Please welcome Kim as the new FAWCO Rep for our club. She takes over this role from Linda

L, who nonetheless continues as the regional rep of FAWCO. Linda submitted the following background information on FAWCO.

 

What is FAWCO? Our founder Dora T, introduced AWG L-R to FAWCO right when she started our club here in Montpellier.

 

But what is FAWCO? To make it really simple, when you join a gym or any other association in France, you become a part of its federation. The same thing happens when you paid your annual dues to join AWG. You are now a part of a really big federation---called FAWCO---the Federation of American Women’s Clubs Overseas. We are an umbrella network with a combined membership of over 15,000 individuals, linking clubs in 38 countries. FAWCO is the oldest and largest American NGO abroad.

 

As a member of AWG, you are automatically a member of FAWCO. Registering on the web-site is FREE, and once you have done that, it is easy to subscribe to FAWCO's newsletters and informative bulletins, which will then be delivered automatically to your mailbox. To learn more about your Federation please browse over to http://www.fawco.org.

 

 

Web Site:  www.fawco.org
Download FAWCO brochure

Founded in 1931, FAWCO is a non-partisan, not-for-profit corporation that serves as an umbrella network linking over 75 independent American and international volunteer organizations for citizens living overseas. FAWCO serves as a resource and channel of information for its Member Clubs, contributes actively to the global community and represents the interests of Americans abroad.

With a combined membership of over 15,000 individuals in more than 35 countries, FAWCO is represented in Africa, Asia, Asia-Pacific, the Caribbean, Europe, the Middle East as well as North America and South America. A recognized Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) since 1995, FAWCO was granted special consultative status to the Economic and Social Council of the UN in 1997.

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