September 2009
Through the collaborative efforts of FSD and the University of San Francisco’s Office of Service Learning and Community Action, Richard Hackett ventured to Nicaragua for an 11-week immersion service learning tour. Having recently returned, Hackett shares his experience with Catholic San Francisco. Click here to read what he had to say about working at a public hospital, the economic hardships he witnessed in Nicaragua, and how his time in Nicaragua compared to his tour in Iraq.

July 2009
FSD joined Jody Kretzmann and experts from around the world to discuss citizen-led development at a forum in Nova Scotia co-hosted by the Coady International Institute and the Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) Institute at Northwestern University. U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama is an associate faculty member at the renowned ABCD Institute. Visit Michelle Obama's faculty page to read her recent speech highlighting her commitment to the Asset-Based Community Development model. To read more about FSD's partnership with Northwestern University, click here.

May 2009
GreenBiz.com's "21 Places to Look for Green Volunteering Opportunities" featured FSD as an organization that provides program participants with the opportunity to explore a green career through volunteering. The article encourages readers to go abroad through FSD's programs to gain experience in the field and contribute to eco-friendly projects around the world. Click here to read the full article.

The University of San Francisco's spring issue of Divisadero included an article on FSD's partnership through the McCarthy Center for Public Service. Through FSD, students are able to spend their summer volunteering in Nicaragua where FSD works with nearly 50 community based organizations. In the summer of 2008, five USF students participated in the program. Click here to read more about FSD's partnership with USF and their efforts in Nicaragua.

April 2009
FSD was awarded "Best of the West" as part of GreatNonprofit's Green Choice Awards 2009. Over the course of Earth Month, more than 26,000 people visited the GreatNonprofits website to review over 100 organizations. FSD's international development programs incorporate environmentally-focused initiatives in countries throughout the developing world.

Travel+Leisure featured FSD as one of its "Best Save-the-Earth Trips". FSD is one of ten organizations recognized for providing an alternative to world travelers where program participants visit sites around the world and develop skills in international development work. Visit Travel+Leisure's website to read the article and view their slideshow. FSD received further recognition when the article was syndicated by MSNBC.

July 2008
FSD was featured in San Francisco Magazine's "Best of the Bay Area '08" edition for our Volunteer Abroad: ProCorps program that connects professionals with community-based organizations in the developing world to offer direct consulting and project support.

May 2008
FSD's Jodhpur team and interns gave an interview to two TV channels--one local and one national--as well as a newspaper journalist. Each of them were given an opportunity to talk about their individual projects, what they hope to accomplish, and FSD's general work in Jodhpur. Program Director Smita Sawant, FSD interns, and host organization Sambhali Trust supervisor Govind Singh Rathore also met with Kiran Soni Gupta, the Divisional Commissioner of Jodhpur to discuss the possibility of collaboration between the organizations and the local government. The event was covered by several papers and one local TV news station. Visit Sambhali Trust's blog and learn more about FSD's involvement in Jodhpur!

March 2008
FSD Alum Maria Prom - a Carleton College psychology major - has been named to the prestigious USA Today College Academic All-Star team. Read more>>

Winter 2007
FSD established partnerships with Stanford University, University of Southern California, and Boston College to offer groups of students Service Learning Trips throughout the Global South. Read more about the University Partnerships FSD has cultivated in recent months!

Fall 2007
FSD established partnerships with the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, University of San Francisco, Emory University, and Duke University to provide over 45 fellowship opportunities for students to engage in development in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Click on the links to learn more about the opportunities at each university.

Kate Vyborny, a Foundation Fellow from University of Georgia and 2003 FSD summer intern in youth development in Ambato, Ecuador won a 2008 Rhodes Scholarship and will be attending Oxford University. Read more

Summer 2007
Justin Eppley, founder of EdgeWise Magazine and an FSD intern in Mombasa, Kenya, created an e-commerce website with his organization (LICODEP). The site allows local craftspeople to sell their high-quality goods directly to consumers around the world. View Justin's website.

Lisa Zhu, a student at the University of Pennsylvania and an FSD summer intern in Jinja, Uganda, worked with a local organization (ECOVIC) and the Ugandan Fisheries Development (UFD) to start an eco-tourism business on Lake Victoria. Read an article written in a local Ugandan newspaper about Lisa's work.

