Issue: Neglected children in Romanian orphanages
-Nicolae Ceausescu banned birth control and left under-financed state institutions to care for the wave of abandoned children that followed. The horrors of his system are now being exposed in Romian orphanages.
-The living conditions in the orphanages are most commonly compared to the Nazi concentration camps.
- The Romanian orphanage has broken windows and often, no heat. Children sleep four to a cot or on the floor, sharing blankets that are soiled, wet with urine and lice infected.They do not have disinfectant, they do not have soap, they do not have hot water.
-The orphans were so neglected that they failed to show any emotions at all. They didn’t cry or show anger or even respond to people coming in and out of the rooms.
-In January 2005 Romania passed a law that prohibited placing children under 3 in institutions unless they were "severely disabled." The law also blocked foreign adoptions in the hope of cutting down on child trafficking.
-About 9,000 babies are deserted in Romania every year
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I really like your topic. A few years ago there was two girls in my ward that volunteered through BYU in a Romanian orphanage for a few months, when they came back they raved for months about how much it had changed their lives and caused them to be thankful for their families and homes they grew up in. I know that BYU has some sort of program in which you can travel to Romania and work in an orphanage for a few months, you might want to consider finding out more about this program and using it in your paper.
I really like your topic! I wish I had thought to do that one. We watched a video about this in one of my classes. One thing that might help you in your research is to narrow your focus. What is it that you are going to argue?
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