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Dear friends, Thank you for being a vital and active part of our community! We hope you are enjoying conversations with kindred spirits, making new friends, and learning more about yourself. We are only happy to be a part of your journey. TCKid is a non-profit organization dedicated to connecting and helping cross-cultural people around […]

On September 20th, 1932, (precisely 80 years ago) this famous black and white photograph was taken. The 11 men, who are supposedly Irish immigrants, are on top of the then-construction Rockefeller building, enjoying a skyline view of New York City during lunch time. No one truly knows who they are or the photographer’s name, or […]

Taken from my blog: www.ChasingHiromi.com Who are Third Culture Kids? A global nomad. International school alumni. A world traveler. A military kid. TCKs are people who spent a majority of their childhood years in a culture different from their parents’. TCKs develop their identities while living in foreign countries, thus associating with the culture of […]

One way I think helps us picture where TCKs fit into the grand scheme of things is by using colour. Imagine cultures as colours. Culture Y is yellow and culture Z is blue. A child growing up in one culture will feel they are yellow and a child growing up in the other will feel they are […]

Taken from my blog at https://heyitsjohnnyc.wordpress.com/2012/09/16/how-social-media-has-made-most-tcks-idiots/ The depth of experiences and the diversity of stories that those who travel and undergo great changes in life are sure to make for great conversation starters at a cocktail party. Unfortunately, there is a point where that bragging and exceptional uniqueness becomes a distasteful hubris that alienates people […]

http://www.vergemagazine.com/program-search.html (Work + Study + Volunteer Abroad Programs)http://www.housecarers.com/, http://www.housecarers.com/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowd_funding, http://www.gofundme.com/, http://crowdfunding.com/http://www.erideshare.com/, http://www.carpooling.com/us/, http://www.carpool.ca/Etiquette.aspxWorking @ Hostels wwoofing (www.wwoof.org) volunteering (workaway.info) couchsurfing (couchsurfing.org, hospitalityclub.org) www.airtransat.com + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_low-cost_airlines voip for travel (Voip.ms + Skype)  http://azuon.com/ worldnomads.com (Travel Insurance + Blogs and community) airbnb.com + travbuddy.com + meetup.com + www.homeaway.com http://www.vergemagazine.com/articles/budget-traveller/15-ways-to-travel-for-free-or-at-least-cheap.html http://www.vergemagazine.com/  

Hey everyone, Clark Levykh here, age 25, living currently in Vancouver Canada. Part of my story is that I definitely don’t feel that I belong anywhere in Canada, I’ve been right across this country and most of the people (from my experience) are VERY anti-social and egotistical, it’s absolutely horrendous. In fact, the police officers […]

Checking-in. 1 year after I discovered TCKID, I thought it was time for a re-visit. I have to thank this website/community so much, as it had definitely helped me find who I am, accept who I am, and live life to the fullest. I believe I have accepted my fate – I am still living […]

So, when some time in my late teens, I stumbled into the realisation that the majority of my heroes were not heroines, and that fewer still shared my ethnic origins, for a while I was angry. I was angry with the industry for the limited diet they’d been serving me all my life and angry […]