G.O.A.'L. – Global Overseas Adoptees' Link

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Welcome to G.O.A.'L.

For adoptees, by adoptees since 1998

Birth Family Search

G.O.A.'L. collaborates with various organizations to support adoptees in their search journey.

Adoptees in Crisis

G.O.A.'L. supports and assists overseas adoptees in Korea who have come into difficult situations.

Language Scholarships

G.O.A.'L. offers full and partial scholarships to some of Seoul's best-known Korean language programs.

Become a Volunteer

Help create a strong community by bridging the gap between Korean adoptees and their Korean roots.

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G.O.A.'L. News and Blog

Stay up-to-date on what’s happening at G.O.A.’L. and in the adoptee community!

Events

KAD Konnect May Events

With May quickly approaching, G.O.A’.L. hopes you will spend the spring with us for dinner and gathering at the night markets!

Events

Let’s Geoje!

⭐️G.O.A’.L. invites you to our 2024 cultural trip “Let’s Geoje!” - free to all adoptee G.O.A’.L. members!

Events

Sotdae 2024 – Motherland Tour

Join G.O.A.’L.’s Motherland Tour, Sotdae

200,000+ Adoptees in 15 Countries.

Since the 1950s, over 200,000 Korean children have been sent overseas for adoption. In recent years, adult adoptees have started to return to Korea in increasingly large numbers to search for their Korean birth families, seek connection to Korean identity, and learn about the language and culture.

Global Overseas Adoptees’ Link (G.O.A.’L.) was founded in 1998 by overseas Korean adoptees who returned to Korea. It soon became, and remains today, the only adoptee-led non-profit and NGO in Korea.

Your donations allow us to achieve our mission of being an adoptee-centric hub that connects adoptees around the world.