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Holt Updates & News

Founded in 1956, Holt International continues to grow and evolve as an organization.

Read the latest updates and news about Holt, from our latest research publications to new partnerships, campaigns and events to new program announcements and major achievements in our mission to ensure stable, loving families for children!

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Adoption

Holt to Reopen International Adoption Program in Mongolia

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Family Strengthening

Notes from the Field: February 2024

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See the Difference You Made in 2023

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Orphans & Vulnerable Children

Notes from the Field: January 2024

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Adoption

VIDEO: An Interview with Adoptee and Adoption Medicine Doctor Judy Eckerle

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Family Strengthening

Notes from the Field: December 2023

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Adoption

VIDEO: View a 5-Minute PBS Documentary Featuring Holt Staff

  • International Adoption

  • November 14, 2023
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Adoption

VIDEO: One Adoptee’s Reflection on the Value of Adoption

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Adoption

VIDEO: The Story of Holt Board Chair and Adoptee, Derek Parker

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Orphans & Vulnerable Children

VIDEO: The Disadvantages of Growing Up in an Orphanage

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Adoption

VIDEO: The Changes in International Adoption

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In 2025, Holt sponsors and donors helped:
  • Improve the lives of 1,114,231 children, family members and other individuals around the world
  • Unite 181 children with adoptive families through international or in-country adoption
  • Care for 3,794 children in orphanages, group homes or foster families 
  • 40,235 children remain or reunite with their birth families
  • Provided 6,884 post-adoption services for adoptees and families

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