“Play gives children the chance to practice what they are learning.” Fred Rogers Play. One of our centers sent us some pictures yesterday that struck deep in my soul. They were not fancy or polished, they were not heralding any huge success. Just pictures of an ordinary weekend
You Can’t Heal a Hungry Body and Ignore a Hurting Heart. We recently spent a month in Africa visiting our centers. Our goals were to learn, To see, To build trust, To gain understanding. I walked away from that trip in awe of what I saw.
Sometimes Words Fail The beauty of Shouba and Uttam at Balavikasitha in India Sometimes I sit down to my computer to try to capture all of the good happening at the World’s Children programs around the world. The treasure that we get to behold from an ocean away.
A Big Dose of Hope in Baja It has been an exciting time at the Nueva Creacion Feeding Program in Cabo, Mexico! They are our newest World’s Children site and had two urgent needs: Due to the high crime rate, their propane tank kept getting stolen. So they
Sankranti gives our children the gift of time and traditions. It doesn’t matter what festival you celebrate, but do it together as a family.
Every child deserves to celebrate their special day. Once a month, our homes have a birthday party to honor the kids who have birthdays that month.
The children living at the orphanages World’s Children supports in India look forward to Diwali, the Festival of Lights.
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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.
