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Adoptees

At Holt International, we value the unique experience and insights of adoptees and strive to elevate the adoptee voice within the adoption community.

Read stories written by and about adoptees that explore topics such as searching for birth family, racial and adoptee identity, post-adoption services such as Holt adoptee heritage tours and camps, and personal thoughts and feelings about the unique experience of growing up adopted.

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Adoption

How International Adoption Has Changed and Why

  • International Adoption

  • October 25, 2022

Adoption

How One Chinese Adoptee is Helping Others Connect With Their Culture

Adoption

Introducing Carmen, the Holt Adult Adoptee Community Outreach Coordinator!

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Chinese Adoptee Founds Nonprofit to Build 3D Printed Schools

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Adoption

Chinese Adoptees Publish New Book Exploring Adoptee Identity

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Adoption

Announcing Holt’s 2022 Adoptee Scholarship Winners!

Uganda Women's National Lacrosse Team 2022 and Thuy Williams posed for a group picture, adoptee achievements

Adoption

The Power of Sports: How One Adoptee Empowered Women in Uganda

Adoption

Top 10 Korean Surnames

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Adoption

The Growth of Post-Adoption Services

After 65+ Years, Child Welfare and Adoptee Advocacy Remains Cornerstone at Holt

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Adoption

Helping Adopted Teens Form Their Own Unique Identity

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In 2024, Holt sponsors and donors helped:
  • Improve the lives of 1,053,918 children, family members and other individuals around the world
  • Unite 181 children with adoptive families through international or in-country adoption
  • Care for 3,692 children in orphanages, group homes or foster families 
  • 29,325 children remain or reunite with their birth families
  • Provide post-adoption services for 4,817 adoptees and families

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