YiYang (弋阳) County Social Welfare Institute

YiYang County Social Welfare Institute：

Address: 41 Wang Jiang Road, Yi Jiang Town, Yi Yang County, Jiangxi Province

Location:The orphanage is located in Yiyang City Yijiang, Yiyang County, jurisdiction of Shangrao in Jiangxi. It is located about 4 hours from Nanchang, the capital of the province.

Yiyang Information: Yiyang County is a county of Jiangxi province . There is the largest Buddha sculpture China . Measures 68 meters high and 416 long. Its construction began on May 1, 2002 .

General Information: Since 1997 adoptions have augmentado in this orphanage. It has about 13 employees .Da home to about 40 children and about 17 elderly.The orphanage always returns the cameras that are sent with the pictures taken in the delivery of girls.Some children live in the orphanage and other host families (the percentage is very high ) .Many children are abandoned before the doors of Yiyang Social Affairs and are then transferred to the orphanage.

Director of the orphanage : Before the manager was Wang, but today is Mr. Tang Yue Yu.

Surnames of children: Yi (弋)

Children First Name: Ling ( before 1996) , Li丽( the 1996-2004 ) , Mei美(2005) and Xiao晓(2006 -present) .Yi Yang County is under the administration of Shangrao city. There’re many hotels in Shangrao City.

Scenic spots in Shangrao:Sanqing Mountain is a famous Taoist resort listed among key scenic and areas of historical interest by the country at the junction of Yushan County and Dexing City. The mountain contains ten scenic spots embracing natural wonders of steep cliffs, cloud seas, conifers and waterfalls. There are two main tourist routes. There are very many scenic spots along the southern route, while the rugged north route is more suitable for those who love climbing.
Wuyuan County is spoken of as some of the most beautiful countryside in China boasting multitudes of old trees, caves, ancient buildings and cultural relics. Jiangling may be well worth seeing in Wuyuan. Vibrant yellow rape flowers spread into the depths of the valleys and some villages are hemmed in by rape fields. Each spring when the rape is in full bloom many visitors and numerous photographers are attracted to the area.

Other Scenic Spots: Tortoise Peak, Yuanyang Lake (Lake of Mandarin Ducks), Gexian Mountain
Note: There is also a Yiyang orphanage in Hunan province.  It is larger than the one in Jiangxi province and does a higher number of international adoptions.

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.