We’re Heading to Guangxi!

Join Nanchang Project's Winter Search Trip to Guangxi!

The Nanchang Project is returning to China this winter for a special search trip in Guangxi Autonomous Region. We are currently accepting applications from Guangxi adoptees who are interested in joining us as Adoptee Ambassadors. Together, we will search on behalf of Guangxi adoptees to reconnect them with their birth families. During our 2024 Spring Search Trip to Hunan, we traveled with two Hunan Adoptee Ambassadors (one of whom reunited with her birth family), visited 5 cities, distributed search posters for over 250 Hunan adoptees, and conducted DNA tests on more than 25 birth families.

This year, we are looking to select 2-3 Guangxi Adoptee Ambassadors from different cities to accompany the Nanchang Project team. Each Ambassador will join us for a 3 or 4 day search in the area where they were found.

The trip is tentatively scheduled for 2 weeks within the dates of December 28, 2025 - January 17, 2026. Exact travel dates and cities to be visited are undetermined at this time. Adoptees selected as Ambassadors can choose to join us for the days of their designated city or extend their journey to support fellow Ambassadors in other locations on our itinerary. Ambassadors are also welcome to bring a companion for additional support.

During the trip, we will arrange and cover the following in-China expenses for selected Adoptee Ambassadors on the days they travel with us. However, to help Nanchang Project offset the charity’s costs and support the logistics of your travel, we are requiring a contribution (amount to be shared later).

• Hotel accommodations

• Meals shared as a group

• Search posters (customized with your details)

• Searcher and guide fees

• Transportation within China, including transfers to/from Chinese airports (if your flight aligns with our team's travel schedule)

Please note, all other trip-related expenses—such as international flights, passport/visa fees, souvenirs—will be the responsibility of the Ambassadors.

Due to the emotional nature of these trips, Adoptee Ambassadors must be 18 years or older at the time of travel.

After the application deadline, we will carefully review all submissions and create the trip itinerary based on the selected Ambassadors’ responses and travel availability.

DEADLINE: May 30, 2025 is the last day to apply for a Guangxi Adoptee Ambassador spot on our trip.

How to Apply:

1. Please have copies/images of your Certificate of Abandonment available to upload with your application.

2. Tap the following “Apply Now” button and complete the Guangxi Adoptee Ambassador Application through Google Forms.

3. We will contact all applicants in June 2025 after reviewing all submissions.

The information submitted with this Form will strictly be used for planning, searching, and matching purposes as pertaining to Nanchang Project's efforts in family reunion for Chinese adoptees. We understand your information is sensitive and we will treat it with genuine care, as if it were our own. Only Nanchang Project official volunteers (Chinese adoptees and adoptive parents) on the Guangxi Search Trip planning committee will have access to your submitted information.

Info Session:

We will be hosting a virtual information session for anyone interested in learning more about the Guangxi Winter Search Trip and the process of applying to be a Guangxi Adoptee Ambassador. We will also offer a Q&A to take your questions.

Join us at the following time:

Sunday, March 9th:

• 12 pm Pacific - USA & Canada

• 1 pm Mountain - USA & Canada

• 2 pm Central - USA & Canada

• 3 pm Eastern - USA & Canada

• 7 pm GMT - UK

• 8 pm CET - Europe

• For other countries, please convert to your local time zone.

Prior to the event, we will email you a meeting link to join the Info Session over Google Meet.

This meeting will NOT be recorded.

Guangxi Search Posters:

As we did for last year's Hunan trip, we will open sign-ups for adoptees from anywhere in Guangxi to register their information for our Guangxi-wide Posters, which we will share online and have physical copies on hand during our search. If our finalized itinerary includes a stop in the city you were reportedly found in, you will have the option to be included on our City-specific Posters—of which hundreds of copies will be dispersed to locals in person. See info graphic below for additional details. Adoptees who join our flyers will have the opportunity to become a member of a private group chat only for Guangxi participants—where we share more frequent in-China updates as they happen throughout the search! The form for flyer participants will be available later. Please check back soon and follow us on social media to receive the latest updates about this trip!

Funding & Trip Costs:

Our work is made possible entirely through individual contributions, with donations primarily coming from Chinese adoptees and their families. For this trip, we anticipate having up to three Nanchang Project team members traveling, as well as hiring two local Search Partners to assist with guiding and translating during the search process. At this time, are planning to have a Chinese social media influencer accompany us too. He helped us last year in Hunan and is planning to travel again with us to help Guangxi adoptees. Please note, his schedule may change, but as of right now, he is planning to attend. The cumulative costs for our 2024 Hunan search trip were approximately $10,000 USD, and we expect the expenses for our upcoming Guangxi trip to be higher due to additional Adoptee Ambassadors and helpers traveling this year.

To cover these costs, we will be hosting several fundraisers in the coming months.

It is necessary for traveling Adoptee Ambassador participants (+ their companions) and adoptees participating in the search posters to make a required contribution to help offset the costs of the search and logistics. We will provide clear details on any required contributions prior to official registration. Your support ensures that we can continue to provide this important service to the Chinese adoptee community.

For questions related to our upcoming Guangxi trip or about your participation in our group flyers, please direct your emails to hello@nanchangproject.com.

NCPT Background

The Nanchang Project (NCPT) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 2018, fully operated by volunteers. Our mission is to help connect adoptees to their roots in China. To date, we have assisted in 80+ reunions and registered over 400 birth families. We are proudly also the only organization of its kind that is co-led by Chinese adoptees and adoptive parents, with the intent to be fully run by adult adoptees in the future.

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