International Development Club

Faculty Contact: Scott H. Baker shbaker@champlain.edu

Mission Statement: "The IDC seeks to raise awareness of socio-economic disparities on local, regional and global levels. We address these disparities through examining causes and consequences of business and trade inequity, and work with non-profit organizations who are dedicated to helping the issue. The IDC also engages in fundraising for the purpose of making donations to non-profit organizations and for "microlending" by providing small-scale loans to verifiable entreperneurs and small-businesses in developing countries."

Each fall the International Development Club's (IDC) members vote on a non-profit organization to focus on for the year. The club then derives their efforts to raising money and awareness about that certain non-profit, or general world issue. In 2007 the IDC was able to raise $1,300 for NESEI (New Sudan Education Initiative). Students did fundraising work through local businesses, running raffles, and other events. Meetings take place twice a month, and are based around world issues brought to the groups attention by its members. IDC teaches members to be active participants in bettering our world by educating them on world issues, and teaching them to become independent fundraisers for developmental and humanitarian causes.