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Making do: Water is hauled to the shanytown from where Rokhaya mint Salem, below, walked four kilometres to the clinic with her baby born just 24 hours earlier
Making do: Water is hauled to the shanytown from where Rokhaya mint Salem, below, walked four kilometres to the clinic with her baby born just 24 hours earlier

Making do: Water is hauled to the shanytown from where Rokhaya mint Salem, below, walked four kilometres to the clinic with her baby born just 24 hours earlier

Date3/29/1983
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Original Toronto Star caption: Making do: Water is hauled to the shanytown from where Rokhaya mint Salem; below; walked four kilometres to the clinic with her baby born just 24 hours earlier.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0117782F
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