Romania's Forgotten Street Kids

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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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@iluvhopndballet 11 жыл бұрын

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!

@lisasmith767 3 жыл бұрын

How are you now, 8 years later?

@getpoggeredon9877 3 жыл бұрын

How are you now

@vilimsimovic2634 3 жыл бұрын

How are you now

@ervingerebenes1345 3 жыл бұрын

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

@damianclark9732 3 жыл бұрын

@@lisasmith767 he’s obviously back to his old ways 🤷‍♂️

@zarialavey2230 11 жыл бұрын

what a kind heart that young woman has,this world needs more people like her.

@Mars-rp7gc 3 жыл бұрын

This is still happening all over the world and it sickens me, I just want everyone to be safe and happy.

@pauladavies7944 2 жыл бұрын

We all do 😇

@markb. Жыл бұрын

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.

@fireupthequatrobolly 9 жыл бұрын

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

@parkdale3612 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@FafaFaga-jq1tz 3 ай бұрын

3:39 3:43 3:46 ❤

@shivvWhore Жыл бұрын

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.

@globe255 12 жыл бұрын

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.

@taco_fetish5178 Жыл бұрын

Anka is absolutely beautiful inside and out

@davidca96 9 жыл бұрын

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.

@noahluvskittenz2154 3 жыл бұрын

There's just something about these street kid documentaries that I absolutely love.

@sanzmejia 11 жыл бұрын

Very nice young lady the one helping the kids.She is the kind of people we all need in this messed up world.

@cipmars 9 жыл бұрын

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.

@MrZOAR77 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@PrincesaPreciosa86 13 жыл бұрын

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. :(

@tenfold2395 5 жыл бұрын

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

@MrZOAR77 2 жыл бұрын

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!

@KasiaSmith-gy4lj 8 ай бұрын

Yepppp I saw him In children underground aswell

@dreamersdisease2481 3 ай бұрын

I saw macarena too at 7:27 in the blue

@belalopez2776 11 жыл бұрын

God bless that young lady that's helping these kids to get off the streets we need more people like that, that care.

@Automedon2 11 жыл бұрын

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.

@thrdel 11 жыл бұрын

About that "pray for" thing, does that actually mean : Let someone else do something about it?

@cornel10 13 жыл бұрын

@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.

@giubica 14 жыл бұрын

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.

@zonedoyestander 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@joeschmo1332 11 жыл бұрын

What a tragedy, Anca is doing great work.

@maylai6549 5 жыл бұрын

Unimaginable...very sad !😢

@Aoifeunderland 12 жыл бұрын

@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

@lawrencemamon6940 10 жыл бұрын

i like that young girl who help their co romanian peoples...keep up the good work!!! god bless you

@CrunKDeeZz 11 жыл бұрын

youll never meet anyone more hardworking than a Romanian, I can promise you that

@streettravelxxi 2 жыл бұрын

True being a scammer is pretty hard

@KBCBS616 15 жыл бұрын

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.

@davidlandon6947 3 жыл бұрын

I adopted in 1996 at the age of 18 months.

@paynehunter 13 жыл бұрын

@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.

@centrodeencontro 17 жыл бұрын

very good video

@Angelparisjordan 16 жыл бұрын

brilliant

@REDEVESTV 15 жыл бұрын

faina tipa :)

@Idonotknow123408 14 жыл бұрын

So sad yet so brave.

@misu110382 14 жыл бұрын

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.....

@sarabower1 11 жыл бұрын

god bless you

@jacksonpayne2911 5 жыл бұрын

I wonder how are those kids doing today

@petesmart1983 8 ай бұрын

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)

@uhltron 11 жыл бұрын

Dulls hunger pangs and protects from the cold? What the hell is that! sounds like their endorsing a product. Sheesh.

@totoeskhoo89 13 жыл бұрын

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.

@Johnnypoker777 10 жыл бұрын

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

@Coletta100 14 жыл бұрын

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.

@ervingerebenes1345 3 жыл бұрын

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

@bonzaibb12 15 жыл бұрын

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.

@chrisbotha7194 11 жыл бұрын

That young lady has the smile and the heart of an angel. I would really tike to meet her

@telepcanin2878 3 жыл бұрын

this was 25 y ago :(

@cornel10 13 жыл бұрын

@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.

@ladykterina 13 жыл бұрын

yeah, home sweet home, it's just so sad:(

@sarabower1 13 жыл бұрын

These poor poor Children

@2Fat2Furi0us 11 жыл бұрын

All humans think and act the same way. We're special, more than a human but infinitely less than one at the same time.

@Katekazoo 14 жыл бұрын

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."

@keravankauhu 15 жыл бұрын

amen

@tashaharris2138 3 жыл бұрын

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 👍!!!

@mathyramanan1331 3 жыл бұрын

this video uploaded 13 years ago😫😫😫😫😫

@LiD0349 Жыл бұрын

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)

@dreamersdisease2481 3 ай бұрын

7:27 macarena is in the blue. 😂 I knew I'd see some of the kids from children underground

@tambocha 14 жыл бұрын

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.

@streetkidworld 17 жыл бұрын

You guys do some good videos. Wish you allowed embedding....

@Kgarcia607 15 жыл бұрын

"Unwanted Children" those 2 words should never go together! How sad!

@MrGreenLungs123 11 жыл бұрын

this was filmd in 96 things are even worse today belive it or not

@crgshell 11 жыл бұрын

Did you huff glue and paint? If so do you think it had lasting effects? Congratulations on getting off the streets.

@giubica 14 жыл бұрын

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,

@pimpmastabola 11 жыл бұрын

i'll be sure to ask myself that question, along with everyone in my neighborhood.

