Searching for a unique way to express your love or appreciation for someone special this holiday season? Look no further than the list below, which highlights charities and books that focus on equal access to literacy and education in a variety of contexts around the world. From our homes to yours, the Education Team...
One of the beautiful things about FAWCO’s Target Project, Awesome Blossoms, is that the profits from its hydroponic urban farms will go to support Safe Spaces’ girls’ education and empowerment programs in Nairobi, Kenya.
In this article, Peninah Nthenya Musyimi, Safe Spaces Executive Director, and...
A Short Report on a Long and Fabulous Book
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver is the winner of the 2023 Women’s Prize for Fiction and the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (shared with Trust by Hernan Diaz).
The book is structured like Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield and Kingsolver uses that...
For the seventh year in a row, the Education Team honored International Literacy Day by suggesting a FAWCO summer read tied to literacy, followed with an event on or near September 8. This year's event, however, came with a twist: a partnership with AWC London, whose membership has...
“Chemistry is change and change is the core of your belief system. Which is good because that’s what we need more of – people who refuse to accept the status quo, who aren’t afraid to take on the unacceptable.” – Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry
In FAWCO, you’ll find people who are fearless in tackling unacceptable issues in...
In 2021, the brutal killing of a homeless person in Zürich caused horror throughout Switzerland (Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen [SRF], 2023). According to a recent Swiss study by Dittmann et al. (2022, p. 86), however, discrimination and derogatory treatment of homeless people (HP) in public space are no exception, as social workers from the...