Here are five facts about adopting a child waiting for a family in Taiwan!
Continue reading “Do you know that Holt now has an adoption program from Taiwan?”
George Needs a Family!
Social and joyful George is waiting for a permanent, loving adoptive family.
Social and joyful George is waiting for a permanent, loving adoptive family.At 15 months old, he holds up his head, rolls over and holds objects and toys himself! He is not yet using language and communicates through smiles and facial expressions. He loves to play with his caregivers, who describe him as active, extroverted and always ready with a laugh, especially when he is tickled and teased. He enjoys being around other people and thrives when he is accompanied by someone he loves.
The best fit for George is a caring family that is open to his special needs, including Down syndrome, and that can provide him with the support and resources he will need as he grows up.
Could you or someone you know be the right family for George? To learn more about George, please email waitingchild@holtinternational.org.
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, some adoption-related travel has been delayed. But the need for families is as great as it has ever been. If you are interested in adopting, don’t hesitate to request info or apply today!
An International Day of the Child Update From China
Even during a pandemic, Holt sponsors went above and beyond to send special International Day of the child birthday gifts to their sponsored children!
While most of the birthday celebrations were postponed this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, that doesn’t mean they won’t happen! Continue reading “An International Day of the Child Update From China”
An Age-by-Age Guide to Talking About Race & Racism
Did you know that every parent who adopts through Holt goes through a special curriculum on transracial parenting?
In this time when families are searching for resources to help talk with their children about race and racism, we’d like to share one of our favorite pieces from this curriculum.
Click here for an age-by-age guide to talking about race and racism with your kids, written by Joemy Ito-Gates and Wei Ming Dariotis. While it’s geared toward transracial adoptive families, it’s an insightful piece and a valuable reference for every parent looking to discuss this sensitive topic with their child.
To learn more about Holt’s adoption curriculum for prospective adoptive families, click here! Or if you have specific questions, email Steve Kalb at stevek@holtinternational.org.
What a Difference a Year Makes
The first year home for a child and his or her adoptive family holds a lot of change, joy, difficulty, patience and love. But one year can make all the difference.
For a child living in an orphanage or foster home overseas, joining an adoptive family often means finally receiving the medical care they need to grow healthy and strong. It means going to occupational or physical therapy to begin to catch up developmentally. It means receiving the love, attention and nurturing care that they went without for so long.
All children have the potential to grow by leaps and bounds with each passing year. But for a child who was just adopted, this growth can be even more profound.
Tommy Needs a Family!
Tommy is a gentle and sweet boy who loves being tickled and playing chase with his foster sister!
He has a good relationship with his foster family and although he is quiet and shy with strangers, he is open and warm with known friends and his foster family. Continue reading “Tommy Needs a Family!”
Pandemic-Proof Care for Children
Ping urgently needed surgery. But due to COVID-19, he couldn’t travel from his orphanage to receive care in Beijing. That’s when Holt China staff, generous donors and local doctors stepped up to help — working remotely to ensure he receive the medical care he needed!
Three-year-old Ping lives in an orphanage in China and is a favorite among his caregivers and friends. He loves to give big hugs and greetings to everyone he meets. He is an amazing little boy.
Like many kids living in orphanages in China, Ping also has special needs. He was born with deformities in both of his wrists and hands. Two of his fingers were misplaced and he couldn’t move them, and his wrists bent all the way towards his thumbs.
Despite his limitations, he adapted and did his best.
“Even though he has special needs on his hands,” his orphanage caregivers share, “he tried his best to grab and eat fruits and dumplings.”
But Ping deserved to have the best care, and best future, possible. And doctors recommended that he receive surgery to help correct his hands and wrists.
Project Gifts of Hope
Through Holt’s Gifts of Hope catalog, English professor and adoptee Tara Robbins Fee helps her students think critically about — and find solutions to — the problems affecting our world.
I am a professor of English, wife and mom, and Holt adoptee. I spent my childhood in rural South Jersey, reading Nancy Drew mysteries and Little House books and happily running around in the woods behind the house my parents built. Growing up, I rarely thought about the five months I spent in Korea before the day I arrived at JFK airport in New York City, the day depicted in our family photos, where my mother reaches out to hold me for the first time. That was the moment that I understood as my family origin story. Continue reading “Project Gifts of Hope”
A Miracle for Gracie
Four-year-old Gracie was weeks away from traveling to her adoptive family in the U.S. when COVID-19 hit Haiti. With a heart condition and suppressed immune system, she urgently needed to be on the last known flight leaving Haiti. But no one expected it would take an army of compassion, and a miracle, to get her here.
It was 11:30. The exit letter office closed at noon.
Gracie’s flight — the last known flight leaving Haiti before the country shut down all air travel due to the pandemic — was scheduled to depart at 6 p.m.
Holt’s staff in Haiti had less than four hours to complete her documents so she could be on that flight to Miami, where her dad, Brian, would be waiting for her. Continue reading “A Miracle for Gracie”
Tatum Needs a Family!
Tatum is 8 years old, lives in Colombia and loves to run and play. He is an expressive child who enjoys activities where he can use his imagination such as painting, coloring and building with modeling clay. He also enjoys running, jumping, climbing and playing soccer!
Watch this video to see him do a really cool move on the monkey bars!
Tatum is respectful of adult figures and follows the rules set at school and in his care home. He is shy at times, but works to use his words to share his feelings. His favorite color is blue and he dislikes tuna fish. He is working hard to catch up in school and learns best through stimulation and sensory exercises. Tatum needs a family who has access to excellent educational and therapeutic resources.
The best family for Tatum is one that can provide firm and loving parenting but also promote his love for active and spontaneous play.
Could you or someone you know be the right family for Tatum? We’d love to tell you more about him! Email us at waitingchild@holtinternational.org.