Expat Women Newsletter - September 2010

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Message from Andrea

Hello Everyone! Fantastic to have you with us. This month we talk to: Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda, the General Secretary of the World YWCA; entrepreneur Keidi Keating, about the Sentinella Network and her new Word Queen venture; and photographer My-Linh Kunst, about her wonderful coffee-table book, Beyond Borders: Portraits of American Women from around the World.

Thanks for our new articles go to: Dana Frost, for Repatriation: Tips and Advice to Ease the Transition; Evie Oman, for Speech Therapy For Your Children When You Are Living Abroad; and our Expat Women Girlfriend, for her response to the confession, Teen Suicide. We also thank My-Linh Kunst and Charlotte Zabusky for allowing us to republish two short essays from their book celebrating two great expat volunteers: Anne Ponti-Riggins and Pamela Musselman.

A special welcome this month to our new Gold Sponsor, SIRVA Relocation! If you are looking for a reputable, global relocations company to look after you and your family, please recommend SIRVA to your employing company. With services in over 130 countries, SIRVA Relocation has the global reach and local expertise to help manage the entire relocation process.

Thanks for supporting the companies that support us – and best wishes for a wonderful September,

Andrea

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Success Story

Business Idea

Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda
General Secretary
of the World YWCA

An energetic champion of women's rights, Zimbabwean Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda was appointed General Secretary of the World YWCA in 2007, following ten years of strong advocacy experience with the United Nations...

Sentinella Network
(& Word Queen)

Keidi Keating

Tired of the rain and gloom of London, copywriter and editor Keidi Keating moved to the sunny beaches of Spain. After struggling to find work, an unexpected turn of events brought her to the helm of a popular local expat magazine...

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Inspiring Women

Expat Volunteers

Beyond Borders: Portraits Of American Women From Around The World
My-Linh Kunst

My-Linh’s book celebrates “seemingly ordinary” American women living abroad, who have assimilated into the culture of their host nations and achieved something meaningful in their chosen path…

Celebrating Two Great
Expat Volunteers

Anne Ponti-Riggins &
Pamela Musselman

Be inspired by the stories of Anne Ponti-Riggins and Pamela Musselman: two women whose volunteer efforts abroad exemplify some of our incredible, selfless, unsung expat heroines abroad...

Expat Confession

Repatriating?

Teen Suicide
Expat Women Girlfriend

Three weeks ago, an expat girl in my daughter's class committed suicide and the whole school is still in shock... My daughter is 14 years old and seems extremely affected by the girl's death, the finality of suicide and her suicide note which blamed her family for moving her abroad...

This Confession can now be found (improved and expanded) in our book: Expat Women: Confessions – 50 Answers To Your Real-Life Questions about Living Abroad.

Repatriation: Tips And Advice To Ease The Transition
Dana Frost

Filled with anticipation and expectation, we go home after living abroad, never imagining that it could be more difficult than the countries and cultures we have manoeuvred in foreign lands. But the real journey ‘home’ is an emotional and mental marathon...

Winning Story

Speech Therapy Abroad

Sandalwood Mountain Temple
Lauren

The dusty path dances its way into the forest, meandering past neat vegetable gardens, a dilapidated grape orchard. A country girl at heart, I can now feel my body unwinding from its tight reins. For eight months, I’ve been cooped up in a modern, concrete city...

Congrats Lauren

(An American in China)

Speech Therapy For Your Children When You Are Living Abroad
Evie Oman

Can you always understand what your child is saying? Are you worried that he or she may have a speech problem because they are not as talkative as other children? Do you know how to find a high quality, English-speaking speech therapist abroad?

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