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The Christmas Extravaganza 2011!

 Christmas Fun for some very special children!

Love the One hosted their first Christmas party for the children in the community around the new children’s clinic in Orissa. 
 
180 very excited children from very poor backgrounds all arrived for a day of fun, games including a mini olympics (complete with their very own awards ceremony gold medals and trophies!), christmas crafts, songs, yummy food and lots of Christmas presents to go home with!!
 
Many of the children had never been to a Christmas party before and were just so excited with all the games and songs and they loved the ‘alternative’ nativity from the donkeys point of view! Dilip and Joe, some of the Love the One staff kept the kids entertained as a clown and Father Christmas and a combined India and UK team did an amazing job at entertaining the children and having the children, their parents and the team rolling around the floor in giggles!
 
Some of the children with more complex needs who attend the clinic on a regular basis were able to join in also and everyone had a fabulous day and left with arms full of fun pressies and tummies full of yummy biryani!!
 
Love the One look forward to many more Christmas parties for more and more of these very special children in the poorest and most rural areas of India.
 

Do join in if you can!

Photos to follow!
 
 

 

You can now order your Love the One Christmas Gifts!

Starting from just £10, why not check out our range of gifts that directly benefit some of the poorest children in India. Click here for more info.

Coming Soon - Christmas Gifts to support the work of Love The One!

Christmas is fast approaching, and it’s an exciting time of thinking what special gifts you can buy for friends, relatives or that special someone in your life.
It’s often hard to think of something new and exciting, but how about thinking of a gift that directly benefits some of the poorest children in the world?
Launching very soon, you’ll have the opportunity to purchase a variety of gift certificates, including providing life saving malaria treatment, helping kids with chronic asthma, and funding a rural health worker and best of all these start from just £10.
Keep checking this page for updates shortly.
 

Jo and Jenny get all hygienic!



Jo and Jenny, third year medical students from Sheffield University (UK), flew out to India ready to learn all about tropical diseases in India. What they didn't realise was that we had things in store for them to get to the bottom (excuse the pun) of toilet and hygiene issues with the children!

They were absolutely fantastic students right from the word go, a pleasure to teach, and they were ready to put their hands to anything. From seeing the children in the clinics, entertaining and teaching the kids how to play, running a youth event, naming a baby (!) through to painting toilet blocks... nothing seemed to phase them.

        

A highlight for the children was when they performed their own hygiene skit to teach the kids about the importance of using a toilet and washing hands afterwards. The children now are washing their hands daily! The new ‘peacock’ dance they performed was rather unforgettable too! :)

As part of their placement Love the One set them a task to design health promotion messages in the form of pictures to educate the children. We were so delighted with their efforts that we called the local painters in to reproduce their work onto the toilet block walls... their legacy now remains!

 

 Jo and Jenny... thank you for all your help and for making us laugh daily! We and the children miss you guys and do hope you’ll be back for another visit soon!!

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