Moldova's Cupcui Orphanage

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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.

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Valentina, Vasilica's mother, was told five years ago the state could raise her son better.

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Maria Buza, the director of the Cupcui orphanage, says many people depend on the orphanage for their livelihood.

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Many of the children in the orphanage say they are also looking forward to going home.

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The UNICEF/EU program hopes to place a fourth of Moldova's orphans with families, but money has become scarce.