Spotlight on the Philippines: a Snapshot of Our Work Serving Children
The children featured in this photo essay are thriving largely because of the compassionate people who sponsor them. Join the movement. Change a life. Sponsor a child. The post Spotlight on the...
View ArticleTwo Beautiful Smiles
Earlier this month, Diane Matsuura traveled to Vietnam with her husband Ken, a Holt board member. While on the trip, the Matsuuras met two girls they have sponsored for several years. Below, Diane...
View ArticleA Festival of Colors and Love
While visiting a Holt-supported day care program in Bangalore, India, Holt staff member Aloura DiGiallonardo celebrates the Indian holiday Holi with the children in care. Holi is known as the festival...
View ArticleOn the 40th Anniversary of the Vietnam Babylift, A Look Back
Thirty-seven years ago today, on April 5, 1975, Holt evacuated exactly 409 children from Saigon in what has now famously become known as the “Vietnam Babylift.” The post On the 40th Anniversary of the...
View ArticleDo you know a mother like this?
For many years, Holt has, with great admiration, witnessed once-struggling mothers in our family strengthening programs achieve amazing accomplishments for the health and well-being of their children....
View ArticleA Foundation in Education
When you think about what it takes to keep a family on the verge of separation together, what comes to mind? Did you think of money? How about food and housing? What about daycare? Not unlike in...
View ArticleGive Hope on Two Wheels This Mother’s Day!
Last January, 15-year-old Nissa received an unexpected birthday gift from her sponsor in the U.S… A blue bicycle wrapped in a red Christmas tree garland! It had a matching blue basket and a big banana...
View ArticleA Mother’s Resolve
Taking full advantage of every opportunity offered by Holt’s legacy partner in Pune, India, one hard-working mother pursues a better life for herself and her children. Ms. Mangel Mhaske knew she had to...
View ArticleAdoptee to Adoptee
As Holt reflects on 40 years since the Vietnam Babylift, Steve Kalb, Holt’s director of adoptee services, interviews Holt adoptee and board member Tara Linh Leaman about her recent travels to Vietnam,...
View ArticleA letter to sponsors from China!
Dear Sponsors, Today is the Chinese Lunar New Year and all of my family members are gathering together for a family reunion. On this most important holiday in China, I can’t help but think about you...
View ArticleBecause No Child Should Ever Feel Alone…
Every afternoon, 30-year-old Vimal picks up her three boys from school. Her 12-year-old son Abhijeet climbs on her back, and she carries him up, up, up … Up three flights of steep, rickety stairs — so...
View ArticleWhen You Educate a Girl…
For most girls in the slums of Pune, India, the thought that they could become a teacher or a public officer or a computer engineer — or that they could choose when, if and who to marry — is a huge...
View ArticleFor Deaf Students in Ethiopia, the First Day of School is a Major Milestone
Around the world, the extra cost to send children back to school is often an overwhelming amount for parents. Books, school supplies, shoes and uniforms all add up — and on top of already expensive...
View ArticleThe biggest barrier between children and education is …
Around the world, more than 57 million children don’t attend school. Why? Gender-based violence and discrimination are a couple reasons, but not the biggest. The main reason? Cost. In many developing...
View ArticleFrom Our Family to Yours
Moved by the plight of one family in Vietnam, Holt board member Ken Matsuura and his wife, Diane, provide the resources needed to help them build a safer home. Early this year — in January — we joined...
View ArticleGrowth and Transformation
The children of migrant families are some of the most vulnerable in India, and they are often excluded from schools and at risk of exploitation, trafficking and abuse. Recognizing the needs of this...
View ArticleBreak with tradition, break the cycle of poverty
They say history repeats itself. In many countries where Holt has programs, cultural norms and tradition have a strong influence over how parents raise their children. In more patriarchal societies,...
View ArticleGrowing Their Confidence
Through a community-based gardening program, Holt’s partner agency in Thailand provides vulnerable children and families an outlet for enhancing their self-esteem and providing for their community....
View ArticleVolunteer for Holt at Winter Jam West in November!
What is Winter Jam? Winter Jam is a 10-band Christian concert tour that hits nearly 60 cities each year. It’s also one of Holt’s biggest opportunities to find and reach new child sponsors — people with...
View ArticleOn Orphan Sunday, Raise Your Voice
Today, there are an estimated 132 million “orphans” in the world. But did you know that 90 percent of these children actually have at least one parent who is alive, or an extended web of grandparents...
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