@MotherFlower666 15 жыл бұрын

what can you do with love and prayers?

@radurambo 13 жыл бұрын

@SUpersaiyajinjerkbag OK, what term do you suggest?

@ciutacu 15 жыл бұрын

The girl at 3:30 is so beautiful!

@kxnglo5300 3 жыл бұрын

Weirdo

@spinnijinn3051 3 жыл бұрын

@@kxnglo5300 It is a compliment , how was it weird to give a nice compliment ?

@kxnglo5300 3 жыл бұрын

@@spinnijinn3051 your a wried fruitcake too

@spinnijinn3051 3 жыл бұрын

@@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 .

@spinnijinn3051 3 жыл бұрын

@@kxnglo5300 Get better at insulting or hating , is it you’re just jealous at not getting girlfriends ?

@atozinco 15 жыл бұрын

I wish this short documentary was subtitled.

@vindinArges 12 жыл бұрын

@jarklan in America there are so many homeless people they had to set up their own tents by the subway in Philadelphia

@Coletta100 14 жыл бұрын

It must be remembered that after the war they were left without help.

@Katekazoo 14 жыл бұрын

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 "

@gnramon 14 жыл бұрын

I just realize I understand 60% Romanian , cause its almost liek spanish , Niice

@ifyousayso1466 3 жыл бұрын

It's Italian derived mostly and is closest to Latin of all romance languages. Cu drag,, de la Romania

@barbarakosmatin3668 Жыл бұрын

SHE IS AN ANGEL!!!!!!!

@SteauaBucuresti 14 жыл бұрын

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?

@GhettoDac 14 жыл бұрын

wth people? this is from 1996!!!! what the hell is this doin' here anyway? it's old news, alot of things have changed since this video was created!!

@Katekazoo 14 жыл бұрын

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."

@mentaltfladdrig 14 жыл бұрын

dont you just love the product placements in journeymans videos? check 04:20 for example

@Adrian-Ionut 15 жыл бұрын

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.

@TheSpiritualShow 14 жыл бұрын

Divine Mercy Devotion!

@Automedon2 11 жыл бұрын

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

@leadersuccess3761 6 жыл бұрын

Every time I hear the word Romania count Dracula comes to my mind.lol

@crisangeorgia9311 3 жыл бұрын

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

@mranon42023 Жыл бұрын

the world is so much worse now even middle class people dont looke nearly as happy as these homeless children

@Automedon2 11 жыл бұрын

Plus you get to see movies on the walls

@pinky2ne185 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder what happen to them now I hope they are doing great

@versguversgu8 3 жыл бұрын

Romania is doing much better now but the poverty and crime in the southern and north eastern regions is still very high specially in the big cities, this is what happens when mobsters rule your country

@yolandas.6193 Жыл бұрын

Damn

@cutieOX 13 жыл бұрын

i hate how they show them talking forever without subtitles... ughh i wanna know what they r saying

@0311RFLMN 10 жыл бұрын

wetern Europe should be working with Romania to deal with these problem.romanians are Europeans and Romanian language is a latin base language.

@bigkev2084 10 жыл бұрын

the sad thing is Western European countries do not seem to care about Romania which is sad

@cipmars 9 жыл бұрын

kevin chagnot They care enough to judge, though.

@andu9500 9 жыл бұрын

Europe doesnt care

@cipmars 9 жыл бұрын

Andu They don't really care at all, but they judge.

@veronikatramisak633 3 жыл бұрын

kevin chagnot not just Romania but the entire Balkan they don’t give a shit about us🙄

@cornel10 13 жыл бұрын

@lolita7229 You have a wrong impression about the Romanians, in reality, in Romania there are about 2 million Gypsies at a population of 22 million people. This means, after a rough calculation, about 10% of Romanians, and not 80%. Perhaps you are misled because many Romanians have dark skin, like southern Italians (the Sicilians).

@grimjaur86 11 жыл бұрын

if you were able to see... but i won`t disrespect blind or disabled people.... your opinion kinda also counts :)

@Anonymus889 14 жыл бұрын

why don;t you put subtitles?

@poitrenaud 14 жыл бұрын

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

@bereberebere1995 14 жыл бұрын

consider the fact that 80% of romanian teens smoke and i mean teens that have like 14 years or so this isant a bad thing but in a civilized country this cant be hapen

@supertuber97 14 жыл бұрын

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.

@gdquint 14 жыл бұрын

@SEFARAD2K4 True concerning today, but this video is dated June 1996, so it would be contemporary of the era I spoke of. Also, how many of today's orphans are THEIR children?

@artman4444 11 жыл бұрын

I wish there could be more english translation to what some people are saying. Good video, otherwise.

@2Fat2Furi0us 11 жыл бұрын

Documentarul a fost facut in 1996.

@bigbreadeaterellis 16 жыл бұрын

what is glue that people want it as if it is literal food?

@millardforever 16 жыл бұрын

Compelling video, but subtitles would be nice :)

@LaurentziusRo88 14 жыл бұрын

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.

@vxenon67 11 жыл бұрын

They need some funding. Where can u donate.

@sarabower1 13 жыл бұрын

@Qcumber don't you knolw what happend in Romania during the 80"s When a "breeding program" was started.

@savannahshepherd2283 10 ай бұрын

Any updates?

@petesmart1983 8 ай бұрын

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??

@2Fat2Furi0us 11 жыл бұрын

If we had more people like that in the world we wouldn't even need childcare or have street kids.

@frostkiss2 14 жыл бұрын

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.

@ciutacu 15 жыл бұрын

oohhh she is the helper...