Mike Carol was a fantastic photographer and this is shown in his movie "Hand Held" about his time in Romania and the experiences he had there. He has taken many photographs of the orphans there and many of these photos showed Americans for the first time what the conditions were like in Romania for an orphan child. Back when Carroll visited the orphanages the conditions were horrific. Baby's were lined up in metal cribs, nameless and forgotten. No human interaction went on between the workers and the babies because of the get of them growing to attatched. The orphanages were a nightmare, the children were lucky to survive them at all.
Today in Romania the orphanages have come a long way since then. The children live in much better conditions and adoptions have increased dramatically since the revolution. Children now are dressed in clothes and have much more human interaction than before. Still the human interaction isn't the best but it is a big improvement from before. The children in the orphanages are also getting to experience foster homes which they didn't have a chance to before. There are also a lot less orphans because women are not forced to have five children anymore. Many Romanian families adopt children and give them loving homes.
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