The children who are born seriously ill are usually brought up in orphanages. Being afraid of the future difficulties and convinced by the relatives and the doctors, the parents decide to leave these children in the care of the state. In Moldova, the families that want to adopt a child normally do not consider the possibility of taking a sick child from the orphanage. These children are doomed to an early death and when they die they are buried with the money of the employees of the institutions where they live or from sponsorship. Nobody goes to the graves of these children to collect one’s thoughts. The residential institutions do not budget money for the burial of the sick children. Neither the biological parents, if they are alive, are obliged to cover the costs of funerals. Contacted by Info-Prim Neo, Viorica Dumbraveanu, head of the Family and Children’s Rights Protection Division of the Ministry of Labor, Social Protection and Family, said that the responsibility for burying the orphans is borne by the tutelage authorities. If the child was placed with a service managed by the local public authorities, these authorities are in charge of the burial. Maria Jechiu, director of the Municipal Children’s House in Chisinau, said that since she was appointed to this post, she hasn’t allowed a dead child to remain unburied or to give the bodies of orphans to medical students for studies, as in the past. “We encountered many difficulties, but buried them as the Christian traditions require – with coffin, cross and priest. Since the 1900s, we buried about 30 children. Most of them suffered from cerebral paralysis, hydrocephaly and cardiac diseases,” said Maria Jechiu. The children from the Municipal Children’s House are buried at the cemetery in Codru town, which forms part of Chisinau municipality. It is the closest cemetery. The graves are close to each other, in a separate sector, and nobody is seen going there to collect oneself. Maria Jechiu also said that the parents who are alive are informed about the death of the children. If the relatives do not clean the graves of these children, employees of the residential institutions go to bring them in order before Low Sunday. Thirty children have died at the Boarding School for Boys with Mental Disorders during the past 16 years. The institution’s head Lidia Popa said the funerals there are held with money collected by the employees. The people are helpful. The priests do not ask for money for holding a service, while the mayor’s office allocates plots at the cemetery free of charge. The coffins and crosses are made at the boarding school’s workshop. Vadim Cojusneanu, director of the Chisinau Funeral Services Company, has told Info-Prim Neo that the burial-related costs in the case of unidentified persons and those who do not have relatives – either children or adults – are covered by the company when the persons are buried at the cemeteries managed by the Chisinau City Hall, like the cemetery “Saint Lazarus”.