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 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!”
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”
Adison, Archie & Annie Need a Family!
Could you or someone you know be the right family for these siblings?
Like all siblings, Adison, Archie and Annie have their own individual personalities and interests. But they all share a love for drawing, singing and dancing! They also enjoy swimming and going to the local sports center where they ride bicycles and horses together. Continue reading “Adison, Archie & Annie Need a Family!”
A Herd of Sheep, a Lifetime of Hope
For her class community service project, adoptee Anna Hebert launches a fundraising campaign for impoverished families in Mongolia — and raises enough to provide a herd of sheep and goats for three families!
My name is Anna Hebert, and I am currently in 11th grade at a public charter school in Southern California. I was born in a small province in China called Hunan and adopted through Holt as a baby. I have always loved helping out those who are less fortunate than I am.
This whole project started because my school has a graduation requirement to do a community service project. After learning about this graduation requirement in seventh grade, I was really excited to tackle a project that would change the lives of others in a positive way. Continue reading “A Herd of Sheep, a Lifetime of Hope”
My Son’s Second Mother
Adoptive mom Angela Crisanto shares a tribute to her son’s “second mother” — his foster mother — in gratitude for all the love she gave him while in her care in Korea.
For so many months, we had wondered about the family who was taking care of our son.
Before we adopted our older son, he had lived in an orphanage in Vietnam. We were so relieved that in Korea, there were more foster homes to take care of the children — including for our soon-to-be younger son, Kai. Continue reading “My Son’s Second Mother”