Live as a Global Citizen: Featured Links

By now you might have a pretty good idea if you are planning to travel, study, volunteer or work overseas. The Global Citizen book can help with all the practicalities and give you advice about how to build contacts in the country in which you'll be living. Building your global network will be key to getting the personal and professional support you need to live this exciting, yet unordinary, way of life. This website connects you with the on-line community of global citizens around the world. Making international friends and contacts is as easy as clicking below...

• Volunteer Locally
  FAWCO, www.fawco.org
  The Federation of American Women's Clubs Overseas One of the best ways to get involved and use your skills is to join an American Women's Club and volunteer for any number of fun positions, like president, treasurer, sales and marketing assistant, gala coordinator or webmaster. Most American Women's Clubs overseas are members of FAWCO, an international network of 74 independent clubs with a combined membership of over 17,000 women in 33 countries worldwide. It serves as a support network for American women living and working abroad and is particularly active in the fields of U.S. citizens' concerns, education, environmental protection, and women's and children's rights. In addition, each individual American Women's Club in cities around the world, such as the American Women's Club of Dusseldorf, www.awcduesseldorf.org, where I am a member, offers a plethora of fun activities from baby groups and language lessons to running groups and networking evenings, as well as continuing education scholarships for adults and students. Many volunteer positions are available. To find the local American Women's Club in your city, see www.fawco.org.
  
• Find Local Groups, Organizations and Expat Hangouts
  The Expat Exchange, www.expatexchange.com
  The Expat Exchange offers tremendous resources for English-speaking people living in 140 countries. You'll find links to local groups, organizations and clubs that you can join, tips on where to meet other expatriates, relocation advice, job listings and resources for almost anything you'll need to get along in your new country.
  
• Chat with Other Expatriates
  Expat Forum, www.expatforum.com
  On the Expat Forum you can ask questions about your new country-of-residence, join chats and discussion groups and subscribe to the Expat Forum newsletter. You'll also find updated information on cost of living in various countries and a bookstore with the latest books on living overseas.
  
• Learn About Off-Shore Investment, Real Estate and Retiring Abroad Escape Artist, www.escapeartist.com
  The Escape Artist website helps you learn what you need to know about investing, taxes and related issues while living abroad. Living overseas for the long-term might mean you'll have to consider the advantages of off-shore investment, buying property in a foreign country and even retiring there.
  
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