Moldova's Cupcui Orphanage
![Vasilica Bejan draws water from a well. While life is hard at home, he's happier there than in the orphanage.](https://gdb.rferl.org/38aa48bd-bbed-4a30-9dd1-aeef73db9a4b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Vasilica Bejan draws water from a well. While life is hard at home, he's happier there than in the orphanage.
![Valentina, Vasilica's mother, was told five years ago the state could raise her son better.](https://gdb.rferl.org/f8d4fdc5-2f7b-4c3d-a1e2-f1cc173b14a6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Valentina, Vasilica's mother, was told five years ago the state could raise her son better.
![Maria Buza, the director of the Cupcui orphanage, says many people depend on the orphanage for their livelihood.](https://gdb.rferl.org/1fc3ea71-9d20-4c6d-b3d6-1c2fcbae42df_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Maria Buza, the director of the Cupcui orphanage, says many people depend on the orphanage for their livelihood.
![Many of the children in the orphanage say they are also looking forward to going home.](https://gdb.rferl.org/65e02722-d0e4-4a41-95fa-f8a0bbb6bc5d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Many of the children in the orphanage say they are also looking forward to going home.
![The UNICEF/EU program hopes to place a fourth of Moldova's orphans with families, but money has become scarce.](https://gdb.rferl.org/f358d318-ec87-42d1-84a1-a8ac8371dbaa_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The UNICEF/EU program hopes to place a fourth of Moldova's orphans with families, but money has become scarce.