Soo-hoon Goes Home

Kim Brown joins Ilsan Center residents and staff in seeing a longtime resident go to his adoptive family

By: CEO, Kim Brown

My recent trip to Korea coincided with what would have been Grandma Holt’s 105th birthday. We planned to spend the day with Molly Holt (Harry and Bertha’s daughter) at [...]

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A Window to the Past

Holt Chairman, Will Dantzler remembers his childhood as he connects with the children in Ethiopia

Something happened to me as I hugged and kissed the children at Holt’s Durame intake center in Ethiopia. Walls that had shielded me from dwelling on my beginnings began to crumble, and windows to my past began to open as I [...]

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A Loving Gesture

Caregiving at the Nanchang Orphanage Baby Unit

by John Aeby, Director of Communications

Nanchang, China–It was a simple gesture, made by parents around the world every day, but you seldom see it in orphanages.  A caregiver, holding a little girl, pulled the infant’s face up close to hers.  Nuzzling the side of the [...]

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Her Love is Still Felt

Holt’s CEO attends a service honoring Bertha Holt

by Kim S. Brown, CEO

Ilsan, Korea–A simple service on the hillside overlooking the Holt Ilsan Center seemed a fitting celebration of someone so beloved. Bertha “Grandma” Holt would have celebrated her 105th birthday today.

A handful of friends and Grandma’s daughter, Molly, gathered at the graveside [...]

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Remembering ‘Grandma’

February 5, 2009 would have been Bertha Holt’s 105th birthday

by John Aeby, Director of Communications

Eugene, Oregon–People who knew Bertha Holt often mention her energy and pace of life. A brisk walk wasn’t fast enough for all she had to do in her day; she ran nearly everywhere she went. News media some

times referred [...]

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A Beacon of Serving Children

CEO, Kim Brown is inspired by the dedicated staff at Holt-Korea

by Kim Brown, CEO Holt International

Seoul, South Korea–I am humbled and inspired just being around the staff at Holt Children’s Services of Korea.  Seeing the daily activity in this building (it’s really much more than an office), I am reminded of the great dedication [...]

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Love Meets Tremendous Need

Staff at Holt’s Durame intake center open their hearts, as another abandoned infant enters its doors

By: Phil Littleton, Senior Vice President

Durame, Ethiopia–We’ve spent the last few days in Southern Ethiopia at Holt’s intake care center located in Durame, where we were once again, greeted with smiles and a flower. [...]

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