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Congratulations to the FAWCO Target Water Project Finalist, Wells for Clean Water (Cambodia). The winning proposal was submitted by Yolanda Henry on behalf of FAUSA and will be carried out by the Tabitha Foundation in Cambodia. Wells for Clean Water aims to provide potable water to families whose access to safe water was destroyed during the Pol Pot years. FAWCO's...

In honor of FAWCO's 80th Anniversary, the FAWCO Board is delighted to announce a 30-Euro rebate to the first 80 Full Participants to register and pay for the Conference. The official Full-Participant fee is 500 Euros. REGISTER now to take advantage of this opportunity !

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After receiving 500 entries from students around the world, FAWCO Sponsor Clements International is awarding $10,000 to six finalists in its 2nd annual “Life in a Flying House” Expat Youth Scholarship.  Last year, Julia Goldsby, daughter of Robin Goldsby (AIWC Cologne), won first place in the 12-15 category.

Click Here to View the 2010 Winners!

My-Linh Kunst (AWC Berlin), Pamela Musselman (AWC The Hague), and Anne Ponti-Riggins (AWA Rome) are this month's features on www.expatwomen.com, a popular website for women expats of all nationalities.  My-Linh was interviewed for her book Beyond Borders, featuring inspiring FAWCO members and Pamela's and Anne's stories were excerpted as examples of Expat volunteerism.

On October 12, International Youth Day, the United Nations officially opened the “International Year of Youth.” The theme of this year will be” Dialogue and Mutual Understanding.”   This is an opportunity to demonstrate the UN’s commitment to young people’s ideals and initiatives.  For more information about plans for this year’s events go to http://social.un.org/youthyear/.

FAWCO congratulates Angelika McClarren (AWC Berlin) for the great honor of being chosen from one of the many Berlin volunteers with 200 others to be displayed  on the Victory Column as "The Faces of Berlin". The Ronald McDonald House nominated Angelika in particular for her work with American organisations. We are delighted that Angelika’s involvement has been acknowledged. Angelika is...

FAWCO celebrates the day women became “persons”

August 18, 2010, marked the 90th anniversary of the final ratification (with Tennessee weighing in) of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, giving women, after years of struggle, the right to vote.

The Washington Post of August 18th reminds us that Tennessee was the thirty-sixth state to ratify, giving the amendment...

Following our donation in Boston to the Grameen Foundation, honoring FAWCO Counselor Shirley van Ooijen’s request that we “use her gift to FAWCO to make a difference," the Grameen Foundation sent us an update. We include it here in case any of our members wish to explore their work further. Grameen's VP of External Affairs, Sandra Adams wrote: “I wanted...

FAWCO's 40th Biennial Conference will be in March 2011 in Marrakech, Morocco, hosted by AIWC Casablanca. We will be celebrating FAWCO's 80th anniversary with the theme to "Celebrate Tradition, Embrace Diversity". Stay tuned for more information.

FAWCO is very pleased to share some good news about Raymond Cheng, our FAWCO sponsor since 2005. His company, SoZo Group (www.sozonet.com) has just been asked to join the Ashoka network  www.ashoka.org. This is an organization which works for a world ‘that responds quickly and effectively to social challenges, and where each individual has the freedom, confidence and...