We have gathered an impressive collection of photos and movies of orphanage cities in China. These collections include scenes of various finding locations, government offices and main attractions, as well as cultural and scenic highlights. See if we have your child's birth city either in photos or on a DVD.

Check out our inventory of original and scanned orphanage city, street and county maps from various provinces in China.
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The finding ads published by the orphanages in China are an important part of our children's lives for two reasons: First, they are published within a few months of finding, so they usually represent the earliest tangible proof of our children's lives. Second, the photographs in the finding ads are typically taken earlier than any other photos families receive during the adoption process. Go to Finding Ads section to see if we might have your child's finding ad.

We have started to combine information about China's social welfare institutes to provide a resource and starting point for adoptive families who want to learn more about their child's birthplace. We're also hoping you'll contribute information to these pages to make them more complete. We now have pages for Guangdong, Jiangxi and Chongqing Provinces. See what this new section is about, and help fill in the blanks! Go to SWI Information

Wednesday, August 26, 2008
The 'Hidden' Supply of Children
Now that the Olympics are past, waiting families hope that the flow of children will accelerate and wait times will decrease. Hope is often pinned to the large number of non-IA orphanages in China's Social Welfare system. Once some of these orphanages join the international adoption program, the thinking goes, they will submit large numbers of dossiers to the CCAA, and wait times will begin to fall. There are several problems with this assumption. READ FULL BLOG

Silent Tears: A Journey of Hope in a Chinese Orphanage
For a limited time, signed copies of Kay Bratt's book, "Silent Tears," can be purchased through the blog. Click here for more info.