J K Rowling Launches Harry Potter Inspired Charity At The Empire State Building Thursday April 09,2015

 

J.K. Rowling on Thursday April 09,2015 lit up the iconic Empire State Building in New York to mark the launch of Lumos USA as part of the NGO's global mission to bring light to the lives of eight million children living in orphanages and institutions around the world.

J.K. Rowling, the world famous author came to America this week with the messages at the heart of Lumos' work – that 80% of children in orphanages are not orphans but have been separated from their families due to poverty, disability, conflict and disasters; and that families are the best place for them to grow up.

Named after the light-giving spell in the Harry Potter books,Lumos is an International NGO  that helps countries reform their services for disadvantaged children, moving from systems based on residential institutions and orphanages that separate children from families to services which support them to stay together in the community.