Never had a home : a very commonplace history / by T.J. Barnardo.

  • Barnardo, Thomas John, 1845-1905.
Date:
[1890?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Never had a home : a very commonplace history / by T.J. Barnardo. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    APPENDIX General Synopsis of “Dr. Barnardo’s Homes.'' Objects: (i.) To rescue, educate, industrially train, and place out in life Orphan and Destitute Children. (2.) To Evangelize among the Masses of the East End. (3.) To Heal the Sick and Relieve the deserving Poor. Means: (1.) (a) Search Agencies to discover Waif and Stray Children ; (/>) Free Lodging Houses ; (c) Large Industrial Homes; (cf) Small Family Homes; (e) Boarding Out; ( f) Emigration. (2.) («) Mission Halls ; (&) Deaconess Houses ; (c) Temperance Aids;,(Vf) Ragged and Sunday School. (3.) (a) Medical Missions ; (i) Free Meals ; (c) General Relief; (d) Emigration and Migration. Principles: Destitute Children are received— (1.) Without any limitation as to age, sex, creed, or nationality. (2.) Irrespective of any kind of physical infirmity; crippled or blind children, deaf-mutes, incur¬ ables, and those given over for death are eligible, if really destitute. (3.) At any hour of the day or night. (4.) Solely on their merits, without election, and without the intervention of wealthy patrons.