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Amanda and her mom got to paint an elephant!

Adoption

A Journey Worth Taking

The Holt medical team at the Shinshicho health clinic. From left: Lara Hanlon, Kendle Yates, Laurie Clarkston, Kristen Bannister, Herb Whinna, Becca Brandt and LaDonna Greiner, Holt donor relations director.

Family Strengthening

The Lives They Saved

Orphans & Vulnerable Children

In Celebration of Foster Families

Madison two and half years old

Adoption

Amazing Grace

Mom consoling child with hands over her face in frustration, challenging behaviors

Adoption

The Invisible Disability

Children in care at BSSK perform a dance during the inauguration ceremony.

Orphans & Vulnerable Children

A Beautiful Home for Children

Holt team in China

Family Strengthening

China Vision Trip 2013 — A Photo Album

Adoption

Opening Your Heart to the Children Who Wait

Adoption

Let’s Hear It for the Moms

Adoption

A Different Kind of “Mother’s Day” Story

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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
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  • 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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