How Holt donors created stability for children and families in 2021 — a time of global crisis due to COVID-19.

“I want to share with you that we are going through a kind of an apocalypse environment which the world has never seen…”

This is how Jim De, director of Holt’s partner organization in Delhi, described India during their second deadly wave of COVID-19 in April 2021.

There weren’t enough hospital beds, ventilators or oxygen for the sick. Schools and workplaces shut down once again. Children and families locked down in their homes, wondering where their next meal would come from.

Half a world away, Holt donors in the U.S. wondered how they could possibly help with a crisis of this magnitude. In faith, they gave what they could — and within days raised over $147,000. Right away, our partner organizations in Delhi, Pune and Bengaluru used these funds to deliver emergency food and medicine.

“Without the support of Holt, we would never have been able to bring resources together,” says Jim. Within a few months, they helped an estimated 10,000 people. And this was just in Delhi.

Emergency COVID Response

In 2021, Holt donors, staff and partners responded to help children and families affected by second and third waves of COVID-19 across the globe.