The staff at the facility in Baicoi had limited experience caring for children with disabilities before the group arrived. UNICEF, neighboring centers and the community stepped up to help. Children's ...

Vulnerable children under the care of the Romanian state are up to 15 times more likely to be diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD, than other Romanian children, sparking ...

NUCSOARA — Sometimes, one simple test can change a life. Dozens of Romanian children had their eyes examined for the first time in a remote area of the southern Carpathian Mountains. The humanitarian ...

Lina Jammal knew her son Sam was musical. When he was a small boy, he would jump up on the sofa and sing along with the celebrities on the radio or television, using a hairbrush as a microphone. Now ...

Three decades after the collapse of communism in Romania, Visinel Balan still has fresh memories of one of its most infamous legacies -- the orphanage system in which he grew up. "They used to beat us ...

As many as 159,000 children in Romania are missing at least one parent because they are working abroad – which experts say may have consequences for their wellbeing. Freedom of movement within the ...

BUCHAREST, Romania — During Romania’s communist era, children with disabilities were shunned, often locked away in institutions or kept at home and deprived of schooling and social interactions.

When Ukrainian refugee children arrived in Prahova, Romania, local kids organized a welcome party to help them feel at home. Local children in Prahova, Romania, visited a refugee reception center to ...