Daily Life - 3rd prize
Ettore Malanca
Sipa Press for The New York Times Magazine
Sipa Press for The New York Times Magazine
01 January, 1998
Younger boys have better luck soliciting sympathy and handouts. The older ones are meaner and tend to get what they want by force. Under Communist rule they were institutionalized, now nearly 1,000 abandoned children live on the streets of Bucharest. Glue sniffing, smoking and sexually transmitted diseases are rife. Until recent police raids Bucharest's North Station was home to many lost boys.