Yiyang

Note: There is also a Yiyang orphanage in Hunan province. It is larger than the one in Jiangxi province and does a higher number of international adoptions.

I've been in contact with two families that adopted from this orphanage on September of 1997. Prior to this I hadn't heard of anyone adopting from this orphanage. Perhaps it is like a couple others we've learned about recently. It may be smaller and/or more remote and didn't have the contacts to do international adoptions before this. A Nanchang resident supplies this info: "Yiyang is in northeast Jiangxi province and is in the Shangrao district of Jiangxi province. It is said that Yiyang and Yanshan, another county neighboring Yiyang, are both famous for the beauty of the women in ancient times. Do you know red army in China? If you are interested in China history, you will know that there is a famous red army leader from Yiyang."

From the parents who adopted September 1997: "The trip was fantastic and the baby is wonderful. We didn't get to go to Yiyang and learned nothing about the orphanage but all the girls appeared to be healthy. Our daughter had obviously been in foster care--pudgy by comparison to some of the others." (DN) "The babies were healthy for the most part, some colds and sniffles, but nothing too serious. Some had skin infections and other problems. I would be willing to talk privately with families that have a referral to this orphanage and are waiting to travel. The children from our orphanage had great immunization records. Our daughter and many others only had to take the oral polio vaccine and no shots. We did not learn anything about the orphanage and our guide only said that Yiyang was a very, very poor city." (LT)

And another September 1997 family: We received our daughter when she was about 16 months old. She was very healthy, had detailed records of immunizations, used chopsticks and knife fork and spoon with equal facility and was clearly loved and well cared for. (FS/CS 9/97)

Another 1997 family: We adopted our daughter when she was 15 months old, and although she was very undernourished (weighing only 15.8 pounds), she was otherwise healthy. She bonded with us almost immediately and was a very happy, loveable little girl who rarely cried. As long as she was held, she was happy! She wasn't behind developmentally either and was just beginning to walk and talk. In fact, she was talking nonstop by 18 months and potty trained at two. We were very surprised to find out after we got home that she had a very high lead level of almost 60 (below 10 is normal). This really took us by surprise because she was such a bright, alert, healthy little girl with no symptoms whatsoever! In fact, our pediatrician had her tested twice because she didn't think it was accurate. However, unfortunately, it was and she was put on a treatment program for about a year with medication and is now lead free. And since lead poisoning can cause learning disabilities, we had her tested through the Preschool screening program and she tested above average in everything so it didn't affect her at all. She is now in her second year of preschool, which she loves, and is doing very well. We'd be glad to talk to anyone who has received a Yiyang referral and we'd also be interested to hear if any other children adopted from this area had lead problems. (JH, a. 11/97)

And another 1997 family: Our daughter is healthy although she was probably undernourished at the time we received her. She was under 10 pounds at five months of age. We discovered after arriving home that she was hypothyroid. This may have resulted in her failure to thrive as well as she would have otherwise. She now takes medicine for her thyroid and is otherwise completely healthy. I would be glad to speak with anyone who has received a Yiyang referral. (TF, 12/97)

Since these 1997 adoptions there have been several more adoptions from the Yiyang orphanage. One writes: "During our trip we were invited to visit the orphanage. It is clean, well maintained, and most of all, our children received excellent care and were loved. Many of the nannies cried when they saw the babies leave for the last time." (CL, a. 12/99) For photos of the orphanage obtained during this visit see link below.

Yi Li Ying	Yi Li Yuan	Yi Li Shuang and Yi Li Bing

Born 9/29/96	Born 9/27/96	Born 11/10/98
Adopted 9/8/97	Adopted 9/8/97	Adopted 6/29/99

Yi Li Guang	Yi Li Miao	Yi Li Ru and Yi Li Fan

Born 10/27/98	Born 8/5/96	Born 2/27/97 and 9/23/97
Adopted 6/6/99	Adopt 11/10/97	Adopted 8/30/98 (now cousins!)

Yi Li Zheng	Yi Li Chun	Yi Li Su	Yi Li Shi

Born 11/9/02	Born 2/7/03	Born 1/3/04	Born 7/14/03
Adopted 8/30/03	Adopted 11/16/03	Adopted 11/28/04	Adopted 1/7/05

Yi Li Lin	Yi Li Shan	Yi Mei Xia	Yi Li Ya

Born 8/6/99	Born 4/4/01	Born 1/30/05	Born 1/27/98
Adopted 5/00	Adopted 4/22/02	Adopted 12/05	Adopted 10/98

Yi Li Pei	Yi Ling Zhi	Yi Li Bo	Your Child

Born 4/6/01	Born 4/17/96	Born 8/16/02	CLICK
Adopted 4/22/02	Adopted 7/2/97	Adopted ??	HERE

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Yiyang Orphanage

Jiangxi Province