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Share Holt Director of Social Services for Haiti, Mike Noah, Vice President of Adoption Services, Lisa Vertulfo and Director of Programs for Africa, Bruce Dahl, arrive in Haiti
Members of Holt staff arrived in Port-au-Prince Wednesday morning (January 27th), and traveled directly to Holt Fontana Village to provide assistance and support to Holt’s dedicated and [...]  Share Winter Jam 2010, a concert tour featuring Christian artists like: Newsboys, Third Day, and hosted by Newsong, continues to be a major force in raising awareness and support for orphaned, abandoned and vulnerable children overseas. The tour, so far, has seen many generous and caring people make the decision to help a child through Holt International’s [...] Share Holt is assisting Children and Families affected by the devastating Earthquake The 7.0 magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti on Tuesday saw children and families, already starving and impoverished, left with nothing. Holt is now in Haiti helping to assist the children and families who are struggling to survive in this broken country. Although communication with [...] Share Children in Holt’s Longchuan project in China were able to stay in school and many of them were able to remain with their families thanks to help from Holt Sponsors and generous donors. The children, many of whom have lost one or both their parents to AIDS, received school uniforms, shoes, school bags, supplies and nutritious [...] Share Adopting a Waiting Child by Brett Foley My wife Cheryl and I adopted our sons, Alexander and Benjamin, from South Korea, and in 2006 we decided to adopt through Holt International’s China program. Cheryl had wanted to adopt a daughter from China since at least 2004, and she had an ally in our daughter, Leah, who had been [...] Share Holt is happy to report that Shane Bowers, and other members of the Christian music group, Julian Drive, have made it safely back to the United States. The group, along with Holt Director of Donor engagement, Kris Thompson, was in Haiti on a humanitarian trip when the 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit. In the days that followed, [...] Share Kris Thompson, Holt’s Director of Donor Engagement, was in Haiti along with Christian music group, Julian Drive, when the 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit Tuesday afternoon. The following is Kris’ account of that day. By Kris Thompson, Director of Donor Engagement Monstrouis, Haiti—We are 40 miles from Port-au-Prince so we really felt the quake, and the aftershocks [...] Share Shane Bowers, along with other members of Christian music group, Julian Drive, was in Haiti on a humanitarian trip with Holt Director of Donor Engagement, Kris Thompson, when the 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit. The following is Shane’s recap of the day’s events and the devastating aftermath…. By Shane Bowers, Julian Drive Montrouis, Haiti—We had been here [...] Share Holt is deeply saddened to learn of the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that devastated Haiti’s capitol of Port-au-Prince yesterday afternoon. We have been in contact with Holt Fontana Children’s Village Director, Mansour Masse, and he informs us that the children and care providers are safe. Communication with our partners in Haiti has been difficult. We [...] Share by Jennifer Goette, Holt Director of Programs, South and Southeast Asia During my first trip to Vietnam in my new role as the Program Director for South and Southeast Asia, there were many moments that led me to confront the power of the human spirit. Visiting orphanages supported by Holt, I was impressed by the [...] |
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