Useful
Links
AARO
Association of Americans Resident Overseas
34 avenue de New York
75116 Paris
Tel: 01 47 20 24 15 Fax: 01 47 20 24 16
Email: aaro@aaro.org
Website: www.aaro.org
Founded in 1973, the Association of Americans Resident Overseas
(AARO) is a not-for-profit, non-partisan, public service organization
representing United States citizens living abroad.
Membership fee.
American Club of Paris
34 avenue de New York
75116 Paris
Tel: 01 47 23 64 36
Website: www.americanclubparis.org
The American Club of Paris is France's oldest non-diplomatic
American institution. Its dual purpose: to provide Americans
living in and around Paris with opportunities to meet, and
at the same time to preserve the special ties America has
had with France for more than two centuries.
Membership fee.
American Domestic Violence Crisis Line
Crisis Line - International Toll Free: 866-USWOMEN (866-879-6636)
Email: crisis@866uswomen.org
Website: www.866uswomen.org
The American Domestic Violence Crisis Line is a national non-profit
organization with an international outreach that gives hope
and provides resources to abused American women and children
living overseas.
Our domestic violence advocates are available on the international
toll free domestic violence crisis line continuously from
Monday 9:00am through Friday 5:00pm, Pacific Standard Time.
From overseas, contact your local AT&T operator and ask
to be connected to 866-USWOMEN.
American Embassy in Paris
2 avenue Gabriel
75008 Paris
Tel: 01 43 12 22 22
Website: www.amb-usa.fr
U.S. Embassy Consular Section
2 rue St. Florentin
75382 Paris Cedex 08
Metro: Concorde
Visa Services
Tel: 08 99 70 37 00 (fee charged)
Fax: 01 42 86 82 91
Office of American Services
Tel: 01 43 12 22 22 (switchboard) or Ext: 4942/ 4701
Website: www.amb-usa.fr/consul/oas_home.htm
If you are an American citizen living in France and are interested
in receiving regular security updates from the U.S. Embassy,
please
email them directly at citizeninfo@state.gov.
For information on applying for a passport for a minor under
the age of fourteen, please visit the American Citizen Services
website at http://paris.usembassy.gov/CONSUL/oas_pptminor.htm.
French and US Holidays
www.amb-usa.fr/consul/holidays.htm
AOMDA American Overseas Memorial
Day Association
34 avenue de New York
75116 Paris
Tel: 01 42 61 55 77
Website: www.aomda.com
Founded in 1920, the Association's principal activity is arranging
and financing ceremonies on Memorial Day at U.S. military
cemeteries in Europe. Also arranges for the placing of American
flags on the graves of all American veterans buried in local
cemeteries in Europe.
Membership fee.
AWG American Women's Group
32 rue du Gιnιral Bertrand
75007 Paris
Tel: 01 42 73 36 74 Fax: 01 42 73 28 72
Email: awgparis@wanadoo.fr
Website: www.awgparis.org
For over 50 years, The American Women's Group has provided
social and cultural events for English speaking women. Classes,
tours and social gatherings offer an opportunity for English
speakers in Paris to experience and appreciate the many wonderful
things France has to offer while making friends and having
fun.
Membership fee.
FACTS
190 boulevard de Charonne
75020 Paris
Tel: 01 44 93 16 32 Fax: 01 44 93 16 60
Email: facts_assoc@yahoo.fr
FACTS, (Free AIDS Counselling, Treatment Information and Support),
an association under the French law of 1901 provides HIV/AIDS
counseling, treatment information, support and education to
English-speaking people of all nationalities in Paris.
FAWCO
Website: www.fawco.org
The Federation of American Women's Clubs Overseas Inc. is
an international network of 76 independent clubs with a combined
membership of over 17,000 women in 34 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.
MESSAGE Mother Support Group
Website: www.messageparis.org
MESSAGE Mother Support Group is a support and contact group
for English-speaking mothers and mothers-to-be, living in
Paris and the surrounding suburbs. We have approximately 900
members and offer a means of contact, activities and information
to expectant women, new mothers and families.
Membership fee.
