
KAS Supports Adoptees And Their Familiesfor Their Rights And Interests to be protected
Post-adoption services are provided for overseas adoptees to adjust to their new surroundings and form a positive identity.
· This helps overseas adoptees visit Korea to understand the Korean culture and history and their korean identities.
· Visiting Korean historic sites and tourist attractions, participating in field trips and cultural events, and experiencing life in Korea
· This provides an opportunity for overseas adoptees to learn Korean and have a smooth communication with their birth families and other Korean citizens by overcoming the language barrier.
· Taking Korean language courses offered by universities
· This supports a variety of events, such as seminars, symposiums and workshops, to reinforce intercultural relations by expanding the scope of interactions among adoptees.
· Holding the International Korean Adoptee Associations (IKAA) Gathering events annually
(held in Korea every 3 years)
· This provides safe housing for overseas adoptees who visit Korea during their stay, while also providing an experience of the Korean traditional culture
· This provides an opportunity for local overseas adoptees to experience the Korean traditional culture, helps them form their identities, and publicize the excellence of our culture to the friends and acquaintances who accompany the adoptees.
· The Korean Traditional Music Association
| Name of Organization | Major Businesses | Contact | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Welfare Society | Homeland visits, Korean language programs, search for birth families | 82-2-567-8891 | www.sws.or.kr |
| Eastern Social Welfare Society | Korean language programs, partnerships of adoptive families in Korea and overseas, search for birth families | 82-2-332-3941~5 | www.eastern.or.kr |
| Korea Social Services | search for birth families | 82-2-908-9191 | www.kssinc.org |
| Holt Children's Services | Homeland visits (disabled adoptees),Korean language programs, search for birth families | 82-2-6938-5554 | www.holt.or.kr |
| Name of Organization | Major Businesses | Contact | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Korean Adoptee Service (InKAS) | Homeland visits, Korean language programs, support of life in homeland,guest house | 82-2-3148-0258 | www.sws.or.kr |
| Nest Korea | Homeland visits, Nest Festival | 82-2-535-3217 | www.nestkorea.or.kr |
| KoRoot (TRACK Consortium) | Guest house | 82-2-3210-2451 | www.koroot.org |
| International Korean Adoptee Associations (IKAA) | IKAA-Gathering | www.ikaa.org | |
| The Korean Traditional Music Association | 2013 Korean Traditional Music Class for Overseas Adoptees | 82-2-744-8051 | www.kukakhyuphoe.or.kr |
| Global Overseas Adoptees' Link (G.O.A.'L) | Homeland visits, support of life in homeland, psychotherapy for adoptees | 82-2-325-6585 | www.goal.or.kr |