CHINA TIES

March 30 - April 9, 2011 (registration deadline 1/10/11)
June 29 - July 9, 2011 (registration deadline 3/10/11)

China Ties Highlights:

• The Centerpiece of your Journey--a visit to your child(ren)'s province
• Assistance locating people & places important to each family
• Ties Program "Connect & Chat" for the kids and “Talk Times” for adults
• Child friendly & “Adoption Aware”  
• Project Kindness-China

China Ties families will begin their travel in Beijing.  For the children among us, China fwill first become "real" for them at the Great Wall.  But they'll love to ride rickshaws through the Old Hutong City, and delicious Chinese food too. We’ll see the world famous cloisonné being made, and yes, have time to shop!  During our free day, you can visit Xian to see the Terra Cotta Warriors if you’d like.

The centerpiece of your journey will be your visit to the provinces where your children lived before they joined your family.* This is the part that adds meaning, the part that your children will carry with them forever.  Working with a caring and experienced group of people who have been helping families as they adopted, we will request permission for you to visit your child’s orphanage, meet care givers, and travel to your child’s place of birth or founding.  To date, all of our families have been given permission!

Afterward, we’ll re-group in Guangzhou—a place that brings back a million memories. Then, if you’d like, continue on to Guilin and the spectacular Li River Cruise and/or to the Chengdu Panda Reserve to see and hold the oh-so-cute pandas!

Throughout our time in China, we'll have optional "talk time" facilitated by a trained adoption professional/social worker. The Ties Program has a long history of providing families with support before, during and after the program.   Because processing the journey will be "lifelong work" for your kids, it is important to have the resources of a known and reliable organization that will be there for you in the years to come.  The Ties Program began service to adoptive families in 1993, and is fully operational in twelve countries.  We believe the diversity of our staff adds a broad knowledge base for our families.  Further our network of staff assures that when things when things change, we have good backup, so that family experiences continue as planned.  

We’ll make arrangements for your international air flights, providing a complete, easy program for all those who'd like life to be just a little bit easier!  (If you have frequent flyer tickets or prefer to do your own, that’s ok too!)

Working with World Ties, our non profit sister organization, we'll make donations and seek out volunteer options for those who would like to give of their time and energy.  World Ties is a 501 ( C) (3)  dedicated to improving the quality of life for children in developing countries.  

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Read What Families Have To Say
                      
 “Our children, discovering China- its people and culture, together with other adopted children – what an incredible experience.”  
                          ~Deborah Lind                          

 “I was loved from the beginning, all the time, and my foster family took really good care of me.”  ~Mary Tollefson, age 9               
     

“Grace and I are so much closer now. She has really opened up and found her wings.  Words just can’t express how perfect this trip was!”

       ~Robbie Rose-Poel                     
    
"We gave this trip to our daughter as a gift and were so pleased she opened it."

       ~Marie Van Voorst

 "It was an awesome trip!"
       ~ Alexa Van Voorst, age 13
        
 

For More Information

Contact The Ties Program

Request an Informational Packet.

Pre-register (Pre-Registered Families
have priority when registration opens)

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Possibilities for Visiting People &
Places Significant to Your Adoption 

AnHui Province

AnQing Social Welfare Institute, BengBu Children's Welfare Institute, ChaoHu Children's Welfare Institute, ChuZhou Children's Welfare Institute, Dong Zhi County Social Welfare Institute, Fan Chang County Social Welfare Institute, Fei Dong County Social Welfare Institute, Fei Xi County Social Welfare Institute, He Fei Children's Welfare Institute, Huai Nan Children's Welfare Institute , Huai Yuan County Social Welfare Institute, Huang Shan District Social Welfare Institute, Huai Ning County Social Welfare Institute, Hui Zhou District Social Welfare Institute, LiuAn Children's Welfare Institute, She Xian Count Social Welfare Institute, Tong Cheng Social Welfare Institute, TongLing Children's Welfare Institute, Tong Xi District Social Welfare Institute, Wu He County Social Welfare Institute, Wu Hu County Children's Welfare Institute, Wu Hu No.2 Social Welfare Institute, Xiaoxian Social Welfare Institute, Xiu Ning County Social Welfare Institute, XuanZhou County Social Welfare Institute

Beijing

Beijing No.1 Social Welfare Institute/Beijing City Children's Welfare Institute, Beijing No.4 Social Welfare Institute, Beijing No.3 Social Welfare Institute, Tong Zhou District Welfare Institute

ChongQing Province

Chongqing City Children Welfare Institute, Jiangjing City SWI

FuJian Province
FuZhou Children's Welfare Institute, GuTian County Welfare Institute, NanPing YanPing District Welfare Institute, NanQing County Welfare Institute, Pencheng County Social Welfare Institute, ShaoWu Welfare Institute, ZhangZhou Welfare Institute

GanSu Province

FuZhou Children's Welfare Institute, GuTian County Welfare Institute, Lanzhou Social Welfare Institute, WuWei District Social Welfare Institute

GuangDong Province

Dapu Social Welfare Institute, DongGuan JinJu Social Welfare Institute, DongGuan Social Welfare Institute, FoShan Social Welfare Institute, GaoZhou Children's Welfare Institute, GuangZhou Social Welfare Institute, GuangZhou, DongShan District Social Welfare Center, HuaZhou Infants' Welfare Institute, LianJiang Welfare Institute, MaoMing Social Welfare Institute, Qingcheng Social Welfare Institute, QuJiang County Social Welfare Institute, ShaoGuan Social Welfare Institute, ShenZhen Social Welfare Center, WuChuan Social Welfare Institute, Xinhui Children's Welfare Institute, YangChun Multiple Social Welfare Institute, YangJiang County Social Welfare Institute, ZhanJiang Social Welfare Institute,