FSD announces two new partnerships for summer 2007 with Gettysburg College and Northwestern University. Students from these two schools will spend their summers in Nicaragua (Gettysburg) and Uganda (Northwestern) after spending the semester learning about development issues and their host country. Click on the schools to get more information about each partnership.

May 2007
FSD was recently mentioned in a USA Today article, which outlined why an international internship can be an excellent career investment. "Career-planning experts say such experience is an increasingly popular way to get 'résumé radiance'. Because 84% of college students say they'll do at least one internship before graduating, many now aim to distinguish themselves with experience tailored to a global economy." Read more

April 2007
Keren G. Raz, a 2005 graduate of University of Arizona and 2003 FSD summer intern in Puno, Peru, won a Root-Tilden-Kern scholarship to New York University School of Law. The full-tuition scholarship is awarded each year to 20 incoming students who intend to pursue careers in public service.

Morgan Alen will enter the American University Washington College of Law’s class of 2010 with a Public Interest/ Public Service (PIPS) Scholarship. This is a three year, full scholarship to law school. Morgan served as an FSD Program Coordinator in Bolivia, Argentina, and Uganda.

March 26, 2007
Maital Friedman, a graduating senior from Princeton University and 2005 FSD summer intern in Mbale, Uganda, received the Henry Richardson Labouisse '26 Prize. The $25,000 fellowship will support Maital for 12 months in Mbale, while she further develops the library she built at a local school with FSD. Read more

February 20, 2007
Elan Emmanuel, a law student at the University of California, Berkeley received an internship at the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. Elan served as a 2006 intern and Program Coordinator for FSD in Kakamega, Kenya--an experience that deepened his commitment to human rights efforts in Africa.

November 27, 2006
Adrian Johnston, a Morehead fellow from University of North Carolina and 2003 FSD summer intern in human rights in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, has won a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University in England. Read more

November 19, 2006
Ben Lundin, a graduating senior from University of North Carolina and 2004 FSD summer intern in Puno, Peru, has won a 2007 Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University in England. He will study international relations at Oxford and further build on the international experience he gained through FSD. Read more

June 13, 2006
Eric Leroux, an FSD summer 2005 intern in Kakamega, Kenya and All Ivy League Goalie at Princeton University, received the Hockey Humanitarian Award. The award recognizes an outstanding college hockey player for his or her strong commitment to community, team, and academics. For more about his work as an HIV/AIDS counselor with FSD, click here.

May 30, 2006
FRONTLINE, an award-winning PBS documentary show, interviews the founder of The Aids Support Organization (TASO). When Noerine Kaleeba founded TASO in 1987, it was the first HIV/AIDS NGO in Uganda. Today it is a thriving success story and one of FSD's host organizations in Mbale, Uganda. Read the interview

April 27, 2006
The San Francisco Chronicle discusses the growing involvement of elite American universities supporting the fight against global poverty. Read the article

March 27, 2006
COLUMNS, a campus newspaper at the University of Georgia describes the experiences of seven Georgia students who participated in the Summer 2005 Internship Program. Read the article

January 23, 2006
Sam Watulatsu, the Uganda Program Director for FSD, wins the 2005 Brass Band World Award. He is the first African to win the prestigious award and will attend the ceremony in London, England. Sam is also the Executive Director of the Foundation for Development of Needy Communities (FDNC), one of FSD's host organizations. FDNC runs a skills development center for female school drop outs, orphans, and other needy children. Read the article

January, 2006
Johanna Matsui, a veteran of the Summer 2005 Internship Program, describes her work with Society for Orphans Against AIDS Network (SOAAN) in Mombasa, Kenya. The article is featured in the University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs Winter Newsletter. Read the article

March 9, 2004
FSD has been the subject of an excellent article in the San Francisco Chronicle. Read the article to get an outside perspective of our organization.



Read about FSD Volunteers in the Local News!
Click on the articles below to read about FSD Interns in Ecuador (in Spanish):

• La Hora (March 8, 2006)
• El Heraldo (March 13, 2006)
• El Heraldo (August 10, 2004)
• FSD in Ecuador (2004)