CAN YOU SEE ME? #Romania - Alisia’s foster brother, Andre, helps her on the stairway of their apartment building, in the town of Spoloziia. Alisia is one of seven children; her parents could not afford to care for her and placed her in an institution until Andre’s mother, Nicoletta, became her foster parent. Institutional care for children under 3 years old is known to damage their mental and emotional development.

Romania, 2011: © UNICEF/NYHQ2011-1132/Holt

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