International Groups and Organizations

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This International Groups and Organizations homeschool support groups and organizations listing was compiled by Home Education Magazine, with the assistance of the listed groups, to support homeschooling families in their communities.

International Groups and Organizations

Australia/New Zealand

Alternative Education Resource Group, (AERG), PO Box 461, Daylesford, VIC 3460, Australia, 03-9517 7107, http://www.home-ed.vic.edu.au

Catholic Homeschooling Australia, Mr. Peter Doig, 339 Tagigan Road, Goomboorian, AK, Queensland, Australia 4570, Phone: 0754865424, Fax: 0754865424, catholichomeschooling-at-dodo.com.au

Fleurieu HomeBased Learners Network, Australia, beverleypaine-at-ozemail.com.au, http://www.beverleypaine.com/

Home Education Association, Inc., 4 Bruce Street, Stanmore 2048, Australia, The Secretary, 02 9500 7664; secretary-at-hea.asn.au, http://www.hea.asn.au

Home Education Research and Legal Information Network, (HERLIN), 54 Pilbara Crescent, Jane Brook 6056, Australia, 08-9255-2438,piffle-at-tnet.com.au, http://www.herlin-nsw.freehosting.net/INDEX.HTM

Muslim Home Education Network of Australia The Muslim Home Education Network (est.1999) provide information and general awareness to the Muslim Community of/on the legal option to Home Educate (home School) your children in NSW, , Australia; M. Flint, Phone: Alison0404 640605, Safiyah 0425 808496 contact-at-muslimhomeed.net http://www.missionislam.com/homed/index.htm

Wellington Home School Association (WHSA)Ruth Stormer, 25 Shackle Lane, Whitby, Porirua

New Zealand, 5024 whsa@yahoogroups.com

Canada

Avalon Home Education Support Group, Pam Hynes, St. John’s, NL, info-at-firesidehomeschool.com

Chrysalis Home Learning Resources, Scarborough, ONTARIO Canada, Contact:Lynn Boone 416-529-4519, homeschoolresources-at-hotmail.com

Co-operative: Home Options In Childhood Education, (C:HOICE), London, ON, Canada, Marian, 519-680-7590, c-hoice-at-rogers.com, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/c-hoice

Home Based Learnersof Nova Scotia (HBL of NS), Patricia Millar, 6 Ryland Avenue, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, B3A2G5, 902-463-7246, millar.wilson-at-ns.sympatico.ca

Home Learners NB, Canada, http://www.homeschoolingnb.com

LEARNERS UNLIMITED, Nicola Newington, Kelowna, BC, Canada, http://www.freewebs.com/learnersunlimited/

Nova Scotia Home Education Association, http://nshea.webcentre.ca

Ontario Federation of Teaching Parents, (OFTP), 2421 Torquay Court, Burlington, ON L7P 4H9, Canada; H. Jones, 416-410-5218 or 1-800-704-0448 and a volunteer will get back with you, http://www.ontariohomeschool.org

Hamilton Homeschool Association Hamilton Wentworth, Ancaster,Dundas, Flamborough, Stoney Creek, Caledonia, Waterdown, Halton, & Surrounding areas Ontario, Canada, http://www.penny.ca/homeschool/

China

Homeschooling International Group of Hong Kong, GPO Box 12114, Central, Hong Kong, China, kory-at-homeschoolinghk.com,

Egypt

Ma’adi Homeschoolers, 25 Road 214 #3, Ma’adi, Egypt; Dawna Dee Peterson, (20)(2) 352-5886

England

Education Otherwise, PO Box 325, Kings Lynn,PE34 3XW England, 0870 7300074,http://www.education-otherwise.org

Home Education Advisory Service PO Box 98, Welwyn Garden City, Herts AL8 6AN,England, 01707 371854, http://www.heas.org.uk

Germany

Netzwerk Bildungsfreiheit http://www.netzwerk-bildungsfreiheit.de/

Italy

Homeschooling Families in Italy, Milan, Italy, Lynne,macrofamily-at-hotmail.com

Japan

Homeschooling Japan, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hs-in-jpn/, http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ja8i-brtl/hsforums.htm

Misawa Home Educators- Online

Calendar – http://www.localendar.com/public/MHEjapan

Otherwise Japan, PO Kugayama Suginami-ku, Tokyo, Japan, owj-at-comax.net

Scotland

Schoolhouse Home Education Association, 311 Perth Road, Dundee DD2 1LG, Scotland; Martin Gibson, 0870 745 0968, info-at-schoolhouse.org.uk, http://www.schoolhouse.org.uk, Information Line 0870 745 0967

Singapore

Singapore Homeschool Group, Singapore, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/singaporehg/

Taiwan

Resource Center of Self-Directed Learning, 7F, #113, San-Chung 1st Rd, Chu-Dung, Hsin-Chu 310, Taiwan, Litsong Lu, rcsdl-at-yahoo.com, http://rcsdl.ngo.org.tw

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