Meet the Honorees of the 2022 Secretary of State Award for Outstanding Volunteerism Abroad (SOSA) “Honor an overseas volunteer; nominate someone today!” This AAFSW appeal was especially effective in 2022, with 23 nominations submitted from around the world. The SOSA awards, administered by AAFSW, were established in 1990 with the direct encouragement and support of…
Eligible Family Member Tim Stufft is an engineer and company vicepresident who has worked tirelessly to connect his fellow EFMs withremote, private-sector work opportunities in the fields of engineeringand defense technology. While posted in Chisinau, he also founded aco-working group for mutual support among EFMs working remotely. Hisefforts have positively impacted perceptions about the workopportunities…
Thank you! To the members of AAFSW: Thank you for allowing me this opportunity to serve as President of AAFSW for the past two years. While I have been an active board member for the better part of the last decade, I was hesitant to take on this leadership role at first. I knew it…
The American Foreign Service Worldwide (AAFSW) has been operating for more than 60 years, since its establishment on March 1, 1960, AAFSW has worked to advocate for the benefit of the American Foreign Service Community and has led new strategies and ideas to enhance the needs of the American foreign affairs community. You will always…
1. The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah Texas, 1934. Elsa Martinelli had finally found the life she’d yearned for. A family, a home and a livelihood on a farm on the Great Plains. But when drought threatens all she and her community hold dear, Elsa’s world is shattered to the winds. Fearful of the future,…
In the May issue of the Foreign Service Journal, there was an article by Andrea Capellan, a Foreign Service Officer, about the egregious and at times life-threatening lack of treatment by MED in the area of reproductive health. The article is available to read here. A dedicated group of officers from State and USAID have…