Nearly 8.000 families are members of the Adoption Centre, and some adult adoptees are also members. Popular activities include lectures and family parties, often with something special from the adoptees countries of origin, and fund raising for aid projects. As the children grow up new needs and wishes emerge. One important activity is the provision of advice and information to adoptees who, when they reach their teens or as adults, wish to know more about their country of birth or about their own background.
Many families then visit the child s country of birth.
The Adoption Centre is involved in arranging such trips.