Caring for Orphaned and Vulnerable Children
Caring for Orphaned and Vulnerable Children
Some children enter our care temporarily and are ultimately able to reunite with their families. For other children, their only chance at a family is through in-country or international adoption. But no matter why or where or how long they wait, we provide the highest level of care for every child who has been orphaned, abandoned or separated from their families.
Around the world, we work alongside a local network of on-the-ground staff, child welfare experts, Holt-trained foster families and partnering care centers to provide a holistic set of medical, nutritional, educational and psychosocial services tailored to fit each child’s individual needs. For every child, we strive to ensure they receive the attentive, nurturing care they need to grow, thrive and develop fully while waiting to rejoin their family, or join a family through adoption.
Too often, children in institutionalized care are overlooked when it comes to international child welfare. But children living in care facilities, without the care and support of a family, are often the most vulnerable. Through the following initiatives, your generous giving helps to provide the highest level of care to all children living in the care centers, foster families and group homes we support and partner with.
Because of the kind and compassionate support of donors, thousands of children and families received lifesaving and life-changing interventions in 2016. But there are many more children and families who need an opportunity or a helping hand to achieve their dreams.
children in orphan care benefited from Holt's Child Nutrition Program
orphaned and abandoned children received special needs services
children received medical care with support from Holt donors
children joined families through domestic or international adoption
