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Specific Needs of Children and Elderly Left Behind as a Consequence of Migration
Authors: Diana CHEIANU-ANDREI (research coordinator), Rodica GRAMMA, Stela MILICENCO,
Valentina PRITCAN, Virginia RUSNAC, Dorin VACULOVSCHI.
The qualitative research “Specific Needs of Children and Elderly Left Behind as a Consequence of Migration”
was conducted in the framework of the project of the International Organization for Migration (IOM)
“Supporting the implementation of the migration and development component of the EU – Moldova Mobility
Partnership” funded by the EU within the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument, the project
of the State University of Moldova (SUM) “Support to the National Action Plan on the protection of children
left without parental care as a consequence of migration”, funded by the Czech Development Agency through
Caritas Czech Republic and the UN Population Fund in Moldova (UNFPA).
The analysis and findings of this report, interpretations and conclusions expressed in the publication are of the
authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the funding agencies.
In the implementation of the respective research, the authors benefited from the support of the Ministry of
Labour, Social Protection and Family in the person of Mrs. Viorica DUMBRAVEANU and Mr. Corneliu
TARUS; International Organization for Migration, its representative in Moldova, in the person of Mr. Silas
RAPOLD, Mrs. Irina TODOROVA, Mr. Andrei LUTENCO and Mrs. Natalia MOISEVICI; United Nations
Population Fund in the person of Mr. Boris GILCA and Mrs. Sandina DICIANU.
A great support in conducting the survey was provided by the staff of the Department of Sociology, Faculty of
Sociology and Social Work of the Moldova State University that participated to collecting the information and
field data: I.ANDREI, A.OCERETNII, A.CRISTEI, A.MAISTER, A.CHIRA, O.MOISA, A.MATUSENCO,
V.COROI, O.BALAUR, N.GUDUMAC and others.
Cover: Drawing made by a child whose parents are abroad.
“Children deprived of parents’ care as a consequence of migration encounter difficulties in defining their
personal and family identity. They form their representation of family depending on people who are near.
Often, migrants’ children perceive their present family as a ,,new” family category made of grandchildren
and grandparents”.
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Specific Needs of Children and Elderly Left Behind as a Consequence of Migration/aut.: Diana
Cheianu-Andrei (research coord.), Rodica Gramma, Stela Milicenco [et al.]. – Ch. : CEP USM, 2011. – 248 p.
150 ex.
ISBN 978-9975-71-165-4
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