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A waiting child named Kayla needs a family. She smiles with a heart over her face, ready for an adoptive family.

Adoption

Kayla Needs a Family!

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Adoption

Why ESL Doesn’t Fit: What Parents of Internationally Adopted Children Need to Know About Language Support

Holt board member with a child living in an orphanage in Russia

Adoption

A Remarkable Life of Service to Children

A waiting child needs a family in Eastern Europe

Adoption

Yuki Needs a Family!

donors provided a livestock gift for a family through Gifts of Hope — the photo shows how their herd of pigs has grown

Family Strengthening

A Herd of Hope

an adoptee and authors signs copies of his book "The Eye is on the Sparrow"

Adoption

Adoptee Book Event Held at Holt Headquarters

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Adoption

Learning As They Go

this waiting child needs an adoptive family!

Adoption

Teddy Needs a Family!

A group of graduates celebrate in Ethiopia because of donor support.

Family Strengthening

She’s Taking Flight

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  • 29,325 children remain or reunite with their birth families
  • Provide post-adoption services for 4,817 adoptees and families

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