Romania's Forgotten Street Kids
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- Streetwise Kids (1996)
Potentially thousands of children are fending for themselves on the streets of Romania, but why aren't they getting the help they need?
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Dark nights conceal the shabbiness of Bucharest. Her shadows hide children sniffing glue from plastic bags; intoxicating themselves dulls hunger pangs and keeps them warm. Teenager Vali climbs down a man hole into an underground cave where he sleeps with six other children. Rubble and worn tyres litter the ground. After being beaten up in a children's home, Vali chose a life on the streets. Anca Dionese works for Save the Children and spends her nights visiting different groups of street children. She bribes them to give up glue sniffing with second hand clothes. By building up emotional relationships with them, she wins their trust. Near a metro station, she is upset to discover Maricica, a recent convert, sniffing glue with old friends. Maricica attends a day centre backed by the French where the children are encouraged to develop talents such as juggling. Official government policy is to return children to a stable family wherever possible. Report includes interviews with the Ministry of Education, Director of a State Orphanage and the Romanian Child Protection Committee. Profiles of the children prove distressing but it appears the government is renewing its efforts.
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I was one of them, lived in a home though, stole food, looked into dustbins, pick pocketed etc..It was my only way to survival, i would go hungry every single day course i d steal. Thank God I was adopted!
How are you now, 8 years later?
How are you now
How are you now
Si eu am unul dintre iei. Informat, infrigurat ,speriat.... dar Dumnezeu a avut mila de mine si astazi sunt bine am familia mea si sunt multumit
@@lisasmith767 he’s obviously back to his old ways 🤷♂️
what a kind heart that young woman has,this world needs more people like her.
This is still happening all over the world and it sickens me, I just want everyone to be safe and happy.
We all do 😇
And it's unnecessary. There is plenty of wealth all over the world to care for everyone but the greed won't allow it.
I like to see the children sitting around a table eating good food just enjoyable it warms my heart. Its just so sad it isnt a normal every day thing for them and that makes my heart bleeding.
There's just something about these street kid documentaries that I absolutely love.
I'm off to work with Romanian orphans this summer.I'm looking forward to helping them yet dreading hearing their stories.hope I don't cry in front of them because this chapter in my life is not about me.I just want to do some good for my fellow europeans who have been seemingly forgotten
hey man, how did that work out?
The end goal in my life is social work, cause I know.
I don't know being homeless and sniffing paint.
I just want to fucking help people who are sick of it.
I might need some help before that, I vomited all over the floor drunk earlier.
For those who are hooked on uppers I think I would be of some help.
I'll have to develop that, and stop getting drunk.
3:39 3:43 3:46 ❤
@@parkdale3612how are doing nowadays ❤
I envy how Romanians are very light hearted and kind people , romanian people are beautiful. I really admire their culture, music and language.
Love from Philippines.
This makes no sense whatsoever. These are not ethnic traits, they’re human traits.
When the young girl lady with the short hair and hat was caught sniffing the glue and she tried to hide it behind her, that one gesture just showed how young these kids are, the thought of them sleeping on the streets and having to sell their bodies just to eat is fucking heart breaking.
Very nice young lady the one helping the kids.She is the kind of people we all need in this messed up world.
Man, that woman should not be doing what she does alone. They need to either send two or more social workers at a time, or at least send a man. She’d be utterly defenseless if those kids turned on her. She said herself that they aren’t “nice kids”, and can’t be trusted. She also admitted that most of them have sexually abused a younger kid. What’s stopping them from ganging up on her? Yes, they’re minors, but they’re teenaged boys, and they’re still much stronger than most adult women.
Poor children.May God help them all.I wish I could really do something to help them.This is soo sad & then people want to come on here & argue & talk reckless about these people when they don't deserve it.Any of this can happen to anyone!!!!My heart goes out to them. :(
this video was uploaded in 2008 that's crazy 17 years 😮
Eduard (at 10:28) is still on the streets and still on and off drugs. Currently on. He used to wash our cars at work, really nice guy, clean and hard working, until he went back to heroine or who knows what else. Now he is a shipwreck.
