We kept missing other worldschooling families by days
My wife Nisreen and I have been worldschooling our three daughters (7, 13, 18) since 2024. Toronto → Karachi → Morocco → Senegal → USA → Spain → Italy → London → currently Kunming, China.
The problem that kept nagging at us: we'd arrive somewhere, spend weeks figuring it out alone, then discover afterward that another worldschooling family had been there at the exact same time — or had just left days before we arrived. The week and 30 day hubs we did were great for the kids, but after that there is a void until whenever the next hub is.
There was no way to know if there were others in the city we were in. Facebook groups help but they're noisy and you'd have to post "anyone in Chiang Mai right now?" and hope someone sees it.
So I built WorldSchoolConnect — a live map of worldschooling families. You set your status (here now / arriving soon / just left) and instantly see who else is in your city. You can message them directly, leave city tips for the next family, and set arrival/departure dates so families know when you're coming.
A few things I cared about when building it:
- City-level only. No exact location is ever shared.
- Free for your first year.
- No social feed, no algorithm. Just: who's in your city right now.
We just launched. There are already families from Kunming to Granada to Dakar to London on the map.
Honestly just sharing it here because this community would get it more than anyone. Happy to answer any questions — about the app or about Kunming, Morocco, Senegal, anywhere we've been.
(And if you've been to Kunming and want to leave some tips for the families coming after us — that feature exists too 😄)