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Share New York Times best selling author Donna VanLiere recently returned from India with Christian music group NewSong. “God is here. Among us,” she says. “Disguised as an 8-year-old orphan.” by Donna VanLiere
Years ago, I read that the apostle Thomas made India his mission field. Remember Thomas? He was one of the twelve apostles who made it [...]  Share In 2007, Terri and Brad Roback brought home Sachi, the first child with HIV adopted from India. Today, their daughter is a bright, busy, healthy toddler thriving in the love of her parents. In sharing their story with Holt, they tell the truth about this particularly stigmatizing special need – a truth that is much [...] coordinated efforts to serve children and families span around the [...] Share Tell me and I forget. Show me and I remember. Involve me and I understand. As a trainer of parent educators, Minalee Saks has often quoted this proverb to explain how children learn. Until recently, she had never heard it sung. “Suddenly, I was hearing social workers attending a training in Pune, India, combine their voices and [...] Share After completing her education, Shyla returned to VCT to teach children at the care center. “In the Indian culture, when you send a boy to school, you change his life and that continues to be so important. But when you send a girl to school, you can change an entire generation.” So says [...] Share Mrs. Suja Pillai, a 41-year-old foster mother from Pune, India has loved and encouraged 65 children in the last 13 years. Some children have stayed with her for only a few months. Some she has nurtured for several years. She often cares for two children at the same time. One of 26 families currently participating [...] Share Watch the video below and find out what Holt sponsorship is all about…..and how you can change a child’s life…. Sponsor a child in Holt’s care today! Tweet Share Ranjan has a family! by Robin Munro, senior writer “Good Morning! All the best!” *Ranjan says in one breath, with a thumbs-up to greet the child care staff at Vathsalya Charitable Trust (VCT) – a child care center in Bangalore, India. Today, Ranjan is hopeful and optimistic, wishing for the best – an extraordinary attitude for a [...] Share Give a Gift of Hope to a girl in India By Brian Campbell, creative services director Bangalore, India – Traditional music blasts out of a makeshift shrine to Ganesha – a deity worshiped in the Hindu religion. It’s festival season here in India and people from all over have traveled to Bangalore to be with family and [...] Share Contemporary Christian music group NewSong, founder of Winter Jam, is currently traveling in India to view Holt’s childcare and family preservation programs there. by Brian Campbell, creative services director Pune, India – The van stops at the mouth of a back alley neighborhood, where Billy, Eddie, Matt and Russ of the Christian music group [...] |
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