Global Service-Learning Programs

Community Connections Service-Learning in Peru

Community Connections is a program associated with the Computer Science Department at the University of San Francisco. Every year a group of students travel to Tacna, Peru, where they serve in schools and local organizations. The mission of the trip is to help bridge the digital divide. For more information, see Community Connections - Peru.

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Summer Service-Learning in Nicaragua

Made possible by the Foundation for Sustainable Development and generous funding from the Sarlo Foundation of the Jewish Community Endowment Fund, the summer service-learning program in Nicaragua aims to further USF's mission to educate leaders who will fashion a more humane and just world. Through immersion in Ciudad Sandino, Nicaragua, students will have a unique opportunity to engage in sustainable development work on subjects including: Micro-Enterprise, Environment, Health, Youth and Education, Women's Empowerment, Community Development, and Human Rights. Beginning May 22, 2008, participants will engage in a week of instruction at USF prior to their departure. They will then travel to Ciudad Sandino, Nicaragua where they will live with host families and work in community-based organizations for nine weeks. The group will then return to USF for a final week of instruction, concluding August 11, 2008. Upon successful completion of the program and its requirements, participants will earn a grade for a two-unit USF service-learning course.

Applications are due February 11, 2007.