went, there was no incident that I can recall.
Will reach out to CNSAS and see what I can find.🙏
@@corinaspfx i bet that a millions of romanian envy you
@@avikazak655 I can see why you would say that and it's something that I do try and keep in mind. Having said that, greener grass is a fallacy.
Si cada uno de los que comenta aquí , adoptará a un niño o niña son casi 6400 personas que estarán en un lugar lleno de protección y amor. Si queremos que el mundo cambie debemos comenzar por cambiar nuestras acciones y si no podemos adoptar al menos podrías ser un padre de acogida. Les recomiendo esta película, ya que nos da una gran lección como el no hacer la vista a un lado cuando veamos un niñ@ de la calle, ya que solo está buscando algo que comer, acercarnos demostrando que no le haremos daño es un gran avance. He visto como muchas personas los hacen correr cuando solo buscan como subsistir en un mundo peligroso lleno de depredadores sexuales, traficantes de órganos y otros para el trabajo infantil. Los gobiernos no hacen nada por ellos son sólo víctimas de un gran sistema, hijos de padres irresponsables, familias en pobreza extrema y orfandad. Si pudiera los llevaría a casa y brindarle todo el amor y protección que buscan. En muchos países y ciudades existen los programas de casa de acogida, sería nuestra manera de ayudar a un niñ@ inocente que no tiene la culpa de estar en la calle. Depende de nosotros que el mundo cambie, no basta solo con pedir a la justicia divina esta en nuestras manos hacerlo
Hi, my name is loveth and I am a worker of a non governmental charity agency Divine mercy orphanage and foster home. We take care of orphans, street kids and the less privileged. We would be grateful if you all can make a donation to assist us financially. For more information, you can inbox me or contact our chief of staff via WhatsApp:(+2349010076621).
where are all the orphans from Castello in Brancovenesti,tg.mures???😢
Can you provide exact location and description?
Jesus. These modern day orphanages remind me of early 20th century psychiatric hospitals in the US that were shut down decades ago because of the terrible treatment patients were receiving.
I don't know if I want to watch a video in which the description says "communist dictatorship", which is a contradiction in words.
Shes rich now
Oh this is so not fit for animals to live so sad.
Romania is likely to become a fully developed country because of its high-income economy.
It kinda is a developed country in some aspects, give it 10-15 years and it will be at the level of the west
Help us Romania. Adopt Floribama.
Disaster
Eu o știu pe Claudia 😢😢
And there are Romanians who still miss him.
The situation in Romania is overall grim. This is what happens when people are too stupid or too crooked to vote.
I would love to have a russian baby. I had a miscarriage with twin boys my heart is broken in two. If I could afford to go there and adopt a sweet baby I would in a heart beat. Children are meant to be loved.
they're romanian not russian but sorry for your loss
THEY the children suffer when political midgets make HUGE mistakes!
THEY the children starve when war is the solution!
THEY the children sacrifice when adults don't know how to!
THEY the children need the most attention, support, and love!
🇨🇦❤️
No One asked to be born
Antinatalism Is the answer
Paula 2018 August
Did you guys see how they caught the ball with their arm and limb?
I was there. And I was volleyball player....