Eduard, a real scumbag, a pice of Shit of the worst tipe, a rat to the police, a self oriented bastard, a shallow person with no respect for nothing with no ambition or goal in life, I hope he will live long life on the streets alone in suffering, in cold, filtht and hunger, to feel sorry for himself and the to regret all the bad things that he did to his buddy's, in between 1993 and 1998.
That’s sad. How old is he bow?
@ Probably about 50. He almost died of Hep C and an NGO helped treat him. He has nine lives like the cats.
Eduard was in a documentary 3 years after this called children underground,they don’t say his name but he’s blantantly the same guy stood talking to the street kids who are arguing over who dropped the bottle of glue
You want to say that he was filmed in a different documentary 3 years earlier than this one, and not after! Eduard a pice of Shit, a real scumbag, a bully, a rat and a man who was stealing from his own for fun!
Yepppp I saw him In children underground aswell
I saw macarena too at 7:27 in the blue
I walked around Bucharest last year during the day and then several times at 4am to the train station. Its a completely different world at night, I felt really bad for the kids I saw and the super doped up prostitutes wanting me to talk to them. I had my girlfriend of the time on my arm and they still did it.
Thank you for uploading
God bless that young lady that's helping these kids to get off the streets we need more people like that, that care.
Social workers? It’s her job, she’s not just some random nice woman.
Don't warry about this video !
I'm a romanian (company owner) and the videos are taken in Bucharest - the country capital. I traveled in many european capitals and this happenes everywhere in the world. Everywhere u find poor families.....
What a tragedy, Anca is doing great work.
I’ve knows these kids for 2,3 4 years. They are integrated now.
They meet older guys, and they ask then, would you be my buddy? You make money and I give you Aurolac. So they go out and beg.
I go to a movie, then I buy Aurolac and start believing like I live in that movie.
It’s a long term thing, and its success depends in great part on our financial resources. We were sometimes successful, sometimes less successful, but overall I believe we are doing the right thing.
The girl at 3:30 is so beautiful!
Weirdo
@@kxnglo5300 It is a compliment , how was it weird to give a nice compliment ?
@@spinnijinn3051 your a wried fruitcake too
@@kxnglo5300 I’m not falling for some lady on a video , i wasn’t the one giving the compliments either . I was defending a person complimenting on someone’s looks . Well if that’s weird to you , you may aswell call your parents weird .
@@kxnglo5300 Get better at insulting or hating , is it you’re just jealous at not getting girlfriends ?
youll never meet anyone more hardworking than a Romanian, I can promise you that
True being a scammer is pretty hard
@@streettravelxxiRomanians are not like your dad
@@rusaa5293Don't lie, you bastard! 99% of Romanians are thieves, drug addicts and prostitutes!
Those children have chosen to stay children as they grow up, its' just how it is. This current adult generation on a world scale has failed horribly at showing an suitable example. The helper woman has said most of them (95% was given) has been abused, and there is no one protecting them.The quote that describes this is "When you sniff you don't feel anymore." Please listen everyone. Be part of the solution.
I have lived in many cities in America and I have never seen children living on the street.I have also worked in Social work for 20 years and I can tell you that the life of a poor (ghetto as you put it) person is 100 times better than what I have seen in many other countries.Homeless people have many options, but many choose not to take them or are unable to quit their addictions,keeping them homeless forever.The US spends billions on social programs.I see it every day in my work.
