Nanchang Project - Jiangxi Adoptees

Nanchang Project started in March 2018 as group search for adoptees from Nanchang SWI and quickly grew to include all of Jiangxi Province. Through the  connections that we made on Weibo and WeChat (Chinese social media) before traveling to China, we were able to schedule interviews with many media outlets while we were in Nanchang. We interviewed individually with Jiangxi TV,  Nanchang No. 1 TV, the Beijing News, Jiangxi Morning Post, and the South China Morning Post. We held a press conference at our hotel in Nanchang which was attended by approximately 15 media outlets. Our press conference was livestreamed and shared widely on the internet in China. In July, CCTV featured our story.  (links to media at end of post)



While in China, in addition to our work with the media, we also walked the streets of Nanchang in order to speak with people about our mission. Prior to travel, we had created business cards with our social media contact information and a description of our project. We wore lanyards with our QR codes on the front and a picture of our child on the back side. We handed our cards out to taxi drivers, at gas stations, hospitals, and at popular tourist sites in Nanchang.

Our message was very well recieved both by journalists and the general public.

The Nanchang Project exists to help Chinese adoptees reconnect to their roots in China. To fulfill that mission, the Nanchang Project's main goals are as follows:

1. To provide Chinese adoptees with a greater sense of identity by giving them access to their birth culture.

2. To reconnect Chinese adoptees with their birth families when possible.

3. To educate the general public on the complex issues that make children available for adoption.

4. To provide emotional support to birth families.

5. To provide support to families who adopt domestically within China.

We believe that it is vitally important to give a platform to adoptees, so that their voices may be heard in the US and in China. Our hope is to provide adoptees with a sense of ownership in this project, and a sense of pride in the work that they will be doing alongside adoptive parents, and on behalf of other adoptees and adoptive families.

We believe that our children deserve to understand and know their rich and beautiful Chinese heritage and culture. We are proud to parent beautiful children from China, and we wish for our children to grow up with a sense of pride in who they are, in where they come from, and in the fact that they are adopted.


Where will the donations go?
* 8/23/18 update * We are currently planning our second trip to Jiangxi, slated for end of December. We are hoping to cover the travel expenses for two adult adoptees to accompany us. Beyond this year, we hope to travel to Jiangxi twice a year to speak about our initiative. These trips will include press and, perhaps more importantly, time visiting the towns and villages throughout the province. This will allow us the opportunity to connect with people who may not have access to social media or television. Raised funds will go towards our trips, guides, translations, marketing materials to hand out to the public, and media kits for press. We anticipate our goal of $10,000 to help cover 4 people's (Erin and Faith, plus 2 adult adoptees) travel expenses to China, along with materials needed while there. Our work is 100% volunteer based. 

Media
"In Their Words" adoptee video - here is a video we compiled with the help of adult adoptees. This video was shared widely on Chinese social media.

Nanchang Project in The South China Morning Post 

"Cross the Ocean to Find You" Nanchang Project's special feature on Jiangxi TV (run time 1 hour) 

Nanchang Project article from iFeng.com 

Nanchang Project special on Nanchang No. 1 TV 

Nanchang Project Press Conference Live Feed 

Nanchang Project Press Conference featured on Tencent News (QQ)

Nanchang Project article on Inkstone.com