danke für die schöne Beschreibung. Im englischen Wikipedia gibt es einige Info’s:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_John_Barnardo

Thomas John Barnardo (4 July 1845 – 19 September 1905) was a philanthropist and founder and director of homes for poor children, born in Dublin. From the foundation of the first Barnardo’s home in 1870 to the date of Barnardo’s death, nearly 100,000 children had been rescued, trained and given a better life.