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Family Strengthening

A Vision For Children in India

Adoption

The Motherland

Adoption

One Family, Two Very Different Adoptions

My sister found this picture of Bertha Holt holding our two eldest children; when she was visiting North Little Rock some 23 years ago. We wanted our children to meet the great Grandma Holt.

Adoption

Grandma’s 110th Birthday

Susan Soonkeum-Cox

Adoption

Transracial Adoption and Growing Up White

Korean War

Adoption

D.C. Photo Exhibit

Lafler Family

Orphans & Vulnerable Children

A Selfless Act of Pure Love

Smiling boy in blue striped shirt sitting at a desk in a classroom in China

Adoption

The Joy of Xin

Cakes and desserts

Adoption

Korea Gift Team 2013: A Special Dol Celebration

Adoption

Adolescent Attachment

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In 2025, Holt sponsors and donors helped:
  • Improve the lives of 1,114,231 children, family members and other individuals around the world
  • Unite 181 children with adoptive families through international or in-country adoption
  • Care for 3,794 children in orphanages, group homes or foster families 
  • 40,235 children remain or reunite with their birth families
  • Provided 6,884 post-adoption services for adoptees and families

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