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There is a new FAWCO member
club now in Lagos, Nigeria. The AWC of Lagos has nearly 200
members. For more, contact Marla Kunfermann,
their FAWCO representative.
What is FAWCO?
The Federation of American Women's Clubs Overseas (FAWCO) is an international network of independent organizations whose mission is:
- To serve as a resource and channel
of information among its members
- To provide a voice for American
women abroad and to support the rights of Americans
worldwide
- and to contribute actively to the global community with a specific
focus on education, the natural and human environment, multicultural
understanding and international goodwill
Mission Statement approved by the delegates to the Athens Interim Conference, March 1998
FAWCO is a non-governmental organisation in special consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
FAWCO and the FAWCO FOUNDATION - Two Organisations - One Goal
FAWCO - The Federation of American Women's Clubs Overseas, founded in 1931, is an international organisation of member clubs in cities round the globe linked in giving support and solving problems common to American women living in foreign lands and aiding women whose US citizenship rights are being restricted or ignored. A founding principle of the organisation holds that enlightened women, working cooperatively throughout the world, can do much to help achieve permanent international peace through building positive relationships within their host country.
The FAWCO FOUNDATION was established in 1967 to carry out philanthropic activities, charitable and scholastic programs with the support of member FAWCO clubs and individual benefactors. The Foundation was incorporated in Missouri as a non-profit corporation so that contributions would be deductible for US tax purposes. Originally FAWCO officers were the board directors of the Foundation. Later they were FAWCO club members who planned, organized, raised funds and carried out projects for scientific, charitable, and educational purposes, and for prevention of cruelty to children. Long before setting up the Foundation, FAWCO donated money to relief projects and gave out scholarships. The Foundation continues this work with an awards program for children of FAWCO members and members of FAWCO clubs as well as through the Relief and Development Fund, supporting long-term development programs selected by clubs themselves.
What Does A FAWCO Rep Do?
She communicates. She is the communicator between FAWCO Headquarters and your Club.
The exchange of monthly information,- now mainly available from the FAWCO website,- combined with the FAWCO FORUM and special board mailings to Reps and participation in the annual conferences are what bond FAWCO clubs together.
AWA of Kenya and FAWCO – A brief history
AWA of Kenya has been a member of FAWCO since approximately 1987 when the first Kenya representative to FAWCO, Yoli, laid the ground work and started gathering information.
1989 thru March 1997 Nancy B. was the FAWCO Rep. By her regular attendance at the annual conferences and networking about Kenya, AWA Kenya benefited.
The 1995 FAWCO Conference was hosted by AWA Kenya, earning us valuable funds and a host of earnest friends in FAWCO. Resulting from this 1995 conference, funds were received to assist Rescue Dada (Okoa Dada) homeless girls’ rescue/training centre.
In early 1997 a joint fundraising project earned needed funds for both the FAWCO Foundation and the AWA Kenya Charitable Trust (A.C.T.). At the same time, an AWA Kenya member’s son was the recipient of an educational award from the FAWCO Foundation for his studies at Stanford University.
April 1997 thru April 2005 Barbel S. was the FAWCO Rep. Again, through conference attendance and by keeping in touch, your rep’s efforts benefited Kenya through projects assisted by AWA Kenya.
In 2003 a FAWCO Foundation grant was received to assist Hope House, a home for HIV/AIDS orphaned babies.
In early 2005 a FAWCO Foundation grant was received to assist AIC Girls Rescue Centre.
May 2005
> FAWCO reps are long time members of AWA Kenya, Nancy B. (as above) & Jan C.
Your club’s FAWCO reps work hard on behalf of AWA Kenya. Development grants and educational awards have stringent guidelines and stiff competition (there are over 18,000 FAWCO members worldwide).
Donations that can also help YOU or those you care about!
AWA of Kenya members are invited, along with members of other FAWCO clubs worldwide, to make donations – Please contact your FAWCO Representatives for further information—
- in any amount, to the FAWCO
Foundation to support both Educational Awards and
Development Grants.
- Malaria-Mosquito Nets
The UN’s Millennium Goal is to eradicate Malaria. FAWCO has
launched a campaign to purchase & distribute insecticide
treated bed nets at a cost of US$5 each (approx Ksh 380/-).
Dear FAWCO members,
Our
President Celeste Brown promised you a new Subscription List
that will directly connect you and all members of your local
Club to the latest information from FAWCO. Timely and
insider news about various aspects of FAWCO’s work,
including the activities and research of our Committee Chairs,
UN Liaisons, US Liaison and The FAWCO Foundation will now be
sent to you via our regular Newsletters and the
newly-established “Bulletins”. The FAWCO Board wants to
encourage more communication with our entire FAWCO membership.
We are promoting the Subscription List because it will
regularly offer your Club members the information they want to
hear from FAWCO’s well-informed volunteer work force.
You must sign
up first! Go to http://www.fawco.org/cms. Please create your own personal username and password
if you haven't already done so, and keep them in a safe place
for future reference. Fill out the Registration Form and
submit it. Once approved, you will be given the opportunity to
select the Newsletters and Bulletins you would like to receive
in your own personal Inbox. If you have already registered for
some of our Newsletters, log in at http://www.fawco.org/cms and click on "Subscriptions" in the User Menu to look
through the list of new Bulletins and make your selections.
This is your chance to give feedback to FAWCO workers because
it signals a definite interest to them and at your request,
they will send their Bulletins directly to you.
The
FAWCO Board advises all members of FAWCO Member Clubs to
subscribe to the three main newsletters:
- monthly FAWCO
News-in-Brief,
- quarterly Connections
(Letter from Headquarters)
- and the semi-annual FAWCO
Forum.
You are also
encouraged to subscribe for your Bulletins of choice that
reflect your own areas of interest.
We are excited to
kick off this new era of FAWCO communications! Help us to get
as many of your club members to register and subscribe so that
they can personally take advantage of the important work that
FAWCO does.
Kathleen
Simon Marline
Holmes
1st Vice-President for Communications
3rd
Vice President for Committees
vp-communications@fawco.org
vp-committees@fawco.org
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