There are various ways you can become involved with SEED. We encourage you to join a SEED chapter near you, host an “Over for Dinner and Off to School,” sponsor a student or make a donation. We also welcome feedback, questions and suggestions.
“We are not in a position in which we have nothing to work with. We all have capacities, talents, direction, missions, callings.” – Abraham H. Maslow
Provide an educational scholarship for a child overseas
85 to 150 dollars per year can empower a child and change her or his world
· Allows for critical understanding of the world, development of cognitive processes, community support, role models, health care, food, and counselling. A method of empowering students overseas to change their own conditions.
· 100% of the money reaches the child; there are no administrative deductions from the scholarship donations.
· Scholarships are managed and distributed by local overseas partners. Over 45 students in Zambia have received scholarships, and two schools in Kenya have benefited from donations.
Organize a fundraiser and donate proceeds to SEED
SEED must fundraise overhead costs to support organizational activities
• Chapters execute fundraising events; Private parties are also encouraged to donate profits from their own fundraisers e.g. Biking Across Canada for SEED
• Events include: concerts, making and selling t-shirts, silent auction, collaboration with other fundraisers, semi-formal party, corporate support, and much more
DOWNLOAD THE PROMOTION PDF HERE.
Hold an Over for Dinner, Off to School Event in your home
• Invite your friends over for dinner, charge them $5 each, and pool the money to provide a scholarship
• Watch a documentary or have a discussion on social issues – empower yourselves with knowledge
Start or Join a SEED Chapter
Get involved in running SEED programs: Scholarship Program, Internship Program, etc.
• Chapter exists at McMaster University.
• To start a chapter, email seedcanada@gmail.com and wait to hear back from us! New chapters begin working in the September or January after their request
• Get involved in fundraising, managing scholarships/sponsors/profiles of students, organizing the internship program overseas, creating and executing workshops that serve to empower your community, website management, research and program development, and much more
Apply for an overseas internship and travel to Kenya or Zambia
Collect updates, do research to improve SEED programs, community empowerment
• Travel to Zambia or Kenya in the Summer, apply in December. Application details are found on the McMaster chapter website (click here). Length of internship is variable and interns have high input in shaping their experience.
• Interns are required to collect updates on students overseas, communicate with overseas partners, offer critical feedback on how to improve the scholarship program, and carry out important research that is relevant to SEED programs
• Interns are also required to research and facilitate a community empowerment program in the community where they are staying
