My Part
S.E.E.D. (Small Enterprise Education and Development) is a program run by the Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University. The short of it is that it is an internship opportunity in Peru (Trujillo to be exact). They cover my expenses to go down there, live and work, and then come back 90 days later. While I’m there, I work with small business. People come with ideas, I run the numbers to see if it’s a viable loan based on a business plan. If they are, a loan is made and instead of just giving them the money, we work the day-to-day financial operations. Oh, we also get a week to travel;)
Summary
The SEED Program is an exciting and innovative way of capitalizing on the unique skills of our students, providing them with a life changing learning opportunity, while also providing meaningful and lasting impact in the areas we operate. 
SEED was initially conceptualized in the fall of 2006 as a component of The Huntsman School’s first summer (2007) study abroad program to South America. Early thoughts were centered on the creation of a micro-loan program. However, as successful as some of these programs are at giving people independence they are not as successful at actually lifting the participants out of poverty. Based on this, it was determined that small enterprise development would have a more meaningful financial impact for the native participants and would lead to sustainable economic growth.
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