I Was Hungry and You Gave Me Food

Simple, nutritious food given with love continues to be one of Holt International’s most important ingredients for helping vulnerable children.  But recent cost increases and disasters are threatening Holt’s ability to meet the need. This blog entry includes excerpts from Holt International magazine, Fall 2008.

by Alice Evans, Holt Managing Editor

Since Holt’s earliest beginnings, [...]

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Letting Children Know They Are Special

Holt International donors and sponsors give a joyful memory for hundreds of children in foster care and orphanages in China

by Alice Evans—Holt Managing Editor

A meal at a restaurant… a visit to the zoo… a new set of clothing… new school bags and stationery… 62 dictionaries.

These are some of the ways children in foster care and [...]

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Bringing Our Child Home from Haiti

“You cannot lose sight of the goal” say Holt International adoptive parents Tom and Debbie Lizer, who are now in process of adopting a second daughter from Haiti.  The Lizers live in Iowa, where they find time in their busy lives to serve as Holt Ambassadors.

by Debbie Lizer

“We live vicariously through the Lizers.” That’s [...]

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Holt International Children’s Services Names New CEO

Eugene, OR— The board of directors of Holt International announced today that Kim Brown has been elected to the position of Holt Chief Executive Officer effective immediately. Mr. Brown has served on the Holt board since 1999 and was the first adoptee selected as board chair.

During its annual board meeting, the board also elected Will [...]

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Hearing the Heartbeat of Children

by John Aeby—Director of Communications

With quiet, gentle intensity Dr. Cho listens to the heartbeat and breathing of a newborn infant on the examining table before her.  Watching her unhurried attention on this one child, it’s hard to comprehend that this one doctor has listened with this same singular focus on more than 50,000 children.

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