World Vision - Frontline Focus

Frontline Focus Series



Romania: Still Paying the Price	Being an Afghan Girl	Micro Credit vs. Poverty
Two years as an EU country and 20 years after Communism, home-alone children, farmers and the 1 in 4 children not attending high-school in rural Romania, continue to pay a heavy price; often the price of hearts. In the midst of them Europe's largest minority, the Roma, face a harsh reality of exclusion, stigma and severe poverty.	Illiteracy, drought and tradition conspire against them. find out more...	Access to capital scores big wins for families and communities. find out more...

Refugee Children	Children on the Edge	AIDS in Russia
As many as 5 million children are refugees in an area from the Eastern Mediterranean to the Hindu Kush.	Children with special needs are the most likely kids to turn up in government institutions..	Russia is experiencing the fastet growing HIV and AIDS epidemic in Europe.
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Iraqi Children Trapped
2-million Iraqis have fled their country and are scattered throughout Middle East.
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	Bitter Harvest
	The potential of Romania’s agricultural sector is going unrealized, a situation threatening to deny millions of small farmers the prosperity others are realizing since EU membership in 2007.
Romania’s ascension to EU membership in 2007 was ripe with promise but two years later millions of its citizens are still missing out on the bonanza. Farmers comprise 45% of the population and occupy nearly 40% of the land. They are undermined by Bureaucracy, government inaction and their own inability to work together. Yet in the right environment agriculture could flourish and place Romania on a par with western neighbours.
The Price of Hearts Better salaries mean better futures for families except when a better job means leaving the country. Then the children are vulnerable to Home Alone Syndrome.
Photo Gallery As European governments work together during the Decade of Roma Inclusion 2005–2015, David Ward's portraits of the Roma in Romania provide an intimate insight to Europe's largest minority group.