The hues of my mother’s life gleamed and glistened in brilliant jewel-toned colors – strong, positive and gleaming colors, resilient, passionate and fiery. She woke up every morning to her customary Twining’s Earl Grey tea and took out her pen to do the New York Times crossword puzzle which she always finished by conferring with various…
On Saturday, October 29, 2016, AAFSW and the Foreign Born Spouses celebrated Halloween with a spectacular party organized by Sheila Switzer, AAFSW’s Program Chair, and hosted by Seyoung and Holcombe Thomas at their beautiful home, which was wonderfully decorated for the occasion. Over 35 AAFSW members and FB spouses came in festive spirit ready to…
Helping Foreign Service family members find work overseas requires “changing the mindset of the Embassy community to think outside of the box and embrace more creative ideas,” according to Community Liaison Office Coordinator (CLO) Cindy Jones, winner of AAFSW’s 2016 Champions of Career Enhancement for Eligible Family Members Award (CCE-EFM). At her post, Budapest, a…
This event has been postponed. Please check back later for details on when it will be rescheduled. His Excellency Serdar Kılıç Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey Tuesday, November 15 at 10:30 a.m. AAFSW cordially invites you to attend a most interesting and critical presentation by a distinguished speaker, His Excellency Serdar Kılıç Ambassador of…
This year we received nineteen SOSA nominations from posts in all of the six geographic regions. AAFSW thanks those posts and individuals who took the time to nominate these volunteers. All the nominees’ remarkable activities have had a profound impact on Mission and host-country communities overseas. AAFSW is pleased to announce the 2016 winners of…
In September, Embassy Asuncion hosted an EFM Business Day under the auspices of AAFSW. Five business owners in the community shared their products and services on the compound during the lunch hour. The event was organized to share information about AAFSW, promote business owners in the Foreign Service community, and to specifically highlight businesses at…
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