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Adoption from India

Dreams, Love & Siddharth

March 7, 2022 by Staff Contributor

As a child growing up in India, Vidya’s dream was to build a family through adoption. Her family moved to the Philippines when she was seven, then to Japan, and

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Filed Under: Adoptive Family Stories, Culture and Heritage, International Adoption, News, Today's Child and Family

Tour Korea: A Dad’s Perspective

October 26, 2020 by Guest Contributor

My wife Susan, and 7-year-old daughter Amanda went to Korea in the year 2000 to pick up our daughter and Amanda’s new baby sister—Marisa. In the Summer of 2019, Marisa

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Filed Under: Adoptive Family Stories, Culture and Heritage, International Adoption, News

Tips for Raising a Transracial Adoptee

September 30, 2020 by Creating a Family

This content was originally published by Creating a Family, the national infertility education and support nonprofit. See the original post.  Parenting a child who is a different race or culture

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Filed Under: Culture and Heritage, News

How Tour Korea Changed My Life

February 11, 2020 by Guest Contributor

My name is Kelsey, I’m 23 years old and I was adopted when I was four months old. When I was younger, my family and I would go to Korean

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Filed Under: Adoptive Family Stories, Culture and Heritage, International Adoption, News

A view of downtown Seoul, where adoptees can visit to learn Korean.

Travel to Korea to Learn the Language and Culture

October 23, 2019 by Staff Contributor

Korean Social Service has an ongoing program for adoptees to travel to South Korea for 10 weeks. During your stay, you will live in Seoul and learn the Korean language.

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Filed Under: Culture and Heritage, International Adoption

South Korean flags fly in front of a building. A sight you can see if you travel to South Korea this summer during a program for adoptees.

2019 SWS Welcome Home Program

July 17, 2019 by Staff Contributor

A 7-day program for adoptees to experience their birth country of Korea Social Welfare Society in South Korea invites adoptees to apply for their annual Welcome Home program. The hope

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Filed Under: Adoptee Reflections, Culture and Heritage, International Adoption, News

Transracial & Transcultural Adoption: Preservation, Policy, and a Personal Perspective

May 7, 2019 by Staff Contributor

This article, written by Alexis Oberdorfer, MSW, Executive Director of CH/LSS, was originally published by National Council for Adoptable Children (NCFA) In 1948, white parents in Minnesota adopted a black

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Filed Under: Adoptee Reflections, Adoptive Family Stories, Culture and Heritage, News, Parenting

A close up of an ornate dragon that is part of a building in South Korea.

2019 Korean Language and Culture Scholarship

April 10, 2019 by Staff Contributor

Eastern Social Welfare Society (ESWS) is once again accepting applications for its Korean Language and Culture Program. ESWS has been running the scholarship program for years to help Korean adoptees

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Filed Under: Culture and Heritage, International Adoption, News

Girls of different ages at Camp Masala smile in traditional Indian clothing.

Registration Open for Camp Masala

February 14, 2019 by Staff Contributor

Camp Masala is a weekend camp for children and adults of South Asian heritage and their families. They celebrate the diversity of India, Nepal and Pakistan through fun and educational

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Filed Under: Culture and Heritage, Events, International Adoption, News

A traditional coastal city in South Korea is pictured.

Making Memories to Last a Lifetime on Tour Korea

November 27, 2018 by Guest Contributor

There are many things to praise about Tour Korea, but I will focus on three: First, extraordinary staff accompanied us. A birthland tour for adoptees is not a typical sightseeing

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Filed Under: Adoptive Family Stories, Culture and Heritage, International Adoption, News

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