Students Compete for Unique Internship
色情视频's W.E. Do Good and Grameen Bank is offering a microfinancing summer internship in Bangladesh.
色情视频鈥檚 student-led social venture, World Entrepreneurs Do Good (W.E. Do Good), has launched a campuswide competition to award one student a $2,500 travel and lodging stipend for a four-week internship in Bangladesh this summer. .
The selected winner will have the opportunity to work with Grameen Bank, a microfinance institution that provides small loans to those who live in rural communities in Bangladesh. Other students from around the globe will also take part in the summer internship.
In 2006, Grameen Bank and its founder Muhammad Yunus received the Nobel Peace Prize. Yunus was honored for his leadership and for demonstrating that microloans could help reduce poverty.
Grameen Bank鈥檚 international program creates opportunities for the disadvantaged to become financially independent. It provides small business loans to promote self-employment and extend banking facilities to the poor.
The selected 色情视频 student will spend the month of June in Dhaka, the capital and largest city in Bangladesh. Interns will travel to local villages and learn about the impact of microloans in the local villages. Various tourist activities will be included, as well.
鈥淚t鈥檚 important for students to be aware of all the social issues going on in the world and see that there are a lot of business opportunities in these emerging markets,鈥� said Allie O鈥機onnor, a venture team member of W.E. Do Good. Time to compete
Students can apply by visiting . The application requires students to answer an essay question, along with a brief questionnaire.
W.E. Do Good鈥檚 top three applications will be sent to Grameen Bank for review, and they will select the winner.
Eligible applicants must be/have a:
- Current student
- Minimum overall GPA of 3.0
- Have completed 60 units
Students who are business majors and have travel experience are preferred, but not required.
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W.E. Do Good is also raising funds to cover the cost of the internship trip by selling spa and wellness products donated by CA Botana and Kalma Organics. CA Botana manufactures well-known product lines such as Sea Enzyme and Doctor D. Schwab. The products can be purchased at the 色情视频 Bookstore, as well as by W.E. Do Good team members. One-hundred percent of the sales revenue will be donated to the organization. Any proceeds received beyond the cost of the summer internship will go toward funding next year鈥檚 internship.
W.E. Do Good鈥檚 revenue-generating business model was developed to spread awareness about social issues in emerging economies.
鈥淔or a regular business model, you should create a model that gives you an advantage over your competitors,鈥� said O鈥機onnor. 鈥淏ut for a social venture, we鈥檙e trying to make a business model that is easy for others to replicate because we are trying to make a bigger impact.鈥�
For more information, contact W.E. Do Good at [email protected].