@jarklan i agree. our street children aren't as bad as this just cause there's an incredible amount of child protection in this country. kids wouldn't be able to get away with living on the streets cause it's a requirement to go to school till you're 16, and if you're in school, they'll find out if you live on the street or not. but the emotional damage to poverty stricken American children is a little worse since they're forced to live in either severely abusive homes, orphanage, or foster care
I worked with these Children 5 years and they are not only Roma I worked with hundreds of white homeless Romanian children. It is a problem with the Government since they make adoption almost impossible unless someone is very very rich and they must be Romanian too. Also to this day Nurses in the hospitals advise young and poor mothers to leave there babies at the hospital. Romanians no longer have feeling for these children because the children become mean and hard after 1 year on the street.
How is this situation now?
SHE IS AN ANGEL!!!!!!!
The fact that even in 2023, most of this hasn’t changed. Eastern Europe is still struggling with failed orphanages, especially for disabled children, child poverty, child HIV/AIDS, child homelessness. Their governments always say “we’ll focus on it” or “we’re working on it” not much has changed, especially in Ukraine due to the RussoUkrainian War (2022)
I adopted in 1996 at the age of 18 months.
That young lady has the smile and the heart of an angel. I would really tike to meet her
this was 25 y ago :(
About that "pray for" thing, does that actually mean : Let someone else do something about it?
don't be too harsh on Romania-they have a brave and noble history; and they were collectively punished by "Internationalists" because they fought against the Bolshevists and the Zionist internationaliste--and Ceausescu was a beast in his own right; but those who overthrew him were just another group of Communists-
They Suffered too much, and God I pray they continue to grow into the great nation they used to be-
Their King Mihal is a true Prince of a Man-
Great Orthodox Tradition-
Romania
These poor poor Children
i like that young girl who help their co romanian peoples...keep up the good work!!! god bless you
@Qcumber In fact, there are orphanages for these children of the street, but you'll be surprised, these street children do not want to go in orphanages, they prefer to stay on the streets. I was a taxi driver and in some nights, I found some kids like them, I wanted to bring them to an orphanage, but they refused. Think about it,that was in the wintertime.
"Unwanted Children" those 2 words should never go together! How sad!
@RSVDCN they are not gypsy,they are romanians and believe me they are smarter than you,even without school.It's very difficult to live without a house and without a family.
Romania will improve its image by making a significant effort to find a way to live with the gypsies and give an example to Europe. This is precisely a challenge.
Please note that this film is from 1996 ( 14 years ago). The case today is not as dramatic as is portrayed although it's still a problem as in any country.
I wonder how are those kids doing today
Most likely most didn't make it if there lucky(Romania came the biggest hot bed for child trafficking at the time with thousands going missing)
very good video
All humans think and act the same way. We're special, more than a human but infinitely less than one at the same time.
It must be remembered that after the war they were left without help.
I just realize I understand 60% Romanian , cause its almost liek spanish , Niice
It's Italian derived mostly and is closest to Latin of all romance languages. Cu drag,, de la Romania
faina tipa :)
Someone need to stop stores selling glue for kids....it's happening everywhere. Sad..
ROMANIA SHOULD LOOK AFTER ITS PEOPLE
Lol this was around 20 years ago (1996)
This was only a few years after the collapse of communism and the country was a mess Especially after famine, lots of political turmoil and mass poverty
Hello 👋👋👋👋👋???? As a black British based in the UK with many Romanian friends and speak Romanian and eat salmalli???? I'm asking that you do more documentaries about Romania especially the people in the tunnels in Bucharest!!!! I love 💕 Romania!!!! Thanks 👍!!!
Romania has many faults.A minimum salary that is to small,government corruption and stupidity.But when it comes to street thugs and that kind of stuff,it is super safe.You could go out shopping at 1 or 2 in the morning by yourself and no one would attack you[very rare cases of robberies,and i mean very rare].The cities are great for opening new bussines because the city is cheap[Bucharest or other big cities].The country has many faults,but foreigners are given the red carpet when they are here
At 2:27 he says "What can i do with that money...i go to the movies , i buy myself aurolac (the drug) and then i gamble the rest by playing poker."
