Holt: Giving Hope to Homeless

Few people realize, and I myself was unaware before my recent trip to Asia, that the roots of international adoption grew out of a farm in Creswell, Oregon.

In December 1954, Harry and Bertha Holt of Creswell saw a documentary film showing children in Korean orphanages following the Korean War. Unbeknownst to the Holts at the time, the screening of the documentary would inspire them to change the lives of hundreds of thousands of homeless children worldwide.

Caption: CFM’s Ali Santore recently traveled in Asia with the Holt International Children’s Services. 

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