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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]], [[Vietnam]], and the [[United States]].<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> This work includes a range of services for children and families including efforts in nutrition, education, family strengthening, orphan care, foster care, family reunification, and child sponsorship.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.holtinternational.org/|title=Holt International|website=www.holtinternational.org|language=en|access-date=2018-07-23}}</ref> The organization's stated 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>
in recent years , Holt become subject of controversy and sucutry for illegal adaptions and human trafficking of children with false field papers include case of Jeong In<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2022/10/113_337613.html?fbclid=IwAR2BbCyRS98WAgJhvExdSMQZwZUqB5-QG9sInJJDYdbkbe2TloGm9rl1VAM|title=Adoption agency denies fabricating documents of Danish adoptees|date=10 October 2022 |publisher=The Korea Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/17/world/europe/foreign-adoptions-ban-norway-denmark.html|title=In Norway, a Proposed Ban on Foreign Adoptions Rattles All Sides of a Heated Debate|publisher=New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last= Kim|first=Tong-hyung |date=August 23, 2022 |title= Danish adoptees call for S. Korea to probe adoption issues|url=https://apnews.com/article/seoul-adoption-south-korea-government-and-politics-73c55bfc948ef6366dad8629742aa205 |work= AP |location=Seoul, South Korea}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last= Kim |first=Tong-hyung |date= June 11, 2021|title=Korean adoptee films pain of mother-child separations |url= https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-entertainment-arts-and-entertainment-1a91dc0d067455beb20242e2317a920b|work=AP |location=Seoul, South Korea }}</ref> <ref>{{cite news |date= May 16, 2023|title=South Korean court orders agency to compensate Asian American adoptee|url= https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/south-korean-court-orders-agency-compensate-asian-american-adoptee-rcna84690|work=Associated Press}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last= Kim |first=Tong-hyung |date=January 24, 2019|title=AP Exclusive: Adoptee deported by US sues S. Korea, agency|url= https://apnews.com/article/immigration-north-america-lawsuits-us-news-ap-top-news-12472d8f87944f12ae63f74a2829a410|work=AP |location=Seoul, South Korea }}</ref>
==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>
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