5:51 Anca: "why do you sleep in the sewer? it's hot outside why don't you sleep outside ?the sewer smells terrible i can't even get close to it sleep outside!"
6:03"ok , so which one of you gives me the bag?Maricica , did i came here for you to mock me? thank you , i see you're still coherent enough to know what you're doing."
@Qcumber Things began to change in Romania, we have also, now, orphanages, family-type houses, with a maximum of 20 children orphaned and some orphans are taken up by foster parents to be raised in their families. But things change more slowly, because of the economic situation of Romania.
The life in Romania in thte 9ths were alooooot better than today. At lest the streets in Romania gave us good football players, handball and Gymnastics. But Now?
The live in romania is hard . The government is corrupt, police is corrupt, everything is expensive the salary si very shet.....😔😔😔 I'm sorry for this country because I was live there
We are fighting to organize Children Aid organizations at the county level, in order to support families in need and prevent more children from leaving their families and entering the orphanages.
1,2,3, excellent. We want to boost the children’s self esteem, to make them play, laugh, and develop artistic skills.
Maricica has a house, but there is nobody there to monitor her, her sister left the country. She’s a normal 16 year old girl, with good days and bad days,
Very good! Attempting to end it on a good note! Like you're told to do - like type of person trying to understand the less fortunate.
Don't judge all Americans by some of these stupic comments. Many Americans--as Frenchman as I am--have adopted many Romanians and even in Italy not all Italians are angry at the Few Romanians who cause trouble there; and many Romanians are great people and good hard working immigrants in Italy and here in France, too
So sad yet so brave.
the world is so much worse now even middle class people dont looke nearly as happy as these homeless children
6:20"stop it with the bags behind your backs i can see what you're doing , do you think i'm 3? i can see you.The bag!"
8:45 "At this hour , the number of houses (for streetchildren) has grown because there aren't any houses for children left like they were before the revolution(1989) when the kids were living 30-40 in one room ,there were improper conditions for living"
9:23"we've fought and still fight to create these children-helping associations across the country "
Unimaginable...very sad !😢
this was filmd in 96 things are even worse today belive it or not
If we had more people like that in the world we wouldn't even need childcare or have street kids.
Romania is a beautiful country with beautiful women and is steeped in rich history and culture. The country has social problems and poverty is rife, but during my three week visit i found the people very friendly. There is quite a lot of petty crime, but its easily avoidable.
I'll bet the hater comments on here are from people who have never been there and have a very distorted view of this country.
yeah, home sweet home, it's just so sad:(
this video uploaded 13 years ago😫😫😫😫😫
Any updates?
Things are much better these days most of the kids were a effect of the fall of communism and most were orphans there was up to half a million orphans when communism collapsed and thousands on the Street with child trafficking etc high(Romania also had a famine during the last year's of communism). Things have changed now as Romania became more Independent and economically grew there still problems with drugs and homeless but which European country dosent have that??
remember he's just a kid.
Every time I hear the word Romania count Dracula comes to my mind.lol
Well , I'm sorry to tell you this but Dracula doesn't exist and it triggers Romanians😌 and yk who is the "real Dracula" search Vlad Tepes
9:30 "associations which aim to support the families that are facing difficulties,to prevent the entrance of children in these kind of institutions because we're trying to help these families financially and though social assistants."
10:45 "we want to give a chance to the children so they can have more confidence , so they can laugh and enjoy life and also to have the opportunity to do something artistic."
I have no idea whre the 1 million homeless in New York comes from. The US total figure for homeless people is around 600,000, with an estimate of betweem 55,000 and 100,000 in New york. Even that figure seems very high for a city of 9 million, but it's nowhere near a million homeless in NY. It's easy to Google the numbers
Dulls hunger pangs and protects from the cold? What the hell is that! sounds like their endorsing a product. Sheesh.
Did you huff glue and paint?
If so do you think it had lasting effects?
Congratulations on getting off the streets.
