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Manel’s journey from Holt Fontana Village to his home in the United States by Laura Conners The road to bring Manel home from Haiti was a long one, but one we would travel again and again. After deciding that international adoption was the answer for us, Scott and I quickly chose Haiti. At first, we were leaning [...] “To everything there is a season, and a time for every matter or purpose under heaven.”—Ecclesiastes 3:1 The following is a glimpse of Holt’s work in Haiti since the devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake….. A time to embrace…… Three weeks after the earthquake, Holt Fontana Village staff in Haiti gathered around to say goodbye to 21 children leaving [...] John Seabrook, staff writer for The New Yorker, and his wife, Lisa, adopted their daughter, Rose, from Haiti in 2009. Rose, along with 20 other children living at Holt Fontana Village, had her adoption expedited due to the devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake. Seabrook recently wrote an article about international adoption (read the New Yorker article here), [...] A youth group sponsors a child at a Winter jam concert In order to reach kids with the Gospel in this day and age, you have to do it on their level. That’s why I love taking our group to Winter Jam each year. It features the greatest Christian artists of our day with [...] The following are thoughts from Holt adoptive mother, Rebecca Moore, whose daughter, Nephtalie, was one of the 21 children who came home to the United States from Holt Fontana Village. by Rebecca Moore “You came.” Those were Nephtalie’s first words to her big sister, Martine. Martine had come home to us from *Haiti in [...] A Letter from Susie Doig, MSW, Holt Director of Administration & Social Work Systems We are so pleased to report that our last seven children from Holt Fontana Village (who were matched with families prior to the earthquake) arrived very early this morning into Miami. Holt Director of Social Services for Haiti, Mike Noah, [...] 14 children from Holt Fontana Village in Haiti travel to the United States to be united with their permanent families Happiness and tears washed over the faces of the caretakers and staff at Holt Fontana Village in Haiti on Tuesday, February 2nd, as they all gathered around to say goodbye to 14 children departing to Miami [...] A Holt adoptive mom shares her thoughts on the Haiti earthquake and the children affected by the devastating tragedy A blog entry from Bethany Hutchison I haven’t posted anything on my blog yet regarding the earthquake in Haiti, because honestly the tragedy has almost felt too overwhelming for me to put into words. Where do you even [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] |
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