here she's visiting eugeniu in riscani's poor neighborhood. he lives in this half-finished house with his wife and their seven children, without electricity or running water. eugeniu works as a day laborer, and he and his wife collect nuts that they painstakingly shell and try to sell, a meager income. their hands are discolored from the nuts, but they don't want their children to help. they want them to go to school, with clean hands. >> things were better before. much better. we had a car, he always had work, there was something to do. we had a better life. but since i no longer get welfare, it's very hard for me, for me and the children. >> moldova only grants welfare to people who register their residence, and that's expensive for roma families, often too exensive. laura wants to support this family so they can submit the claims they are entitled to. >> they are so poor they don't have proper flooring, and with small children. i'll be glad when they finally get welfare again, and the children will have something to eat and to wear. >> the

here she's visiting eugeniu in riscani's poor neighborhood. he lives in this half-finished house with his wife and their seven children, without electricity or running water. eugeniu works as a day laborer, and he and his wife collect nuts that they painstakingly shell and try to sell, a meager income. their hands are discolored from the nuts, but they don't want their children to help. they want them to go to school, with clean hands. >> things were better before. much better. we had a car, he always had work, there was something to do. we had a better life. but since i no longer get welfare, it's very hard for me, for me and the children. >> moldova only grants welfare to people who register their residence, and that's expensive for roma families, often too exensive. laura wants to support this family so they can submit the claims they are entitled to. >> they are so poor they don't have proper flooring, and with small children. i'll be glad when they finally get welfare again, and the children will have something to eat and to wear. >> the