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About FSD International
Building on 15 years of international development experience, FSD's programs work to provide economic opportunity to marginalized and impoverished communities. Along with credit lending, FSD trains entrepreneurs in how to effectively integrate credit management and savings principles into their business growth. To help micro-entrepreneurs increase sales and profitability, FSD works to expand access to local and international markets through relationship building, research, and strategic development. FSD and our microfinance/microenterprise partner organizations work in nine regions throughout Argentina, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Kenya, Uganda and India.
To address the socioeconomic barriers to the worlds poor, FSD's programs provide micro loans, business development training, and capacity-building courses to provide the necessary skills and resources for community development and empowerment.
As an FSD Intern you will.
Work side-by-side with a Community-Based Organization specializing in one more of the following development sectors: health, youth and education, women's empowerment, microfinance, human rights, community development and/or environmental issues.
Receive intensive training in skills essential to sustainable development, such as: community asset mapping, needs assessments, collaborative project design, grant writing, and project monitoring and evaluation.
Gain grant writing and project management experience through designing and implementing a community-driven development project in partnership with your host organization.
Access the FSD Alumni Network upon your return home to connect with like-minded individuals who help one another to reach their academic and professional goals through networking and regional events. FSD Alumni have won internationally renowned scholarships, studied at prestigious graduate schools, worked for prominent international development organizations, and have even started their own grassroots organizations.
Recent Interns abroad have.
Provided consulting for local organizations to help them more effectively manage and utilize resources.
Provided at-risk youth and uneducated persons with resources and guidance to integrate with the working community and find employment through training on local job skills, microenterprise strategies, and microcredit opportunities.
Supported a cooperative of small businesses led by marginalized families who offer cleaning, masonry work, gardening, painting, plumbing, and electrical work to the general public.
Worked to improve production techniques and implement best practices for small and medium enterprises that support unemployed women and youth.
Minimum Requirements:
Undergraduate or Bachelors Degree