The Ties Program
Travel experiences for families with internationally born children. The Ties Program offers journeys for adoptive families to visit the country of their child's birth.

For more information call 1.800.398.3676
www.adoptivefamilytravel.com

Bridge of Love Adoption Service (BLAS)
Bridge of Love Adoption Service is offering "roots seeking" tours in China for adoptive families. BLAS is licensed by the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the Peoples Republic of China to provide adoption related services to foreign adoption organizations and individual adopters.

The tours include the following routes:

1. Beijing — Hunan (Beijing - Changsha - Fenghuang - Zhangjiajie - Guangzhou)
2. Beijing — Guangxi (Beijing - Nanning - Guilin - Yangshuo - Guangzhou)
3. Beijing — Guangdong (Beijing - Guangzhou)
4. Beijing — Jianxi (Beijing - Nanchang - Jiujang - Lushan - Guangzhou)
5. Beijing — Jiangsu (Beijing - Nanjing - Wuxi - Suzhou - Zhouzhuang - Shanghai)
6. Beijing — Chongqing (Beijing - Chongqing - Three Gorges - Yichang - Shanghai)

For more information , contact:
Pat Hoopes, Director of Clinical Services
Phone: 781.419.0378
Email: phoopes@whfc.org

Holt Summer School Program
Since 1992 the Holt summer school program has provided an opportunity for Korean adopted persons to visit their homeland and learn about culture, customs, language and history. This program is for adopted persons over the age of 20 from the United States and Europe.

The 2007 session is scheduled to take place from July 11 - 26 in Seoul, South Korea. All applications for this program must be received by June 25, 2007.

For more information contact:
Betsey Barrett, Korea Program Supervisor
Phone: 781.419.0338
Email: bbarrett@whfc.org

InKAS Summer School
InKAS offers a two week summer school program for Overseas Korean adoptees to experience and learn Korean cultures. The program is open to Korean adoptees who are 18 years of age or older, and consists of classroom time as well as a tour of the Jeolia Province.

For more information contact inkas21@yahoo.co.kr.

Korea Homeland Tours
Korea Homeland Tours offers a sixteen-day visit to Korea to explore your child's heritage. In addition, families will have the opportunity to visit their child's orphanage and meet foster mothers.

For more information visit www.koreahomelandtours.com

Lotus Travel
Lotus Travel offers tours to China, Vietnam and Cambodia, offering meaningful and memorable homeland heritage tours, introducing the authentic and inspiring Asian culture to families adopted children from Asia and their relatives and friends.

For more information email info@lotustours.net or visit their website at www.lotustours.net.

OCDF China Tours
OCDF China Tours offers culture-focused travel programs, Volunteer China Family Programs, and Chinese language and culture programs in China for families with adopted children with the goal to increase the child's understanding of Chinese history and culture.

For more information contact jane@ocdf.org or kim@ocdf.org or visit their website at www.ocdf.org.

Overseas Koreans Foundation Summer camp
The Overseas Koreans Foundation (OKF) offers a summer program focusing on Korean culture, history, customs and language, as well as opportunities for adoptees to learn about their motherland.

For more information contact:
Jeannie Hong, Director
Overseas Koreans Foundation
Diplomatic Center 1376-1 Seocho-2 Dong, 6th Floor
Seocho-Gu, Seoul, 137-072, Korea
Phone: 82.2.3463.6500 ext 304
Email: hongjh@okf.or.kr

InJe University
Entirely subsidized by InJe University, the Korean Immersion Program provides a four-month stay in Korea for adult Korean adoptees, free room and board in university residence halls, daily classes in korean language and culture, access to computer and fitness facilities on campus, several trips to scenic and cultural sites around the country, opportunities for home stays, and chances to form friendships with Korean roommates and fellow adopted program participants. The only costs for those selected for the program are a $600 entrance fee and air fare. In addition, participants are asked to teach daily English conversation classes to Korean students.

The four-month Korea Immersion Programs begin twice yearly, once in March and once in September. Since its first session in March 2001, 85 adult adoptees from the US and Europe have participated.

For more information contact:
Chang Yong Kim, Director
Email: cykim2002@yahoo.co.kr
home.inje.ac.kr/~iiihr/

Travel Counsellors (formerly Collectible Tours)
Travel experiences for families with internationally born children. The Ties Program offers journeys for adoptive families to visit the country of their child's birth.

For more information call 1.800.398.3676
www.collectibletours.com