It is hard to imagine even the most committed of sponsoring organizations being able to provide transition support services in every location worldwide where it has assigned expatriate employees and families. Enter the international school. International schools typically form a hub around which an expatriate community circulates. It has the on-site facilities, the people, the experience to address transition issues. Sponsoring organizations may not have these, but they do have the financial resources.
Opportunities are ripe for partnerships.
Imagine for a moment the possibilities, the mutual advantages. International schools receive the funding to do the work that must be done. In return, the organizations receive community recognition. More importantly, the children and families who accompany the organizations' employees abroad receive transitions support. Indeed, all children and families at the school receive such support, whether their respective sponsoring organizations help fund the programme or not.