FAWCO is going on tour!  A virtual tour of our 60 member clubs and our Target Project partner, Hope for Girls and Women, Tanzania. Starting on June 1st, and for the next 300 days, FAWCO members are invited to join in a fitness mission to journey 36,659.8 miles from the AWC London to the United States. Along the way, we...

By Adrianne George, AWC Malmö, AWC Gothenburg

Note: Adrianne is not a medical professional; this article offers some resources where you can train to be more prepared for a medical emergency. 

During our weekly call the other day, my cousin asked me if I remembered one of our classmates at university who had watched her mother die because...

by Adrianne George, AWC Malmö, AWC Gothenburg

Note: Adrianne is not a medical professional; these are ideas for you to consider in researching and putting together your own kit. The American Red Cross has a useful list.

Not all medical needs are big emergencies. Having your own first aid kit at home can keep you prepared to treat cuts,

by Mary Adams, AWC The Hague

FAWCO established The FAWCO Foundation in 1967. The sole purpose of the Foundation is to implement FAWCO’s philanthropic concerns and interest in the global community. In 2014, the Foundation aligned the Development Grant program with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in Health, Education, Human Rights and the Environment.

FAWCO Clubs, Members and FAUSA...

by Keziah Watatua, AWA Kenya

[To my esteemed reader...I pen this article from a lovely suburban village west of Nairobi, a beautiful city with balanced weather under the sun. The name Nairobi comes from a Maasai word, Enkarenairobi, which means “cool place.”]

Poverty and disease are correlated because the impact that each of them places upon those affected is...

by Julia Schechter, AWC London

A test of any country’s educational system is its literacy rate. What would you guess the worldwide literacy rate to be? I was impressed to learn, according to UNESCO, that the global youth literacy rate (ages 15-24) over the last two decades has increased from 83% to 91%. Keep in mind that these percentages are based on...

Compiled by the Education Team

In these unprecedented times, it seems important to continue to amplify the voices of those being impacted by the seismic shift in education. In Part 2 of this two-part series, you will hear from teachers and principals (and a bonus student!) as they react, respond and manage education from home. This primary source content was...

by Adrianne George: AWC Gothenburg, AWC Malmö, AWC Stockholm photo source: Adrianne George

Welcome to the third installment of resources for you to use at home with your kids! NEW this week is the Preschool through 12th Grade Curriculum Overview created by Time4Learning. Also, all resources are now listed below for quicker and easier access! This week’s offerings feature resources for...

June 19th is Juneteenth, a date commemorated by many African-Americans since the late 1800s. On this date in 1865, about two months after Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s surrender, Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas. He informed people that the Civil War had ended and those enslaved in Texas were free. The enslaved people in Texas, about 250,000, were...

• Responsible consumption
• SDG12
• SDG13
• climate action
• Trees

by Anne van Oorschot, AWC The Hague

The first contact I had with the concept of planting trees to compensate the emissions produced by air travel was at the first FAWCO Conference I attended in Stockholm in 2003. Environment Committee Chair Valerie Garforth, had a chart with distances from various cities to Stockholm and the number of trees one needed to...