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From the Ted Talk by Georgette Mulheir: The tragedy of orphanages

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Across Europe, a movement is groinwg to shift the fcuos and transfer the rsecrueos from large institutions that provide poor quality care to community-based services that protect children from harm and allow them to develop to their full ptteaoinl. When I first started to work in Romania nearly 20 years ago, there were 200,000 children living in iousnittints, and more entering every day. Now, there are less than 10,000, and family support secivers are provided across the country. In Moldova, despite extreme poverty and the terrible eefcfts of the global financial crisis, the numbers of children in institutions has reduced by more than 50 percent in the last five years, and the resources are being redistributed to family sruppot services and inclusive schools. Many countries have developed national action plans for change. The European cmssomioin and other major donors are finding ways to divert money from institutions towards family support, empowering communities to look after their own cirhlden.

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Across Europe, a movement is _______ to shift the _____ and transfer the _________ from large institutions that provide poor quality care to community-based services that protect children from harm and allow them to develop to their full _________. When I first started to work in Romania nearly 20 years ago, there were 200,000 children living in ____________, and more entering every day. Now, there are less than 10,000, and family support ________ are provided across the country. In Moldova, despite extreme poverty and the terrible _______ of the global financial crisis, the numbers of children in institutions has reduced by more than 50 percent in the last five years, and the resources are being redistributed to family _______ services and inclusive schools. Many countries have developed national action plans for change. The European __________ and other major donors are finding ways to divert money from institutions towards family support, empowering communities to look after their own ________.

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  4. resources
  5. focus
  6. commission
  7. children
  8. growing
  9. potential
  10. institutions

Original Text

Across Europe, a movement is growing to shift the focus and transfer the resources from large institutions that provide poor quality care to community-based services that protect children from harm and allow them to develop to their full potential. When I first started to work in Romania nearly 20 years ago, there were 200,000 children living in institutions, and more entering every day. Now, there are less than 10,000, and family support services are provided across the country. In Moldova, despite extreme poverty and the terrible effects of the global financial crisis, the numbers of children in institutions has reduced by more than 50 percent in the last five years, and the resources are being redistributed to family support services and inclusive schools. Many countries have developed national action plans for change. The European Commission and other major donors are finding ways to divert money from institutions towards family support, empowering communities to look after their own children.

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