Every child gets to feel special
Once a month every orphanage has a birthday party to honor all the kids who have birthdays that month. Everybody loves to eat cake. The children receive birthday gifts that they can all share like sports equipment and board games. These boys are ready to play ball.
During Christmas, each home enjoys a delicious meal and every child receives a gift, usually a new outfit or warm jacket. All the children are treated equally and get to feel special. During celebrations, the children put on plays and they dance and sing. They get to be kids and have a childhood, no matter what their beginnings.
Every year, the children in India look forward to celebrating Diwali, the Festival of Lights. There are firecrackers, sparklers, gifts and a special holiday meal. Click to READ MORE
The girls love to display their classical Indian dancing during holidays.
Sankranti (also known as Pongal) is the celebration of the harvest coming to an end. The festival is celebrated by creating Rangoli, eating sweets and spending time with friends and family.
In Guatemala, Christmas and New Years are celebrated family-style with song, dance and presents.
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Loretta met David Purviance on a chance trip in 2006, while seeking to be of service to the vulnerable children in India. Since then, Loretta has been a longtime supporter of World’s Children as a donor, sponsor, and previous Board member. She had the wonderful opportunity to return to India twice to visit several World’s Children orphanages, and even identified the Happy Home orphanage and petitioned to bring it into the WC family. Loretta raised funds to build a well at Happy Home, where it now has clean water for all the children and staff.
Loretta currently works with the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services as the Program Manager for the six Medical Hubs – the child abuse evaluation clinics for the County. She also serves as the Program Manager for the County’s Gender Health Program, serving patients seeking gender-affirming care in a safe environment. Before her work with Los Angeles County, Loretta spent many years serving non-profit organizations in CA and in MN, her last as the Executive Director of a statewide non-profit in MN. She has a long history of volunteer work including Board Member and Board Chair service, grant writing and fundraising experience, program development, and creative leadership, all serving our most vulnerable and disenfranchised populations.
Loretta holds a Bachelor of Science in Human Services, a Master’s degree in Spiritual Psychology, and a Master’s degree in Organizational Leadership. She lives in Los Angeles County with her partner, Myck, and their rescue kitties, Scooter and Thunder.
