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{{Short description|Adoption agency}}
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'''Holt International Children's Services''' ('''HICS''') is a faith-based humanitarian organization and [[adoption agency]] based in [[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]], [[Oregon]], United States, known for [[international adoption]] and child welfare. The [[nonprofit]] works in thirteen countries, including: [[Cambodia]], [[China]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Haiti]], [[India]], [[Mongolia]], [[Philippines]], [[South Korea]], [[Thailand]], [[Uganda]], [[United States]], and [[Vietnam]]. This work includes a range of services for children and families including efforts in nutrition, education, family strengthening, orphan care, foster care, family reunification, child sponsorship and more. Their mission is to seek a world where every child has a loving and secure home.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.holtinternational.org|title=Holt International|website=www.holtinternational.org|language=en|access-date=2017-09-15}}</ref>▼
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{{Infobox organization
|name = Holt International Children's Services
|image = Holt_International_Logo.jpg
|purpose = [[Adoption]]
|headquarters = [[Eugene, Oregon]]
|coords = {{Coord|44|03|44.7|N|123|05|12.4|W}}
|language = English
|leader_title = President & CEO
|leader_name = Dan Smith<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.holtinternational.org/about/leadership.php|title=Leaders Trusted to Keep the Holt Promise}}</ref>
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▲'''Holt International Children's Services''' ('''HICS''') is a faith-based humanitarian organization and [[adoption agency]] based in [[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]], [[Oregon]], United States, known for [[international adoption]] and child welfare. The [[nonprofit]] works in thirteen countries, including: [[Cambodia]], [[China]], [[Colombia]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Haiti]], [[India]], [[Mongolia]], [[Philippines]], [[South Korea]], [[Thailand]], [[Uganda]], [[
==History==
In 1954, Harry (1904–1964) and [[Bertha Holt]] (1904–2000) were busy raising their six children on a farm near the small [[Willamette Valley]] city of [[Creswell, Oregon|Creswell]]. In addition to farming, Harry ran a lumber company. Bertha, trained as a nurse, was a homemaker and mother.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.holtinternational.org/about/|title=Holt International - Holt International|website=www.holtinternational.org|language=en|access-date=2018-07-23}}</ref>
After seeing a documentary film about [[Korean War#.22G.I. Babies.22 and U.S. immigration law|"G.I. babies"]] of the [[Korean War]] in orphanages in [[Korea]], the Holts decided they would adopt some of the children who needed families.<ref name=Companion>{{cite book |last= Engeman |first= Richard H. |title= The Oregon Companion: An Historical Gazetteer of The Useful, The Curious, and The Arcane |url= https://archive.org/details/oregoncompanionh0000enge |url-access= registration |year= 2009 |publisher= [[Timber Press]] |location= [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], [[Oregon]] |isbn= 978-0-88192-899-0 |page= [https://archive.org/details/oregoncompanionh0000enge/page/179 179]}}</ref> Harry began preparations to go to Korea, and Bertha asked a friend how to go about adopting eight children from another country. Learning that it would be possible only if both houses of [[United States Congress|Congress]] passed a law allowing it, Bertha
Two months later, the "[[Bill for Relief of Certain War Orphans|Holt Bill]]" was passed, and in October 1955, Harry Holt and eight children arrived at [[Portland International Airport]]. The resulting publicity stirred interest among many families in the United States. The Holts set about helping others to adopt,
==Awards==
In the year 2000,<ref>"Bertha Holt" - [http://www.worldofchildren.org/honoree/bertha-holt/ WorldOfChildren.org]. Retrieved July 9, 2013</ref> Bertha Holt was awarded the Kellogg's Child Development Award from the
==See also==
*[[International adoption of South Korean children]]
*[[Korean adoptee]]
*[[Operation Babylift]]
▲*[http://www.holtinternational.org/china/ Holt China]
==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/02/us/bertha-holt-96-a-leader-in-international-adoptions.html Bertha Holt's obituary] from the ''[[New York Times]]''
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