Summary: People of the Foreign Service, and the families they bring with them, put a face to the State Department's overseas mission. They also participate in off-the-clock acts of kindness. For these efforts, the agency has awarded seven individuals its Secretary of State Award for Outstanding Volunteerism Abroad. For more on this volunteer work, Federal News Network’s Jory Heckman spoke with a Foreign Service spouse who worked with special needs children in Malaysia, Jane Thompson. And, the whom you hear first, from another award recipient, Foreign Service Officer Moises Mendoza. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
