SCHOLARSHIPS FOR EDUCATION & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
College of Extended & International Education
S.E.E.D
Scholarships for
Education and
Economic
Development
S.E.E.D FROM GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
The Scholarships for Education and
Economic Development Program
(USAID SEED Program) is funded by
the United States Agency for
International Development (USAID)
and administered by Georgetown
University’s Center for Intercultural
Education and Development (CIED).
The program is built on the solid
foundation of Georgetown and
USAID’s quarter-century partnership
implementing the CASS Program to
support economic and social
development throughout Central
America, Mexico, and the Caribbean.
SEED Program activities aim to:
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Build local LAC human capital in
key sectors to support USAID’s
regional economic and social
development efforts in Mexico,
Central America, and the
Caribbean.
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Create a cadre of change agents
and future leaders in their home
countries with an understanding,
experience and appreciation of
democratic processes and U.S.
values, especially free-market
economics.
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Provide participants with
skills/knowledge to participate
actively and responsibly in
democratic activities and
institutions in their home
countries.
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Strengthen local Central
American and Caribbean
capacity in a wide range of
technical fields that are critically
needed to increase
competitiveness and free-trade
opportunities.
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Support U.S. public diplomacy
efforts in the LAC region by
creating a cadre of future leaders
who have been immersed in
American culture and have an
understanding and appreciation
for the United States.
S.E.E.D In the classroom
Cohorts of elementary school teachers from El Salvador
learn new methodologies and techniques to implement
back home in their classrooms.
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Technical Training
SEED scholarships provide training
to youth and community leaders
from economically disadvantaged
and historically underserved
populations, including women and
ethnic/indigenous groups, to
become key protagonists in their
home countries’ development.
Upon successful completion of their
scholarship, all participants return
to their home countries to apply
their newly acquired skills from the
United States.
Moreover, the program significantly
enhances public diplomacy efforts
of the U.S. government by ensuring
that participants learn firsthand
about the fundamentals of civil
society and free market economy.
Countries currently participating in
the program are:
THE SCHOLARSHIP MODEL
The Dominican
Republic, El Salvador,
Guatemala, Haiti,
Honduras, Mexico, and
Nicaragua.
The scholarship model incorporates technical training,
leadership skills enhancement, and English as a Second
Language (ESL) preparation focusing on civil society,
volunteerism, free-market economy, and democratic
participation as practiced in the United States.
Working Outside of the Classroom
The focus and curriculum of the current S.E.E.D
program are based on an early intervention, constant
understanding in the life of children and youth in high
risk environment and to eliminate barriers that impede
their successful development. The program focuses on
developing such capabilities as:
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relationships and communications skills to help
maintain families together.
Prevention in School Violence
Conflict Resolution
Recovery of Educational Values
Teachers observe and participate in the programs main
objective to obtain social reintegration of young people
maras, or gangs, back into their communities and
curtailing the cycle of violence created through the
deportation of criminalized immigrants and the
dispossession of basic human rights. Participants learn
youth should have the opportunity to lead safe and
healthy life here in the U.S. and in El Salvador. S.E.E.D
students shadow parent and youth support groups,
attend family wellness workshop to enhance
Home-Boy Industries
SEED participants attend Gang Intervention Program for the purpose of
learning and observing new techniques focused on achieving a gang free life.
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