Project Examples
The student leaders of Enactus create and implement community empowerment projects around the globe. The experience not only transforms lives, it helps students develop the kind of talent and perspective that are essential to leadership in an ever-more complicated and challenging world. The following projects are examples of entrepreneurial action.
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Smart Phone Application a Boost to Small Businesses
A smart phone application developed by Enactus students at Texas State University is making it possible for local businesses struggling from the recession to increase sales while cutting marketing costs. Read more »
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Transforming a Farm into a Non-Profit
By applying business principals to its operations and improving infrastructure, Bryant University Enactus has helped turn a farm of rescued animals into a non-profit organization that also benefits underprivileged children. Read more »
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T-Shirt Venture Benefits Orphans
Thanks to the input and business guidance of the Enactus team at Belmont University, two women now have a successful social entrepreneurship venture that is furthering their mission of assisting orphans around the world. Read more »
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Agrotourism Creates Income for Panamanian Farmers
With the help of Carnegie Mellon University Enactus, a group of Panamanian farmers have brought themselves out of poverty by capitalizing on their existing resources and creating a sustainable agrotourism business. Read more »
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No-Soil Gardens a Boon to Struggling Communities
The John Brown University Enactus team introduced an innovative soil-less gardening method to help two underdeveloped communities in Guatemala create a new source of food and added income. Read more »
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Business Incubator Nurtures Start-Ups
A business incubator facility created by Anderson University Enactus is giving fledgling businesses and entrepreneurs the tools and resources for long-term success. Read more »
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Railroad Containers Become Facility for Homeless
Flagler College found an innovative way to combat homelessness by converting old shipping containers into a transitional housing facility. Read more »
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Garden Plots Help Reduce Food Insecurity
A village in Haiti is no longer facing food and financial insecurity thanks to special raised “entrepreneurial gardens” developed by BRCC. Read more »
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Washboards Provide Financial Independence for Widows
A laundry washboard business conceived by Hartnell College Enactus is breaking the cycle of poverty and despair for a group of African widows. Read more »
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Former Inmates Gain Valuable Job-Seeking Skills
Through a project that provides job skills and training, the College of Saint Benedict & St. John’s University Enactus team is providing inmates a chance at a more positive future. Read more »
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Bakery Advances Student Education
Uruguay students are getting a chance at better educations while also learning a trade for the future with the help of Southern Adventist Enactus. Read more »
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Improving Village Life with Every Stitch
Basic amenities are no longer out of reach for a group of Ethiopian village women now that La Sierra University Enactus has taught them to turn their sewing skills in a profitable venture. Read more »
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Lowering Pollution While Generating Income
Giving unwanted plastic waste a second life as handbags provides a new source of income for struggling families in Jamaica. Read more »
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A Capable Workforce and Greener Environment
Belmont University develops a business model that finds basis in recycling and recovery. Read more »
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Dr. Jack's Coffee: Ouachita Baptist University
Students discover that a Honduran orphanage affiliated with WGO is primarily funded through the sale of coffee beans and is struggling to produce the quantity and quality of beans needed to succeed in the current marketplace. Read more »
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Carroll University - Women's Economic Empowerment Project
The Carroll University Enactus was awarded the Walmart Women’s Economic Empowerment grant. They used the sponsored funds to host three workforce development sessions for women who depend on the domestic abuse recovery services from the Waukesha Women’s Center... Read more »
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Texas State University - Project ROW
ROW has been able to hire 13 people and serve more than 200 clients with their accounting, marketing, and software needs. Allowing their clients’ businesses to grow by connecting them with the skills and expertise that were needed. Read more »
