On June 1, 2016 Ecuador celebrated Día del Niños — Children's Day. Internationally, many countries celebrate it, but often on slightly different days. To celebrate Children's Day, Samaritan's Purse decided to invite past patients and their children to a party at the hospital compound. The celebration included face painting, singing and dancing, photo booths, and a shoebox distribution through Operation Christmas Child.
The soldiers that supported the SP compound were given shoeboxes for their children at home.
