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Born in Thailand, Raised in Wisconsin, Loved Everywhere
Holt adoptive parents Kyle Geissler and Robin Stephens bring their 5 and 6-year-olds sons on a trip to Thailand — giving them an early opportunity to explore their identity, celebrate their heritage...
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This is Your Last Chance to Give a Special Birthday Gift to Vulnerable Children
This is your LAST CHANCE to send a birthday gift to a child in Holt’s care! One of the best ways to show your love for vulnerable children is to wish them a happy birthday. Last month, we sent a...
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Sometimes, nothing makes a point as well as a picture… An infographic compiled by a website for healthcare administrators and those looking for research about the medical field titled “The Kid’s Aren’t...
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No Legs, No Limits
Kanya Sesser, a 21-year-old Holt adoptee from Thailand, skateboards, skis, races, models and surfs. She’s also a college student studying fashion marketing, and she hopes to join the Billabong surf...
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Who are Holt’s sponsored children?
In Holt’s nearly 60-year history, we’ve had the opportunity to impact the lives of hundreds of thousand of children and families. Historically, most of these children were adopted into loving families...
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Nutrition appeal
Every year, nearly 10.9 million children under the age of 5 die from preventable causes — nearly 60 percent are from malnutrition. Malnutrition and hunger-related disease takes more lives than...
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Holt Sponsorship transformation
Every day, more than 7,000 children we serve around the world receive life-saving nutritious food, medical care and access to education. Their families are growing stronger and more stable with the...
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Can Holt Sponsors Send Letters
The question our sponsorship staff encounters most frequently is, “Can I write my sponsored child?” followed swiftly by, “What can I send my sponsored child?” We think both these questions are...
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How Does Your Money Get To Your Sponsored Child?
Every month, you faithfully send your $30 to your sponsored child … Sort of. Technically, you send your gift to Holt International, trusting that we will properly steward your money and direct it to...
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New Sponsorship Documents
We have exciting news for our awesome child sponsors this week! Soon, sponsors of children living in Cambodia, China, India, Mongolia, Thailand, Philippines and Vietnam will receive additional and...
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Rights of Children
On November 20, the world will celebrate an important landmark anniversary for human rights and children. The day marks the 25th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the 1989...
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Gifts of Hope
Can you put a price tag on Hope? Can you calculate the worth of something so abstract? The worth of something is, after all, relative — it changes from place to place, person to person, currency to...
View ArticleForever a Part of Our Story
The vast majority of children in Holt’s sponsorship program live with their birth families. For these children, Holt sponsors provide vital support while their parents work to get back on their feet —...
View ArticleCould You Open Your Heart to a Boy?
This is it! You have decided to adopt. You’ve chosen an agency. And you’ve started an application… You’ve shared all the details of your life. Your medical history. Your references. Every email address...
View ArticleDo you know a mother like this?
For many years, Holt has, with great admiration, witnessed once-struggling mothers in our family strengthening programs achieve amazing accomplishments for the health and well-being of their children....
View ArticleGive Hope on Two Wheels This Mother’s Day!
Last January, 15-year-old Nissa received an unexpected birthday gift from her sponsor in the U.S… A blue bicycle wrapped in a red Christmas tree garland! It had a matching blue basket and a big banana...
View ArticleGrowing Their Confidence
Through a community-based gardening program, Holt’s partner agency in Thailand provides vulnerable children and families an outlet for enhancing their self-esteem and providing for their community....
View ArticleLiza Needs A Family!
There is no doubt that every child deserves a family. Every child deserves the love and attention of doting parents, to fall asleep feeling safe and warm, to feel special and celebrated. And then there...
View ArticleYou’re Forgiven and Loved
Holt adoptee Max Douglas, 21, shares a poem he wrote about — and for – his birth mother, who he has never met but hopes to some day when he returns to Thailand. “I have a really good connection with...
View ArticleCan you guess what gift made children shriek with joy?
It’s only October. So why are we blogging about Christmas? Because in order to create an incredible Christmas for every orphaned and vulnerable child we serve, we need you now. This year, let’s create...
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