On June 1, 2020, FAWCO began a Virtual Tour of all 60 FAWCO clubs and our Target Project Partner, Hope for Girls and Women, Tanzania. 81 FAWCO members have joined the mission so far and have allowed us to blow through Region 1 in a matter of a few days. As a team, we’ve travelled 764 miles on our 36,659.8...
With close to 100 participants, and many more members following along on the FAWCO Virtual Tour Facebook page, The FAWCO Virtual Tour quickly walked, biked, and ran us along our route through Region 2: the Nordic Countries and Russia. With over 850 members in total, the seven...
On June 25, 2020, at 5:00 pm CET, almost 100 FAWCO members and guests from all around the world joined in to listen to an engaging panel discussion featuring keynote speaker, Muriel Tillinghast, renowned US civil rights leader and human rights activist. Other panelists included FAWCO President Emily van Eerten, moderator and human rights attorney Bayo Callender, and FAWCO Club...
As part of FAWCO's Global Issues Book Discussion Series, the Education Team is excited to announce Among the Maasai, by Juliet Cutler, as our 4th Annual Global Summer Read! In looking for a book this year, we were hoping to find one that not only spoke to education, but one that might also tie to our new Target Project.
Across the globe, countries have responded to COVID-19 as best as they can to limit the spread of infection by closing all non-essential services, including schools at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels. While this was done to limit in-person meeting, the sudden shift to online learning has drastically cranked up the gears of the...
Welcome to the 4th installment of valuable resources for you to use at home with your children. NEW THIS WEEK is Parallel Alternative Strategies for Students (PASS) for students with special learning needs; complete textbooks in downloadable form (PDF files) for all core subjects are available. These textbooks are written to help students...
Welcome to the 5th installment of valuable resources for you to use at home with your children. In addition to Sports and Cooking tips, NEW THIS WEEK is the FREE Full Online Homeschool Curriculum Options List from How to Homeschool for Free. Enjoy!
Welcome to the 6th (and last!) installment of valuable resources for you to use at home with your children. NEW THIS WEEK we look at life skills for our pandemic world that focus on well being. Looking to REALLY get away? Try out the Bonus Field Trips: Special terrestrial and extraterrestrial experiences!
For Children
I have been a refugee since 2014. Our community in Iraq used to be so beautiful. It had different cultures and ideologies. I was a social person and I made a mark everywhere I went! I am not trying to be prideful, but I was charismatic and I always socialized with the community.
But after...
World Refugee Day (June 20) is dedicated to raising awareness about people who have been forcibly displaced. Syrian refugees remain the largest known displacement crisis in the world, with 5.6 million registered refugees. Including over 2.5 million children, they are living in Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt. From...
