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Travel to Birth Countries

CHSFS Birthland Travel offers experiences not available to the family that travels alone.

Tour Korea! 2009
For more than 22 years, Children's Home Society & Family Services has been facilitating these amazing customized birthland tours since 1986. Staffed by social workers, country specialists, adoptive parents and adopted adult volunteers, and post adoption specialists, this balanced tour explores the unique Korean culture, traditions, food, and lives of everyday Koreans in the context of the birth and adoption story of each participant. Traveling to one's birth country is an amazing experience. We believe CHSFS offers the most supportive and balanced way to make that journey.

CHSFS Assisted Birthland Travel
Now CHSFS is able to offer a new option for families that would like to travel to China, India, Russia or Vietnam. Families may choose their travel dates and we work with them to create their travel experience.

Korea Travel Scholarship Opportunities

Travel to Korea with other Korean Adoptees.

NEW Birthland Travel Opportunities
Children's Home Society & Family Services currently assists with birthcountry travel to China, India, Russia, Vietnam and hosts three tours to Korea annually. We are planning to expand our tour services and would love to hear from you about the kind of birthcountry travel you would be interested in

View our webinar Reconnecting: The Importance of Your Child’s Birthland and Their Identity
Learn from Jane Lee and Jenni Edwards on the importance of your child's Birthland and how you can encourage them to reconnect. They will also explore the myth of the best time to travel back.

If I had to pick the most meaningful days in my 58 years, today would definitely be in that group. A huge hole was filled in for my daughter. This was truly a life-changing day, and I am so honored I was able to be with my daughter when it happened.

– 2006 Tour Korea parent

We truly are ambassadors of international adoption.

– 2006 Tour China participant

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