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AFIL Leadership Project 2011Kate Emery & YuJin Yong
Norman Borlaug & AFIL Guatemalan Student Experience Fund
Getting Started
• Goal: support global sustainable farming◦Norman Borlaug Institute
Fundraising Event:◦Cookbooks◦Cooking competition
Competition between international student groups
Sponsorships through local businesses Ticket sales
◦Partnership with on-campus culinary student organization
Derailed Challenges Encountered with Texas A&M Iron Chef
Lack of Participation/Interest◦Leadership of campus partnership
changed◦Lack of support from international
groups◦Minimal business sponsors
Timing & Funding◦Scheduling of event◦Local businesses already established
budgets
Changing Direction
AFIL Guatemalan Student Experience Scholarship Fund◦ Supporting Norman Borlaug’s Guatemala project
site◦ Give Texas A&M students opportunity to
participate Historically, only agricultural majors
Increase awareness◦ Norman Borlaug Institute’s project sites◦ Institute’s cause◦ Student opportunities within Norman Borlaug
Institute
Narrowing down a goal:Norman Borlaug Institute (as a whole)
Norman Borlaug Institute’s Antigua, Guatemala project site
Moving Forward
Program’s PurposeFor Texas A&M students to:
◦ Experience Guatemalan culture◦ Gain experience in developing a
personal project◦ Engage in international service
Agriculture in Guatemala: Technology, Education, and Commercialization (AGTEC)◦ helps small-scale Mayan farmers
in impoverish communities◦ promote economic development
Moving Forward
AFIL Guatemalan Student Experience Scholarship Fund
Scholarship will cover a portion of the costs for participating Texas A&M students to travel to
Norman Borlaug Institute’s Antigua, Guatemala project site
Moving Forward Program DetailsAntigua, Guatemala June 1-11, 2011Customizable special community
projects◦Structured with help of in-country
staff◦Ex. Children’s orphanage, women’s
groupsSpanish prerequisiteApplication due April 24, 2011Budgeted expenses per studentPlane ticket - $600Lodging & Breakfast - $15/dayLunch & Dinner - $13/dayEstimate expense for 10 days: $880
- $1000
Getting There
Fundraising:Fair Trade Coffee sales
◦ Partnership with Olmos Perk Coffee Bar in San Antonio to brew the Guatemalan coffee
Local gifts sales◦ Bracelets◦ Mother’s Day gift packages
Awareness:Website
◦ Information & online donation optionFlyers/information with productsStudent opportunities
◦ Through various student organizations
Current StatusOrganizationStudent travel program
established with Norman Borlaug Institute
Partnership with the Guatemala Student Association
FundsRaised $500+ in
donations through coffee sales so far
Project’s FutureSustainabilityContinuation through
partnership with Guatemalan Student Association
Structured for future AFIL members
Ultimate Goal$6000 goal before
December 2011◦Cover complete costs for 6
students
Important Lessons LearnedMaintaining organizationImportance of timingWorking with othersBeing flexibleAdapting to change
Q&A