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Share A mother is able to provide for her family with the help of Holt International’s family preservation program Brian Campbell, Creative Services Director An excerpt from Brian’s Travel Diary while in Ethiopia. Messenich recieving a micro-loan to start a small coffee selling business. Durame, Ethiopia—I met an old friend today. Not an old friend from my [...]  Share Brian Campbell, Creative Services Director An excerpt from Brian’s Travel Diary while in Ethiopia. Durame, Ethiopia—The washboard, gravel roads from the only hotel in Durame jostle our team along the way to the Holt Shinshicho Clinic. The clouds are beginning to break as the sun comes up and rain from the night before has created a [...] Share A love of Africa paves the way for twin boys to be adopted by Sunshine Schmidt Africa has always been in my heart and will continue to be forever. I think the idea to adopt started to take sprout when my husband and I lived in Johannesburg, South Africa. Seeing such an amazing country face [...] Share Holt Ambassadors participate in the Omaha Marathon Holt runners and aid station volunteers came together to participate in the Omaha Marathon 2009 to raise money and awareness for the Holt Ethiopia program. Nearly 15 Holt runners participated in the 10K and the half marathon portions of the event, and another 10 volunteers helped out by directing [...] Share Hope for children and families in Holt’s care in Ethiopia Maria Nelson, Assistant to Holt President and CEO, recently traveled to Ethiopia with a group of American doctors. The doctors, there on a 2-week long medical campaign, provided care to the children and families in the small, rural town of Shinshicho and Holt’s care centers in [...] Share A team of doctors from the United States is currently in Ethiopia helping to provide for families and children in Holt’s care. The team, including Holt Board Member and physician, Dr. Becca Brandt, will be there for two weeks providing training to a group of Ethiopian doctors. They will also be [...] Share Children and families benefit from a renovated healthcare clinic in Shinshicho, Ethiopia By: Ashli Courtright, Managing Editor
A year ago the waiting room of a government-run healthcare clinic in Shinshicho, Ethiopia, and the only healthcare facility in the community, sat run down and almost completely empty. Many residents opted to travel long distances to other [...] Share 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 [...] Share 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. [...] Share by Phil Littleton, Senior Vice President Addis Ababa, Ethiopia—What an amazing day today! Just back from our first day in Addis where a group of Holt board members and donors are visiting our newest adoption and child welfare program. A day filled with many highs and a few lows. Highs began in the morning with our visit [...] |
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