Photo journal: Life as a Romanian orphan

"We were not allowed out - and most of the time we were not even allowed to play. It was really boring because there was nothing to do.

"The staff used to beat us a lot. I think they liked it. Sometimes they would get drunk and then they would hit us really hard.

"We had a shower once a week, but the carers didn’t want to touch us so we washed each other. Often we didn't have any hair [it was shaved off periodically to avoid head lice]."