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Thumbnail of Ugandan billboard
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Street Children Billboard, Uganda

The billboard shown in the two photographs carries a slogan used widely by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to promote public interest in the plight of abandoned, orphaned and runaway children living on the streets in cities of Africa, Asia, the Americas and elsewhere.

Florence Farmborough
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Short Teaching Module: Florence Farmborough and the Russian Front, 1914-1918

Farmborough’s diary works well because it divides easily into short segments and is not difficult to understand because it uses modern language. Farmborough was an English nurse working on the Russian front.

Florence Farmborough
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Florence Farmborough’s Journal

Florence Farmborough was an English nurse working on the Russian front during World War I. Her diary contains many descriptive, lively accounts of the war and the very active role played by women, both in the traditional role as caretakers of the wounded, but also as fighters.