This is the first step of the eventual LA SED website. It is my hope as the webmaster, on behalf of this campus organization to grow a following of current events and topics of interest to our student ran organization, and those we have set out to help in this world.
So what does L.A. S.E.D stand for?
It is an acronym for Latin American Sustainability, Education, and Development.
Why does L.A. S.E.D. exist?
We are people passionate about people in Latin America.
Organized by a group of good-spirited, passionate university students who saw a need in a small community in Nicaragua during their time studying abroad.
This passion evolved from a service project the fall of 2006 in a small community called El Fortin; located just outside of Granada, Nicaragua. Before returning to the United States, the group was moved and immediately pulled together to start a scholarship program (or becas) to send El Fortin children to school.
In 2007, another group of university students returned to this small community to continue working on sustainable development projects. And they too were changed by the experience in this small community. They returned to campus the following semester with the idea to hold a 5k on their campus to fundraise for the scholarship fund and educational development.
It was during this effort to plan the 5k that we, the students from both program years and their friends, formed and created the campus organization Latin American Sustainability, Education, and Development (L.A. S.E.D).
