"Finding Family", a film by Oggy Tomic, is launched today by HHC in London. Meanwhile, children are being abused in institutions
The film is about the life of a youngster growing up in institutions. Actually, it is Oggy"s story, director and producer of the film, who grew up in institutions in Bosnia. An exceptional talent, Oggy exposed his story in this film, which is to be launched tonight in London. The film will attract attention on the trauma and anxiety children live in institutions.
I cannot avoid linking this to the latest news coming from the Centre for Judicial Resorces, which investigated the abuse upon children in an institution in Bihor county. I think that realities like those exposed by Georgiana Pascu and her colleagues in CRJ are daily events, just that there are very few those who bring them to light and they are very little investigated.
The solution is not to find scape goats. This is but a temporary way of sorting out the problem. Instead of them, others come to proceed in exactly the same way. It is the system to blame, and the way it is conceived: with 14,000 posts unoccupied, it is but a matter of time until all sorts of abuse come to light, in institutions, and not only in institutions. When there is nobody to look after the children, only tragedies can take place.
We got used to closing our eyes, turning our heads another way, and saying this is it. There is nothing we can do. And those we talk to, who are in ministries, blame the IMF and the World Bank. Maybe our actions should get to IMF and to World Bank. Then, something might happen. Until such a time, I think this horror film counting of abuses upon children will continue, either in silence, or vocally. Around us, with our tacit agreement, and with some shrugging of shoulders.