Run by Northwestern University’s Center for Global Engagement and supported abroad by the Foundation for Sustainable Development, the Global Engagement Summer Institute program will bring together students from universities around the country to learn from and work with communities in India, Argentina, and Uganda experiencing the problems of poverty and injustice.

The Global Engagement Summer Institute is a two-course summer study abroad program focused on teaching approximately 80 students per year about community development in a global context. The program is an expansion of the CGE’s “ENGAGE Uganda” program, which has sent almost 40 students to work in team based community development in Uganda.

The GESI program features three components: a 10-day lead-in Institute on Northwestern’s campus in Evanston, IL, a seven-week team-based project immersion with host nonprofits in either India, Argentina, or Uganda, and a short wrap-up summit in Chicago.