GanZhou Social Welfare Institute

GanzhouCity Social Welfare Institute ：

Address:3 Guan Yuan Li, Ganzhou City, JiangXi Province

Location:The orphanage is located in Ganzhou Ganzhou City,Zhanggong district, about 5 hours drive from Nanchang,capital of Jiangxi Province.

GanzhouInformation:Ganzhouh as an area of 39,400 square km.Over70% of the area is forested.It has a humid subtropical climate affected by the Asian monsoon, with long, hot and humid summers and short, mild, dry winters.

GeneralInformation:In1963 the orphanage was established in its current location.Give shome to 60 children (20 of them in foster care) and 20 elderly.There is a small clinic in the same orphanage.In 2005 the director of the orphanage visited Barcelona.The first family that adopted in this orphanage it did in March 1996.The Altrusa Foundation is working with this orphanage.

Surnamesof children:Zhang

Severalhotels in Ganzhou City.

ScenicSpots in Ganzhou:TongtianCliff: Located 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) northwest of the Ganzhou city proper,the Tongtian Cliff is reputed as the treasury of the ancient grotto art in South China. It holds the largest complex of cliffgrottos of Jiangxi Province, with entirely 279 stone cases in the cliffsidesand 359 stone Buddhas, most of which are engraved during the Tang and Songdynasties. Since the Song Dynasty, cliffside inscriptions of poets and scholarshad existed over nine hundred years. Perfectly set off by the surroundingnatural sceneries, Tongtian Cliff is an ever pleasant summer resort.

Meiguan Ancient Post  Road: In order to promote the trade communication, the Tang Courtconstructed the post road, the passage merchants of Jiangxi and Guangdong must take. Two thousand years later, it is still kept intact. December or January is the best time to Meiguan, as it is just the florescence of plumblossom all over the hill and dale. The ancient post road is superior choice for tourists fond of tranquility and something redolent of the past.

Depending on the size of the SWI and how often visitors return, a visit could can be a highly anticipated event by the staff, or a routine, minor inconvenience to the day to day running of the institution.

You will want to discuss this aspect of reality with your child and prepare her or him for what it might be like, based on what you know. It is good to talk to your child about what to expect and then what to do if things turn out differently than you expect. It is important to develop an attitude of flexibility and focus on enjoying the experience rather than to get set on things going a certain way, since things don’t always go exactly as planned on any trip or daily life experience. A small gift is always appropriate for the effort expended by the director and or staff to accommodate the visiting family.

Since it may be several years after an adoption, it’s not unusual that the orphanage moved to a new place. Remember it’s normal, natural, time will not stand still, just as your children changed dramatically from she/he was a baby when just there.

If you are interested in visit both of the orphanages, we are happy to facilitate it, you can follow the previous footprint to recall your excitement when you look at your children at first time.

We usually arrange visiting the finding site for families if have the Notarial Certificate of the finding place. The finding site usually is at the front of hospital/orphanage/government agencies, etc. Please note that there places may be changed also.

Since visiting the finding site is the most emotional part of the trip, it’s a personal decision for each family and only you can make the decision if you want to accomplish it.

We always arrange the meeting with the previous caregiver/ foster family. If you have the information of the previous caregiver, we will try our best to find her. Please do remember that it’ll be some years after your adoption, the caregiver may be moved away or be retired. If the caregiver is still working in the orphanage, the director will happy to facilitate the connection.

Also please note that the caregiver may take care of more than one hundred babies in the orphanage, so that she may not remember your child well.

If your family is interested or inclined to invite the orphanage director to lunch, it is proper to invite others in the meeting as well. This would usually be one or two of the directors' assistants. If you want to invite the caregiver or nanny, then you should extend that invitation through the director to show the proper respect that the position merits. Your guide will handle this for you, but inviting the staff through the director follows proper etiquette for the situation. Some of the orphanages offer the free lunch while the others request about USD90-USD150 for the extra charge. You may ask our trip consultant before you travel.

When visiting an orphanage, it is appropriate to prepare some gifts for the director/staff and the children. You can invite the director, the staff or the caregiver to have lunch together or prepare fruit basket for them, for their effort expended to accommodate the visiting family.

As for the gifts to kids, you can prepare some snacks, candy, books, school backpacks, toys and so on. Usually, you can buy them when arrival at the orphanage place, the guide can escort you.

If you want to donate something more valuable and not sure what is needed for the orphanage, you can first learn it from the director and then purchase them from the local market. Some SWI will issue a donation certificate to you but not every SWI will do this.