Left Behind in Moldova
The first victims of migration are children. In Eastern Europe half of those who emigrate are women who leave their children at home, entrusting them, at best, to grandparents, or to elderly neighbors, or abandoning them to fend themselves.
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Lylia, 11 years old, lives with his granfather and his sons in the village of Puhoi. His father works in Russia and his mother is busy all day in the capital of Moldova. She attends the local public school and at home helps his grandfather.
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- id:1137252
- date:26 June 2011
- dimensions:18.00 x 12.00 in. (5400 x 3600 px)
- dpi:300dpi
- file size in memory:60.16 MB
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The first victims of migration are children. In Eastern Europe half of those who emigrate are women who leave their children at home, entrusting them, at best, to grandparents, or to elderly neighbors, or abandoning them to fend themselves.
Details
- id:1137252
- date:26 June 2011
- dimensions:18.00 x 12.00 in. (5400 x 3600 px)
- dpi:300dpi
- file size in memory:60.16 MB
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