GLOBAL STUDENT EMBASSY

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    OUR MISSION

    Global Student Embassy (GSE) promotes peace and equitable development by connecting young people from around the world through innovative workshops and service learning exchanges. Our students are young ambassadors who practice grassroots international relations by identifying local issues, collaborating with their global peers, and implementing projects that create positive change within the community.


    OUR VISION

    GSE envisions a world community connected by energetic young leaders who have the ability to think critically about local and international issues, and the skills to transform their ideas into positive community change. GSE is connecting the next generation of world leaders, creating an international network of champions for social responsibility and environmental consciousness.

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PO Box 4456
Berkeley, California, United States

http://www.globalstudentembassy.org/

510.859.3045

crc@globalstudentembassy.org

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Recent Initiative

University of British Columbia Nicaragua Summer 2017
  1. Affiliated Organization: Global Student Embassy
  2. Chapter: University of British Columbia
  3. Start Date: Aug 05 2016 11:16 AM
  4. End Date: May 01 2017 12:00 AM
Volunteer Activity Description
NICARAGUA
TRAVEL.
Traveling with GSE means working alongside our Nicaraguan peers, hiking up a volcano through the mist of Lake Nicaragua, and visiting beautiful colonial Leon, a center of culture and history with many beautiful murals and cathedrals. Students experience Nicaragua through discussions about the countries social and environmental history. GSE Nicaragua staff and students welcome groups to their community and share their experience working on their school farms. Participants sample delicious local cuisine served at family farms, at local restaurants, as well as meals specially prepared for us and brought to our hostel.

LEARN.
Hands-on service-learning projects and cultural exchanges provide students with life changing learning opportunities. Students develop organic farming skills, practice Spanish, and participate in grassroots international relations while building crucial 21st century skills such as cross-cultural communication and collaboration.

IMPACT.
Last year students helped to build an irrigation system for a 1.5-acre school farm, a 10 x 15 meter greenhouse, and two medium-sized school gardens. The overall focus is on expanding production, building new garden sites, and developing a capacity to harvest plots year round by installing water tanks and well systems which will increase the number of harvest cycles by 40%. 100% of the produce grown will go to feeding hundreds of local students. Crops grown include: mangos, bananas, yuca, corn, tomatoes, peppers, cabbage, and many others.

GROW.
Plants aren’t the only things that grow! International travel facilitates profound transformation for students. Students return home with an understanding of a new culture, with new friends, and an inspiration to make change in their local and global community.
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