Director's Vision
Message from the Executive Director:
I distinctly remember my first International Development Studies class where the professor asked my peers a simple question - how many students have travelled to a developing country? Out of a class of 200 students, only 11 students put up their hands. I was shocked. For the next four years of their undergraduate careers these students would study the theories of global development without having field experience in a developing country. This realization spurred the formation of Borderless World Volunteers, an organization with the mandate of empowering youth for leadership in global development. It was based on three guiding principles:
1) Provide an enabling environment for undergraduate students to identify and solve priority global development issues through collaboration, planning, field implementation and project evaluation
2) Ensure that student volunteers work alongside local non-profits to build the capacity of those organizations to carry out their mission ensuring long-term sustainability and skills transfer
3) Develop the next generation of leaders in global development
Seven years later, these principles have not changed. We have implemented projects in Africa, South America and Asia covering the fields of health, education and economic development. Our alumni have gone on to roles at leading development organizations or have started their own organizations.
As we prepare for the future, we are expanding our presence at universities across the world, building a Global Development Think Tank to harness the collective knowledge of our alumni and professional network, and implementing more projects in even more countries. I sincerely want to thank you for your interest in our organization and hope you will join us in taking on the world’s toughest global challenges one student leader at a time.
Sincerely,
Farouk Meralli
Executive Director Borderless World Volunteers
I distinctly remember my first International Development Studies class where the professor asked my peers a simple question - how many students have travelled to a developing country? Out of a class of 200 students, only 11 students put up their hands. I was shocked. For the next four years of their undergraduate careers these students would study the theories of global development without having field experience in a developing country. This realization spurred the formation of Borderless World Volunteers, an organization with the mandate of empowering youth for leadership in global development. It was based on three guiding principles:
1) Provide an enabling environment for undergraduate students to identify and solve priority global development issues through collaboration, planning, field implementation and project evaluation
2) Ensure that student volunteers work alongside local non-profits to build the capacity of those organizations to carry out their mission ensuring long-term sustainability and skills transfer
3) Develop the next generation of leaders in global development
Seven years later, these principles have not changed. We have implemented projects in Africa, South America and Asia covering the fields of health, education and economic development. Our alumni have gone on to roles at leading development organizations or have started their own organizations.
As we prepare for the future, we are expanding our presence at universities across the world, building a Global Development Think Tank to harness the collective knowledge of our alumni and professional network, and implementing more projects in even more countries. I sincerely want to thank you for your interest in our organization and hope you will join us in taking on the world’s toughest global challenges one student leader at a time.
Sincerely,
Farouk Meralli
Executive Director Borderless World Volunteers
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