Summer Community Project

Hola companeros.

I am Amandita - the summer liaison for LA SED (as I have dubbed myself).

I will be returning to El Fortin after nearly two years with the Women in Nicaragua summer program (July 13-August 22nd). It is super exciting to be able to return to continue the work LA SED was sprouted from.

Our community project is planned for August 10-15th, near the end of the program.

I hope to be able to send an update or two via this blog. So stay tuned.

Nos vemos amigos!

2nd Annual El Fortin 5k

The 2nd Annual El Fortin 5K was a huge success. A huge thank you goes out to everyone who has supported this cause, our sponsors (Planet Soccer, CASA, Noodles & Company, Cold Stone Creamery, Best Buy, Anytime Fitness, Acoustic Cafe, and Mancino's) -- we could not have done this without you all. An additional thank you goes out to Applebee's for allowing us to hold a pancake fundraiser back in March.

Combined with our bake sales throughout the year, we raised over $2,000 (US) for sustainable development in El Fortin.

Additionally, Marielos brought good news of the advancement and empowerment of the students in El Fortin.

Students that not to long ago did not have access to tools of the future, are now given the opportunity to e-mail. Marielos' stories are encouraging to hear.

Thanks again for all your support.

Welcome

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).