As Plan celebrates its 75th anniversary, we’re taking a look back at some of the amazing sponsors that have changed the life of children around the world. Meet Lois and Dugald MacTavish who sponsored 40 children over nearly 40 years.

1. 40 sponsored
children over 40
years
As Plan celebrates its 75th
anniversary, we’re looking back at
some of our amazing sponsors like
Lois & Dugald MacTavish.
Left: Lois MacTavish and her
husband, Dugald, sponsored nearly
40 children over 40 years.

2. Left: Moon Shik, a
sponsored child in Korea,
sent this letter and photo to
the MacTavish’s. Lois wrote
diligently to her sponsored
children each month – at
times writing to as many as
10 sponsored children per
month.

3. Left: Little Archana was a
sponsored child from India.

4. Left: This photo, taken in 1994,
is of sponsored child Daizyline
(right), her mother, and sister.
The family is from Zimbabwe.

5. Left: A photo of Daizyline (top) two years
older and a borehole (bottom) that was
built in her community for access to
clean, safe water.

6. Left: This photo, taken in
1992 is of Cesaria, one of
the MacTavish’s sponsored
children from Bolivia.

7. Above: Gentian is from Albania – one of the country’s that Plan has successfully
phased out of.

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