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Moving with Kids to Africa

4 Tips for Moving Abroad with Kids

We are Ghana bound and moving to Africa with kids is a challenge. If you are moving overseas with kids, then check out our 4 essential tips for parents. We are moving to Ghana without our older kids, who are in college.

This video will focus on making the transition easy for your school age kids when leaving America for Africa BUT these tips work for anyone moving with kids overseas!

TONY’s SHIRT: BLAXIT Tee, you can find that here!


📍 RESOURCE LIST 📍

🥚 EMPOWER

If you are still SAVING UP for your move, then the EMPOWER app is a MUST! It will help you keep track of expenses and start building a nest egg. They also have a ton of services too!

🧬️ LIVING DNA

As far as DNA, Living DNA is super affordable (and they have regular sales) plus they offer the most detailed information for African heritage, including a breakdown of 72 distinct regions! We hope you are from West Africa!

💰 WORLD REMIT

Be sure to download and sign up with WORLD REMIT so you can transfer money to yourself when you get to GHANA (also works for mobile money)!

🦈 SURF SHARK VPN

We use Surf Shark to get American TV and access websites that we need for work but are blocked because of the African ISP address. If you need internet access to certain sites or just like your Netflix, believe me, this is worth every penny. Use our link and get 30 days FREE!

👕 NOOKED STREETWEAR

Love Tony’s Shirts? We love Nooked Streetwear. Ghana shirts for Ghana Lovers!

📞 GOOGLE FI

We use Google phone services when we travel internationally. It keeps our US phone number working and lets us stay in touch with friends, work and family.

MOVING ESSENTIALS

Plug Adaptor: https://amzn.to/3lqAWRS

Pocket Charger: https://amzn.to/2YIn6jP

Microfiber Towels: https://amzn.to/38Ss7KR


CONNECT WITH EXPAT LIFE

Be sure to check out our closed Facebook Group (for anyone moving to Ghana specifically):

Find us on social media by following us here:

☑️ YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/ExpatLifeGhana

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☑️ INSTAGRAM: @ExpatLifeGhana

☑️ WEBSITE: https://www.ExpatLifeGhana.com

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