Video: Child & Family COVID Crisis in India
Children and families in India are in crisis due to a second wave of COVID-19. Jim De, the director of Shishu Sangopan Griha (SSG) — Holt’s partner organization in Delhi — filmed this video to share...
View ArticleThe Life She Dreamed Of
“My mom has always been under stress due to conservative traditions at home,” Kiran says of her mom, who cries today when she thinks of all that Kiran has achieved. “She could not take education or...
View ArticleThe Child Brides of COVID-19
In India, and in developing countries around the world, the COVID-19 crisis has significantly increased the risk of child marriage. But one key factor continues to make a dramatic difference in the...
View ArticleHow Does Your Money Get To Your Sponsored Child?
Why we don’t give your $39 monthly sponsorship donation directly to your sponsored child’s family or caregivers, and how Holt uses your money to help your sponsored child instead. Every month, you...
View ArticleHow Sponsorship Helped Devi Avoid Early Marriage
Holt CEO Phil Littleton shares a letter he recently wrote to Holt’s child sponsors. I recently came across a heartbreaking statistic. According to UNICEF, “Over the next decade, up to 10 million more...
View ArticleHow COVID-19 is Affecting Sponsored Children in Delhi, India; A Q&A With Jim Dé
An interview with Jim Dé, director of our partner Shishu Sangopan Griha (SSG) in Delhi, India. Jim shares how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting Holt-sponsored children and their families in Delhi,...
View ArticleA Look Inside Orphanages Today
Since the pandemic first began spreading in early 2020, it’s changed life for everyone — but especially children in orphanage care. Here’s what life looks like now for children in orphanages from China...
View ArticleA Reason for Hope
In India, and in developing countries around the world, the COVID-19 crisis has significantly increased the risk of child marriage. But there’s one way to protect the future of girls everywhere: an...
View ArticleThey Don’t Like Girls
“Why do they want to let the children to study?” says Payal, her dark brown eyes perplexed. “Especially girls…?” Mayvis adds hesitantly — the addition to Payal’s statement that makes all four girls nod...
View ArticleThank You For Being a Guardian Angel
Holt CEO Phil Littleton shares a special message with sponsors. Recently, I went back and reread a story in one of our older Holt sponsorship magazines. It’s a sweet story about an adoptive mom who...
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