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100
The first Ford Foundation regional office to open, in 1952.
What is the New Delhi, India office?
100
This Google Meet function allows regional staff to view the meeting later if they cannot attend at the time scheduled.
What is Recording Meetings?
100
When traveling on Ford Foundation business, travelers cannot travel on this type of visa.
What is a tourist visa?
100
During this two day holiday reunites the living and dead, families create ofrendas to honor their departed family members that have passed.
What is Dia de los Muertos?
100
This is how regional staff can request a workstation in New York.
What is the Regional Staff Visiting NY Google Form?
200
This office opened in 1962, closed in 1982, and reopened in 2016.
What is the Andean Region, Bogota, Colombia office?
200
The two hour time frame which is the best time of day (EST) to schedule a meeting with staff from all 10 regional offices at the same time.
What is 8:00-10:00AM EST?
200
The approximate number of hours of in-flight time on a non-stop flight from New York to Beijing.
What is 17 hours (and 10 minutes)?
200
This popular and significant festival is celebrated in India as the Festival of Colors, Love, and Spring.
What is Holi?
200
This tool helps you find out when regional colleagues are visiting the NY office.
What is the Visiting Staff Calendar on Fordify?
300
These two are the only two regional offices that do not do grantmaking in neighboring countries.
What are the China and Brazil offices?
300
Regional offices do grantmaking in these three program areas.
What are GREJ, NRCC, and CEG?
300
Ford Foundation’s partnership with this organization provides travelers with 24/7 call center support and pre-trip advisory information on medical, security and safety risks.
What is International SOS?
300
Swahili and English are the two primary languages of this country.
What is Kenya?
300
Travelers automatically receive this e-mail from International SOS when an international trip is booked.
What is a Pre-Travel Advisory email?
400
These photos were taken in this office.
What is the Jakarta, Indonesia office?
400
The approximate number of core regional staff work for the Ford Foundation across all ten regional offices.
What is 105?
400
This external resource is how US nationals can inform foreign embassies of their travel dates in country.
What is the Global STEP program?
400
This classic food, made of minced meat, egg and milk custard, and seasoned with sweet curry, is thought by many to be the national dish of South Africa. 
What is Bobotie?
400
This policy, located on the Travel Services Fordify page, explains when a person not employed by the foundation such as a dependent, may travel with a staff member on business.
What is the Accompanied Travel policy?
500
This photo was taken in this office. 
What is the MENA Office?
500
Studies suggest that this is the main barrier to working internationally.
What is a communication breakdown?
500
When you are visiting a regional office or nearby destination on business, this role is primarily responsible for supporting your safety.
What is the Operations Director?
500
Every Ford Foundation office except these two celebrate Labor Day on May 1st.
What are the United States and MENA?
500
This is how you can see when a regional office is closed.
What is the Holidays Calendar?