What is the OCDF China Tours experience?
Our family
tours are designed specifically for adoptive Chinese children ages
4 and up accompanied by their parents, grandparents, family
members, and friends. Our kid-friendly programs are filled with key cultural and
historical sites throughout China. These are Chinese cultural programs,
and are not adoption programs. Our OCDF China Tours programs will
focus on the experience of families with Chinese heritage through
adoption. For our 4 and 5-Star level programs, hotels have been
selected that are suitable to family activity - with play grounds,
swimming pools, parks, bowling, and other similar kid-oriented
features.
Although these tours are not adoption programs, we encourage
families who wish to plan their orphanage visit following their
cultural trip. OCDF can assist you in combining an orphanage visit with a
cultural tour. Contact jenny@ocdf.org to make arrangements.
Footage from an OCDF China Tours was recently featured on The China Chronicles, in an episode entitled Cleveland's China Connection. This episode includes a round-table discussion with parents discussing their experiences on returning to China with their adopted daughters (on an OCDF China Tours), and was produced by an Emmy award-winning producer, Tom Jacobs.
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You can also view this video on The China Chronicles channel, along with lots of other great documentaries about China.
We've also put together a slideshow of photos taken during OCDF China Tours over the years:
References? We can provide references from our OCDF China Tours Alumni - over 4,000 travelers to China! Email jane@ocdf.org and we will put you in touch with someone from your area, or someone who has traveled back to the same orphanage, or someone who traveled when their child was the same age as yours, etc. We are proud to have helped provide an amazing Chinese experience for so many families!
About Dr. Jane Liedtke
Jane
and her daughter, Emily, lived in Beijing for over 9 years. They own their
home in the Beijing countryside. Emily attended Chinese school for 6
years and international school for 2 years. The OCDF Office in Beijing
has 20 full-time staff members to assist with OCDF China Tours, Orphan
Support Projects, Adoptions, Volunteer China and Adventure China
Programs, and OCDF Publications. Jane commutes between Bloomington, IL
and Beijing regularly and is in China during the travel season. She is
available 24/7 for clients!