7:27 macarena is in the blue. 😂 I knew I'd see some of the kids from children underground
Why are there no subtitles or voiceover translation of what interviewees are saying in Romanian? I notice that this is the case with many Journeyman documentaries.
Now we are in 2010 ...they are a social problem that where eradicated in Bucharest.
I wish this short documentary was subtitled.
what can you do with love and prayers?
don't judge an entire country because of several people.i am sure that for 1 very bad thing there are 50 other good things that are unnoticed.
and that happens in an EU-country... unbelievable.
It was the end of communism and there was around half a million orphans in the country which majority escaped into the streets and sadly inhaling drugs. At one point also Romania was capital of child trafficking which has mostly gone away but the country struggled with famine and other things in last year's of communism which left the country a mess, also the fear of Russia attacking them(Russia invaded neighbours Moldova and still illegally occupy terroity) this video was from 1996 just 5 years after the collapse
It doesn't mean those cities are shitholes just because you didn't like them. Believe me, others do like them. Bucharest was fucked up by the communist regime, but it's still a beautiful city and sooner or later it'll worth the nickname of the Little Paris once again.
To be honest I've never been to Ireland, but I know enough to talk about it. Romania has breathtaking landscapes, while Ireland is just a flat island. And your cities are in fact British.
brilliant
This is 1996. Post-communist period and a very hard decade for Romania.
finland, denmark? Yes you are correct that the U.S. government only helps those who cannot help themselves, unlike those countries who sponsor and fund laziness and people who choose not work hard and become something. In the U.S. half of the people living in poverty own a car and at least 2 televisions. That's what makes it incomparable. Yes their poor, but they have a lot more consumer goods and access to food. Even beggars bring in thousands.
You said more than that, just like I said you're totally wrong. And the Irish cities are certainly not more beautiful than ours, let alone the natural landscape.
@SUpersaiyajinjerkbag OK, what term do you suggest?
@jarklan in America there are so many homeless people they had to set up their own tents by the subway in Philadelphia
i'll be sure to ask myself that question, along with everyone in my neighborhood.
god bless you
i think all of us are asking the same question:
why the HELL are there no subtitles?
I know that feeling using substances to just stay alive 😢 Alhamdulillah
An where is the Catholic church in all this no where .
wetern Europe should be working with Romania to deal with these problem.romanians are Europeans and Romanian language is a latin base language.
the sad thing is Western European countries do not seem to care about Romania which is sad
kevin chagnot They care enough to judge, though.
Europe doesnt care
Andu They don't really care at all, but they judge.
kevin chagnot not just Romania but the entire Balkan they don’t give a shit about us🙄
I don't think you can use the words "wise" and "Romania" in the same sentence without being an oxymoron.
At the begining the boy told the reporter who sleeps under the streets: himself, 1 boy and 1 girl together and another 2 boys.
The man who washed the car: Didn't understand well because of the low audio, but he spends the money for movies and the rest for pocker.
The streetkids: Talking about swaping clothes.
..."Paritsica, through that away!", "Paritsica, are you making fun of me?"(the woman is trying to stop Paritsica and the others to sop sniffing).
And so...It's jus the beginning, sorry.
My problem is with the editing.Not fair towards those kids.I wonder if they at least got something out of this.I could make a movie on the streets of London-you can find homeless people here as well.And UK has the biggest rate on kids giving birth to kids,but let`s not compare one country to another...Hope something good can come out of this,at least generate some positive reactions(as fi scris comentariul in limba romana, dar ma indoiesc ca s-ar fi gasit prea multi straini care sa priceapa)
Divine Mercy Devotion!
duno what to say its sad ,but i was in a trip to romania but it was not like this, romania is a ritch cultural country has very nice buildings etc....
Plus you get to see movies on the walls
Why do you hate Romanians? Why do you basque in their hard and unfortunate cricumstances?
And why would you write such a terrible statement to me? I only spoke kindly towards Romanians