The fundraising campaign is closer to its goal today than yesterday, but it’s not quite there yet. We are grateful to the more than 450 donors who have supported our annual fundraising to-date. We will not run an indefinite campaign, just a few weeks out of the year.  Help us meet our goal so we can get back to our regular blogging programming without plugging our fundraising. If you are able to help, please pitch in at GFM: https://gofund.me/32671a27. Thanks – DS

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Via Office of Allowances:

11 Categories Include (but are not limited to) Questions About:

Climate (9%):Heat; Cold; Humidity; Rainfall; Mold/Mildew; Dust; Altitude; Latitude

Medical and Hospital (13%): Availability and quality of medical facilities; Incidents of communicable diseases

Environmental Conditions and Sanitation (12%): Pollution (including air quality); Water and food sanitation; Garbage and sewage disposal; Pest control

Education (4%):Adequacy of Schools; Availability of Facilities for Special Needs Education

Community Resources (6%): Food availability and safety; Recreation and entertainment facilities; Religious facilities; Veterinary care

Import Restrictions (2%):Restrictions on imports (e.g., POVs and pets); Excessive wait times for receipt of POV and HHE shipments

Housing and Infrastructure (8%): Post housing conditions; Public transportation; Traffic and road conditions

Crime (9%):Post reporting on crime

Political Violence, Terrorism and Harassment (17%): Animosity toward Americans; Travel restrictions; Post reporting on terrorism and political violence

Social Isolation (13%): Spousal Employment; Internet service; Ability to bring same–sex partners/spouses to post; Bias based on gender, race, sexual orientation, or religion; Customs negatively impacting single employees; Language restrictions; Social isolation resulting from security conditions; Unaccompanied status

Physical Isolation (8%): Geographic isolation of post; Need for a periodic change of environment; Time required for emergency transport to the U.S.; Reliability/timeliness of mail

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