How to support KoRoot
- and international adoptees
MAKE A DONATION
You can support KoRoot's work via donation. Then you support KoRoot's daily work.
You can read more about KoRoot's important work here...
BECOME A MEMBER
KoRoot is the official representation of adoptees in Korea. As an adoptee from Korea, you can become a member of KoRoot and help support the "Embassy of Adoptees" in Korea.
LEGAL ADOPTION FUND
KoRoot works for law and justice for adoptees! You can support the adoptees' crowd funding to be able to complete legal proceedings.
Welcome to KoRoot
- the official representation of overseas adoptees
More than 200,000 Korean children have been adopted internationally since the 1950s. When overseas adoptees reach adulthood, many choose to return to South Korea, to learn more about the country of their birth and search for family members.
KoRoot is an NGO established in 2003 to support Korean overseas adoptees with the challenges they face in navigating an unfamiliar country and seeking answers about their family background and identity. Their guesthouse provides a welcoming home for the ‘returnees’, as well as a range of assistance including family tracing, legal support, trauma counseling and cultural events.
Their research institute focuses on raising awareness of the issues surrounding overseas adoption by publishing and translating key academic literature about adoption and adoptee rights. Also they have organized conferences and seminars on birth mothers rights and adoptee’s identity and records.
KoRoot also promote alternatives to international adoption including family strengthening policies and improvement of child care system in Korea. They collaborate with other organizations to lobby for the country’s law on adoption and child protection to meet international standards.
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