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A nurse plays with a squalling baby in the Govap Orphanage, where nine Sisters of the Lovers of the Cross care for 1,245 children. Intensified fightin(...)
A nurse plays with a squalling baby in the Govap Orphanage, where nine Sisters of the Lovers of the Cross care for 1,245 children. Intensified fightin(...)

A nurse plays with a squalling baby in the Govap Orphanage, where nine Sisters of the Lovers of the Cross care for 1,245 children. Intensified fightin(...)

Date2/20/1973
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Original Toronto Star caption: A nurse plays with a squalling baby in the Govap Orphanage; where nine Sisters of the Lovers of the Cross care for 1;245 children. Intensified fighting in South Viet Nam since the ceasefire has destroyed at least 15;000 homes in two of the country's four regions and has made refugees of more than 60;000 persons.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0018760F
A small bowl of rice is a meal for the 1,245 childen in the Govap Orphanage in Saigon, where some have legs as thin as a man's thumb and the children (...)
A small bowl of rice is a meal for the 1,245 childen in the Govap Orphanage in Saigon, where some have legs as thin as a man's thumb and the children (...)
2/13/1973
Children who are always hungry, The 1,245 children in the Govap Orphanage outside Saigon cry with hunger - and many have problems that arose because t(...)
Children who are always hungry, The 1,245 children in the Govap Orphanage outside Saigon cry with hunger - and many have problems that arose because t(...)
2/13/1973
Children who are always hungry, The 1,245 children in the Govap Orphanage outside Saigon cry with hunger - and many have problems that arose because t(...)
Children who are always hungry, The 1,245 children in the Govap Orphanage outside Saigon cry with hunger - and many have problems that arose because t(...)
2/20/1973
Govap orphanage has a school for the children it cares for
Govap orphanage has a school for the children it cares for
2/20/1973
Sister Theresa Khen, one of nine nuns who care for 1,245 young orphans, walks with two little ones
Sister Theresa Khen, one of nine nuns who care for 1,245 young orphans, walks with two little ones
2/20/1973
The meals at the Govap Orphanage near Saigon are simple and meager, some of the youngsters are painfully thin
The meals at the Govap Orphanage near Saigon are simple and meager, some of the youngsters are painfully thin
2/13/1973
Small boy in Govap Orphanage gets the last little bit of food
Small boy in Govap Orphanage gets the last little bit of food
2/20/1973
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Babies at a Vietnamese orphanage available for adoption by Canadian parents
Babies at a Vietnamese orphanage available for adoption by Canadian parents
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2/23/1995
Art lovers. The hospitable curve of the Archer, the Henry Moore sculpture at Toronto City Hall, was just too inviting for these young lovers to resist(...)
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