History
EGP was founded as a society at the University of Edinburgh by student Benjamin Carey in 1990 and subsequently achieved charity status later that year. EGP was originally called H.E.L.P. (Scotland) standing for Humanitarian Education & Long-term Projects.
EGP's stated constitutional goals are:
- To support community led initiatives, working together with people to help them achieve their long-term goals for development.
- To allow volunteers to develop new skills and a wider perspective on the world we live in.
- To promote international understanding through projects that are focussed on building friendship, trust and respect between EGP volunteers and people across the world.
- To encourage a more long-term commitment to volunteering by promoting volunteering in Edinburgh.
In March 2012, the charity was awarded a "Global Society Star" Award by Edinburgh University Students' Association (EUSA) in recognition of their contribution to the "global experience on campus, in the local community, and abroad".
Read more about this topic: Edinburgh Global Partnerships
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