A strong academic record is a requirement for participation in Social Entrepreneur Corps however an applicant’s personal qualities play a large role in determining whether or not he/she is qualified. Participants will be living and working in challenging environments and as such the “intangibles” are fundamental to participant success.
Participants in Social Entrepreneur Corps should:

• Possess a positive outlook on the prospects for assisting local people to solve local problems
• Be hard-working, open-minded, collaborative and teamwork-oriented individuals
• Be individuals who take initiative and are resourceful self-starters
• Have a sense of humor
• Be very desirous of learning about development, relief and social entrepreneurship
• Be willing and able to live for a time in a challenging developing country environment
• Be willing and desirous of “getting your hands dirty”

Participants in Social Entrepreneur Corps NEED NOT:

• Have international living experience
• Have Spanish language experience  (language classes are a part of the program and one’s success is not necessarily correlated to Spanish speaking skills before entering)
• Have business or development experience

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