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Three USU students are working to create a  scholarship program that would start bringing Haitian college students  to Logan this fall. Chris Gow, Joey Stocking and Scott Clawson have  worked with several campus organizations to provide hope for Haiti in  the form of education through a effort called the Haitian Scholarship  Program.

The recent earthquake has  opened the floodgates to humanitarian aid, yet many are skeptical if the  aid will get to the right people. Furthermore, just sending aid to the  country only acts as a band-aid to the more overarching problem: Why is  Haiti so poor to begin with, and what needs to be done as a long-term  solution?

The Haitian  Scholarship Programis  designed to create a long-term solution to the problems found in Haiti  by creating future leaders. The aim is to seek out some of the brightest  and most ambitious Haitian individuals and have them educated at USU,  so they can return to Haiti as empowered leaders armed with the  necessary tools to reverse the culture of poverty in their respective  communities.

The goal is to have four  Haitian students enrolled and ready to start school in the Fall 2010  semester, but Gow, Stocking and Clawson would like to grow the number of  Haitian students attending Utah State University every year by two  students, eventually having at least eight Haitian students at the  school each semester. The estimated total cost for one student to  complete an undergraduate degree is $109,200. To bring four students in  the fall the USU students are seeking $450,000.

This  is an opportunity to invest in human capital by educating Haitians.  This is not a short-term "give a man a fish" solution but rather an  honoring of the old adage, which says, "Teach a man to fish and he will  eat for a lifetime." Join the effort to bring sustainability and trust  to a population so close to our borders.

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