ZhuHai Social Welfare Institute

GuangXi Province

BeiHai Social Welfare Institute, Cangwu County Social Welfare Institute, GuangXi DeSheng Social Welfare Institute

Hepu County SWI, GuangXi DeSheng Social Welfare Institute, GuiGang Social Welfare Institute, GuiPing Social Welfare Institute, Hepu County SWI, Mother's Love Orphanage, Nanning Social Welfare Institute, Qinzhou Social Welfare Institute, WuZhou Social Welfare Institute

YuLin Social Welfare Institute

GuiZhou Province

Guiyang Children Welfare Institute, Zhenyuen Social Welfare Institute

HeiLongJiang Province

HaErBin Social Welfare Institute, HeiHe Social Welfare Institute, HaiLun Social Welfare Institute, HeiLongJiang TangYuan Social Welfare Institute, JiXi Social Welfare Institute, MuDanJiang Social Welfare Institute, QiQiHaEr Social Welfare Institute

HeNan Province

KaiFeng Social Welfare Institute, XinXiang Social Welfare Institute

HuBei Province

DaWu Social Welfare Institute, DaZhi Social Welfare Institute, HanChuan County Social Welfare Institute, HongHu Social Welfare Institute, HuangGang Social Welfare Institute, HuangMei County Social Welfare Institute, JingZhou Children's Welfare Institute, TuanFeng County Social Welfare Institute, WuHan Children's Welfare Institute, XiangFan Social Welfare Institute, XianNing District Social Welfare Institute, YangXin County Orphanage, YiChang Social Welfare Institute, YunXian Social Welfare Institute

HuNan Province

ChangDe Social Welfare Institute, ChangNing Social Welfare Institute, ChangSha No.1 Social Welfare Institute, ChenZhou BeiHu District Social Welfare Institute, HengNan County Social Welfare Institute, HengYang City Social Welfare Institute, LouDi Welfare Institute, PingJiang County Children's Welfare Institute, XiangTan Welfare Institute,

XiangYing Social Children's Welfare Institute, Yiyang Children's Welfare Institute, YongZhou LengShuiTan Children's Welfare Institute, YuanJiang Social Welfare Institute, YueYang City Social Welfare Institute

JiangSu Province

ChangZhou Social Children's Welfare Institute, GaoYou Children's Welfare Institute, HuaiAn Social Welfare Institute,

KaiFeng Social Welfare Institute, Liang Yung Gang Social Welfare Institute, YanCheng Social Welfare Institute, YangZhou Social Welfare Institute, ZhangJiaGang Social Welfare Institute

JiangXi Province

FengCheng Social Welfare Institute, GanZhou Social Welfare Institute, GuangChang County Social Welfare Institute, Guixi Social Welfare Institute,

JiAn Social Welfare Institute, Jing De Zhen City Social Welfare Institute, Linchuang Social Welfare Institute,

NanChang Welfare Institute, NanCheng County Social Welfare Institute, NanFeng County Social Welfare Institute,

NanKang Social Welfare Institute, NingDu County MeiJiang Welfare Institute, RuiJin Social Welfare Institute,

ShangRao Social Welfare Institute, TongGu County Welfare Institute, XiaJiang County Welfare Institute, XinFeng County Social Welfare Institute, Yujiang Social Welfare Institute, YiChun Welfare Institute, YuGang County Welfare Institute, ZhangShu Welfare Institute

JiLin Province

ChangChun Social Welfare Institute, SongYuan Social Welfare Institute

LiaoNing Province

Dalian City Social Welfare Institute

NingXia Province

YinChuan ChengQu Welfare Institute

QingHai Province

XiNing Welfare Institute

ShaanXi Province

Ankang District Social Welfare Institute, Baoji Social Welfare Institute, TongChuan Social Welfare Institute, Xian Social Welfare Institute, XianYang Social Welfare Institute, YuLin District Children's Welfare Institute

ShanDong Province

BinZhou District Social Welfare Institute, DeZhou Social Welfare Institute, DongYing Social Welfare Institute, HeZe District Social Welfare Institute, JiNan Social Welfare Institute, JiNing Social Welfare Institute, JiNing QuFu Social Welfare Institute

ShangHai Municipality

Shanghai Children's Welfare Institute

ShanXi Province

Datong Social Welfare Institute, Xi'an Children's Welfare Institute

SiChuan Province

ChengDu Children's Welfare Institute, Deyang City Guang Han SWI, Guanghan Social Welfare Institute, NanChong No. 1 Social Welfare Institute, YiBin Children's Welfare Institute

TianJin Province

TianJin Children's Welfare Institute

XinJiang Province

Wulumuqi Children's Welfare Institute

YunNan Province

Dongchuan SWI, GeJiu Children's Welfare Institute, KaiYuan Social Welfare Institute, KunMing Social Welfare Institute, KunMing Children's Welfare Institute, LiJiang County Welfare Institute

ZheJiang Province

HuZhou Social Welfare Institute, LongQuan Social Welfare Institute, TaiZhou JiaoJiang District Welfare Institute, TaiZhou HuangYan District Welfare Institute, Wenzhou Children's Welfare Institute, YiWu Social Welfare Institute

See something missing above? Or, are there other people or places on your "dream list?"    Please email us. We are always open to helping you with other connections.

The Ties Program does not endorse any of the places listed above, but rather offers them as places families have indicated they may want to visit.

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