We Were Waiting Children

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“Special Needs” is just a label. Children are waiting, right now, for families.

When it comes to finding homes for children with special needs, Holt and RainbowKids.com, an online adoption advocacy group, share the same ambition and the same passion: do all we can to help children labeled “special needs” find their forever homes.

With each Waiting [...]

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The Blessing of Infertility

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The McBride family finds joy in two blessings from China. Wyeth came home in 2010, their daughter, Channing, in 2011.

By Jason and Ryan McBride

We read an interesting comment on an adoption blog recently. It said: “My infertility is a blessing.” It was made by a woman who had adopted two children of her own, then [...]

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A "Perfect" Adoption

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Fred and Caroline Hille adopted from China through Holt’s special needs process. Here, Fred describes their life-changing journey for — and with — their daughter, Marianna Wei.

Our adoption journey was filled with the usual things all adoption journeys are known for…frustration, anxiety, expense, delays, etc.

We decided to go on the path of Chinese children with [...]

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Waiting Child of the Week: Let's Find Min-kee a Family this Thanksgiving

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Since Holt’s beginning, 55 years ago, many children with special needs at the Ilsan Center in Korea have gone home to wonderful permanent families.  Today, we ask for your help on behalf of one resident, Min-kee,  a spirited and sweet 6-year-old waiting for a family of his own.

Min-kee came into the care of Ilsan at [...]

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Who do you see?

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Holt Senior Writer Robin Munro is traveling with Waiting Child Manager Jessica Palmer to learn more about a new group of children in Holt’s Journey of Hope program.

Robin Munro, Senior Writer—Today, we visited a beautiful orphanage in Northern China – a place full [...]

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