PWN Paris Professional Women's Network
Website: www.parispwn.net
Originally conceived by AAWE in 1996, PWN has now branched
off on its own. Holds monthly lunches with speakers, workshops
and conferences.
Membership fee.
SOS Help Crisis Line in English
Call 01 46 21 46 46
3 - 11pm every day
Website: www.soshelpline.org
SOS Help is a listening service for English speakers in France.
Whatever the problem, we are there to take your call every
day from 3 to 11pm. If you are worried, anxious or confused...
If you are feeling lonely or sad... If you are suicidal...
It may help to talk things over. We can also provide practical
information on dealing with problems you encounter as a foreigner
in France.
SPRINT Sharing Professional Resources,
Ideas and New Techniques
Email: sprint.france@free.fr
Website: http://sprint.france.free.fr/sprint.html
SPRINT acts as a referral service and information source for
English-speaking families with children who have special needs.
It also provides a network of connections and information
for English-speaking and bilingual professionals. There is
a specialized library at the American Cathedral with a selection
of books and articles on related topics. This collection is
available by appointment only.
USA Girl Scouts Overseas Paris
Tel: 01 46 07 46 36
Website: www.parisgirlscouts.org
USA Girl Scouts Overseas serves thousands of girls who want
to enjoy the same excitement, fun and adventures in Girl Scouting
as their stateside Girl Scout sisters. If you are relocating
to another country with your family or know a girl who is
relocating to a different culture in a new land, you'll find
that this branch of Girl Scouts of the USA can help ease the
transition.
WIC de Paris Women's International
Club of Paris
3bis villa Emile Bergerat
92522 Neuilly-sur-Seine Cedex
Tel: 01 34 46 01 14
Website: http://pariswic.free.fr/
WIC is open to all women who have lived in an international
environment and is composed of approximately 200 members of
40 different nationalities.
Membership fee.
WICE
20 bd du Montparnasse
75007 Paris
Tel: 01 45 66 75 50 Fax: 01 40 65 96 53
Website: www.wice-paris.org
A cultural and educational Anglophone association providing
high-quality, innovative continuing education courses.
Membership fee.
WOAC Women of the American Church
65 quai d'Orsay
75007 Paris
Tel: 01 40 62 05 00 Fax: 01 40 62 05 11
Website: www.woac.net
The WOAC has been organizing and running the newcomer orientation
program Bloom Where You're Planted for the past 31 years.
Edits the "Bloom Where You're Planted, How to Live in France"
book every year. No membership fee.
More Franco-American Links:
AmericansinFrance.net
Resource for Americans and other native English speakers
that would like to travel or live in France.
AnAmericanAbroad.com
AnAmericanAbroad.com is the trusted online resource for
Americans Abroad and/or those seeking to go abroad.
http://cesc.online.fr/index.html
CESC, the Council for the English Speaking Community in Paris,
is an informal organization for the exchange of news and information
between more than eighty English-speaking service groups and
associations in the Paris region.
www.expatica.com
English-language news & information source for expatriates
living in, working in or moving to the Netherlands (Holland),
Germany, France, Belgium or Spain.
www.expatriates.com
Community ads, resource directory, and forum for expatriates.
www.frenchparents.com
The First Online Network for French speaking and Francophile
Parents abroad. Now in San Francisco!
www.scbwifrance.com
SCBWI - Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators
is a professional organization for the people who write, illustrate,
or share a vital interest in children's literature.
http://paris.angloinfo.com
AngloINFO Paris: your Ile de France information source, from
the definitive English-language guide to the Ile de France
region of France.
parisgarden@free.fr
The Paris Garden Guild - The Garden World in Paris in English!
www.paristherapyservices.com
Paris Therapy Services is a listing of English-speaking
psychotherapists and counselors working in or near Paris.
www.ParisVille.com
ParisVille a best sites guide on Paris and France des meilleurs
sites pour savourer Paris et la France.
www.towermovers.com
International Moving Specialists. National and international
moving and self storage. The official mover of the AAWE Christmas
Bazaar!
www.understandfrance.org
Many sites about France give facts and information. This site
does that too - with a plus. You'll get an insider's view
of the Franco-American scene: working in Paris, tips about
food, what's new and much more!
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