Tuesday 28 June 2011

Our Newest INDEVOURS


In order to raise funds and awareness about our field placements, my cohort of International Development students formed a group called INDEVOURS. This group was formed as part of a marketing class assignment, but has grown to be an integral and fun part of our summer student life.

In this post, I want to share a little bit about INDEVOURS, and encourage you and people you know to donate and support us.

INDEVOURS is a group of 26 fourth-year students in the International Development program at the University of Waterloo. We represent a wide variety of backgrounds and interests, but we all have one thing in common: the desire to make a difference in the world.

The name ‘INDEVOURS’ has two meanings. Our program of study, International Development, is affectionately called INDEV. Since we are the first ever cohort of this program, we feel a strong sense of ownership over our education, thus INDEVOURS. In addition, our internships are a brand-new initiative and exciting adventure – an endeavour. We have therefore labelled ourselves as INDEVOURS. INDEVOURS has a blog where you can learn more; you can also follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

In the next four months leading up to our departure, as a group, we have to collectively prepare for the challenges of living and working overseas for eight months. In order to mitigate some of the high financial costs of volunteering in a foreign country for an extended period of time, our goal is to raise $30,000 to be split evenly among the 26 placements.

Along with contending with our internship responsibilities, we are enrolled as full-time students at the University of Waterloo. This means, on top of day-to-day living costs and placement fees, we are still paying for tuition as well.

Between the 26 of us, the costs do vary, but reaching our $30,000 goal will mean that for each of us 1/10th of our cost will be covered. If you are interested in donating to INDEVOURS, you can do so online by following this link to the St. Paul’s website.

You can also contact us by phone at 519.772.8700 x 4036.

We are not just looking for donations – we  are trying to raise awareness and support for our program. So, please feel free to learn more by contacting INDEVOURS or me.

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