Post Info to Go (PITG) is post-specific research tool specifically designed to assist foreign affairs employees and their family members in the bidding and assignment process. Managed by the Overseas Briefing Center (OBC), this easy-to-use platform is available online on the OBC OpenNet, GO Browser and Post Info To Go-External, a password-protected website for family members. It offers a comparison of over 270 posts worldwide, more than 2,000 anonymous Personal Post Insights, and over 6,000 post-specific documents. Find TM3 “Welcome to Post” cables, CLO welcome and orientation materials, technology surveys, consumables guidelines, schooling and childcare options, family member employment information, pet import and quarantine restrictions, disability and accessibility surveys, post videos, housing handbooks and photos, and a… Read More
Continue ReadingAAFSW here to support returnees from Kabul
Many of your friends and colleagues and perhaps even yourselves are coming home on short notice in dire circumstances with little warning or baggage.Please know that the Evacuee Support Network from AAFSW (Associates of American Foreign Service Worldwide) is ready to support your needs. We have almost 100 volunteers willing to help. We can take you shopping, help you find housing, provide a meal. We even have a volunteer who would like to help with your pets.The Network has been active since the mid-80s when we worked with telephone trees. These days please let us know your needs or your colleagues needs via email at a_laporta@yahoo.com Ann La Porta
Continue ReadingAAFSW Announces the Winners of the 2021 Student Merit Scholarships
Alyssa Burkhalter Alyssa is a rising junior at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. She is studying Double Bass at the Blair School of Music, with a second major in Psychology. After college, Alyssa is interested in a variety of pursuits, including joining the Peace Corps, practicing music therapy or other social work, and being a freelance musician. Alyssa’s passions outside of music include dance, volunteering as a piano teacher at W.O. Smith Music School, and attempting to keep her bonsai tree alive. Alyssa would like to thank her family and friends for their support, as well as AAFSW for this opportunity. … Read More
Continue ReadingWinners of AAFSW’s I Volunteer Campaign Announced
Most Unusual: Asa Nugent, Washington DC Most Inspiring: Will Laitinen, Athens, Greece Best Photo: Ernesto J. Luna, Virginia, USA Greatest Impact: Mikell Reed Carroll, Croatia Judges’ Choice: Nathalie Scharpf, Washington, DC
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