I have been asked to pass along this information to people living in the Gwangju and Mokpo areas. The Global Overseas Adoptees' Link (G.O.A.'L) is looking for assistance in helping overseas adoptees reconnect with their birth families. Please read the following letter from GOA'L to better understand what they do and how you can help.

Dear volunteers,

We are looking for people to help us with GOA'L's Birth Family Search Campaign. This is an annual campaign that aims to educate the Korean public about the hundreds of adopted Koreans who come to Korea each year to search for and reunite with their birth families.

Every year, GOA'L publishes a booklet of adoptees who are looking for their families. In previous years, groups of volunteers went to different cities around the country to distribute the booklets and offer information on search.

This year, we’re sending three teams in three buses to five cities in Korea – Seoul, Daegu/Busan and Gwangju/Mokpo – and we need volunteers for all locations! The campaign will take place from June 26 – 27, 2010.

In each city, the campaign will kick off with a program that includes performances by a b-boy crew and testimonials by adoptees both who reunited with their families and who could not find their families. Next to the stage, there will be tables set up with information about the adoptee experiences, to both raise awareness about adoption and keep people involved beyond the performance. We also try to have a mobile search station linked to the GOAL database so people can search on the spot.

We need volunteers who will travel with the buses from June 26-27 and help with set up, clean up and distributing information. Meals and hotel will be provided for 2 days/1 night for the Daegu/Busan and Gwangju/Mokpo team.

If you have any questions about the campaign or if you want to join the campaign, please contact Alexis at the GOAL office for more information (02-325-6585/volunteer@goal.or.kr).

As we're working under tight deadlines, the sooner we can confirm these spots, the better. We hope you will join us!