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Share *Trent Needs a Family by Ashli Keyser, managing editor DOB: March 13, 2007, Africa Two months after I started work at Holt International, I helped advocate for the adoption of “Melissa”, an almost 14-year-old girl from China who, in just four months, would lose her international adoption eligibility. It would be the first time that I really [...]  Share Genet was born on Christmas day. This Christmas, let’s make her birthday special. Let’s find her a family! Born in Africa, DOB: December 25th, 2007
by Ashli Keyser, managing editor From the moment our group enters the room full of children at the Durame intake center, *Genet has our attention. She has a delightful way about her, [...] Share Through the sharing of photos and memories, Randa Hazzard remembers the day she met her sister, Kait. The Hazzards began their own adoption journey to Ethiopia earlier this year…. by Randa Hazzard Randa at the Des Moines Airport, holding Kait for the first time. Today is an important day for my family. On this day, 23 years [...] Share In honor of National Adoption Month, parenting e-zine SixSeeds.tv is featuring several Holt adoptive families, including the Groces, the Johnsons, the Dalrymples, the Osburns and the Blumenthals. For every comment posted on their stories, SixSeeds will donate to one of many wonderful causes. Post about the Blumenthals’ story and SixSeeds will donate $2 to Holt! The Blumenthals [...] Share Adopting an older child from Ethiopia by Susan Johnson We are the lucky parents of eight children. Our first adoption journey began in 2006 when we brought home our infant son, Matthew. It is hard to describe my feelings when I traveled that first time to Ethiopia. The parents in my travel group who [...] 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 Join the Holt Ambassadors Network National Adoption Awareness Month – a wonderful time to spread the word about children throughout the world who need loving families – is coming up in November. Many Holt adoptive families have found a great way to raise awareness about adoption and help more children find families through the Holt Ambassadors [...] 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 Only a few weeks ago Eli Werness was in a child care center in Ethiopia waiting for his adoptive parents. And now, he’s already meeting the presumptive Democratic nominee for President of the United States, Barack Obama, up close and personal. The little boy was one of the first Holt is placing with adoptive parents [...] |
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