Sankranti Celebration
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.
Educating a child or a classroom changes an entire village.
In many countries around the world, there are barriers to getting a child into a classroom: school fees, uniforms, school supplies, transportation. The programs we partner with help to provide all of these things. We also provide scholarships to young adults who have grown up in our programs so that they can achieve a college degree.
Classrooms around the world are not the same. Many of the schools where World’s Children students attend have teachers trying to educate with very little, sometimes even without a classroom or electricity. When you sponsor a school or a teacher, you are helping to equip an entire classroom of children with a solid education.
Child sponsorship connects you with a specific child, While you are connected with one child, the money you contribute doesn’t just go to that child. Instead, it is pooled with contributions from other sponsors and used to support the entire children’s home where the child lives.
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.
Watch a 7 minute video to see the Prevention of Child Trafficking Team in action. They are making villages in India safe for children and women.
The children living at the orphanages World’s Children supports in India look forward to Diwali, the Festival of Lights.
Since 2014, $5.42 million sent to improve the lives of children in developing countries
Since 2010, 452 projects funded to provide improved safety and comfort for children in need
Currently helping over 2,000 children and young adults to get an education
Helping children in 21 programs across 8 countries
Rwanda Future Builders helping children in Ruhango go to school. This covers: school fees, uniforms, school supplies, lunches and toiletries. This also includes mentoring for all of the children.
We assist the most vulnerable children—orphans, abandoned, and abused children. Children with HIV and unwanted girls. Let us help you choose the neediest child to sponsor.
India’s economy is growing rapidly—for some, but not all. Too many Indian children are left behind. You can ensure their future also.
Can you imagine being responsible for raising 75-100 children? You can share that responsibility. Be an orphanage sponsor.
Do you have time to help?
We would love to have you! Let us know how you would like to help and we will contact you to help make a plan!
Have a fundraising idea?
We can help you to make it a reality. Reach out and we can get you what you need to make it happen!
Want a closer look?
Travel with us to serve at one of the World’s Children programs.
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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.
