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First onto the boring work side of things ¬.¬ This is a case study for the children's charity Barnardo's.
Barnardo’s
Thomas Barnardo first moved to London in 1866 and was appalled to see children sleeping in the streets and being forced to beg for food. So in 1867 he set up the Ragged School to help the abused, vulnerable, forgotten and neglected children. He started his great campaign after opening the school when a little street child, called Jim Jarvis, attended one of his classes and asked for help. Eventually the little boy led him to a hiding place of hundreds of boys on a rooftop. In 1870 he founded an orphanage at 18 Stepney Causeway with the same goals. In 1871, an 11-year old boy called John Somers (nicknamed 'Carrots') was not taken in because the shelter was full. He was found dead two days later from malnutrition and exposure. Thomas decided not to limit the number of children he helped. From that time on the home bore the sign 'No Destitute Boy Ever Refused Admission'. The ever-open door at No. 10 Stepney Causeway opened in 1874 for homeless children. Number 10 stayed open until 1939 when Stepney was evacuated. It never re-opened after the war. By the time he died in 1905, the charity he founded ran 96 homes, caring for more than 8,500 children. His work still continues today with more than 100,000 children being helped by Barnardo’s.
Barnardo’s has often been attacked for their very graphic adverts, showing the harsh truth about some of today’s youth.
