orphanage photos, visit?

I recently found 2 photos online of Lucy Mei's orphanage in Zhoukou City, Henan Province. 

I believe this is where she sleeps (or slept as a baby).

Below is a photo I published earlier of Lucy Mei in her crib.

We hope to visit her orphanage, but there are no guarantees and we won't know until we are in China.

We are meeting our sweet Lucy Mei at the Civil Affairs Office in the provincial capital of Zhengzhou - approximately 2.5 hours from the orphanage in Zhoukou City on Monday, October 29th.

Lucy will stay with us for the remainder of the trip - and FOREVER - from that point on. :)

She will be escorted (along with her little friend, Warren, who is also meeting his forever family :) to the office by an orphanage director. Warren's family is with our agency and in our travel group. What a blessing!!!

The following day, Tuesday, October 30th, we will travel (along with Warren's family) to Zhoukou City to apply for the children's Chinese passports. The last family we know that traveled to Zhoukou was not permitted to visit the orphanage. We aren't sure why. However, we know a family that did visit the orphanage last May....so, we're holding out hope!

orphanage

The Zhoukou Social Welfare Institute is located in the Henan Province. Henan is located in the central part of China. The name Henan means "south of the (Yellow) River." With nearly 100 million people, Henan is the most populous province in China. Zhengzhou is the province's capital, and where we will meet Lucy Mei! (most likely at the Zhengzhou Registration Office).

Zhoukou City has a population of nearly 11 million people and is a 2 hour drive from Zhengzhou. It is a major agricultural producer in the province of Henan. Its economy is based mainly on trade in agricultural products such as grain, cotton, oil, meat and snuff (smokeless tobacco). It is famous for the Huai goatskin, a breed of goat.

Zhoukou Social Welfare Institute



We know very little about Lucy's orphanage. I believe it's a new orphanage and only recently opened to international adoption.

Our agency is very charitable and active in the Henan province. They receive a lot of the referrals from this orphanage. Our agency's website states 10 adoptions from Zhoukou completed to date.

There is a yahoo group for families adopting from this orphanage....but, there is not a lot of activity. All families who have adopted from Zhoukou indicate the children are very well cared for and loved. :)