More than 135,000 Moldovan children remained at home with one parent last year. There are communities were more than half of the parents went to work abroad. The consequences of this phenomenon are serious – the school attendance rate decreases, some of the children even abandon school; the children eat unhealthy food; the relations with the parents become colder; the relations with other children become difficult, the head of the Child Rights Information Center Cezar Gavriliuc said Wednesday during the meeting of the governmental commission for the protection of children who remained without parental care, Info-Prim Neo reports. Cezar Gavriliuc said they recommend working out a strategy for protecting these children, creating opportunities for investing the remittances, and instructing the tutelage authorities. Minister of Labor, Social Protection and Family Valentina Buliga said 70% of the Ministry's activities are aimed at supporting these children. 87.2% of the families benefit from social assistance. Moldova has 102 day centers and 31 temporary placement centers. Valentina Buliga said an automated information system is need to protect these children by selecting information about each of them. Minister of Education Leonid Bujor said the number of children who remained without parental care continues to increase. In 2008, about 110,000 children had one parent working abroad, while in 2009 this figure rose to over 135,000. Leonid Bujor said the education institutions should engage the services of psychologists. According to the data presented by Minister of the Interior Victor Catan, about 500 minors are under police supervision as they committed offenses. The children who remained without parental care consume alcohol and do not attend school. Victor Catan said cooperation relations should be established with national and international NGOs that may propose solutions. UNICEF Representative in Moldova Alexandra Yuster stressed the importance of accelerating the implementation of social protection reforms and the legalization of tutelage. A final plan of action will be presented for approval on May 31.