Project Examples
The positive power of business goes beyond the traditional bottom line. When smart business practices are applied toward the common good, we can impact more than profits. We can change lives and make the world a better place. SIFE USA teams are proving it every day and these are featured stories of how they’re doing it.
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Smart Phone Application a Boost to Small Businesses
A smart phone application developed by SIFE students at Texas State University, San Marcos 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 SIFE 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 SIFE 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 SIFE, 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 SIFE 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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Camp Fosters Future Entrepreneurs
An educational camp made possible by the SIFE team at California State University, Chico is teaching today’s youth business concepts to benefit them today and well into the future. Read more »
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Business Incubator Nurtures Start-Ups
A business incubator facility created by Anderson University SIFE is giving fledgling businesses and entrepreneurs the tools and resources for long-term success. Read more »
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School District Learns to Turn Trash into Cash
A school district in financial trouble found the answer to their money and trash woes with a waste reduction model devised by the SIFE team at Graceland University. Read more »
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Railroad Containers Become Facility for Homeless
The SIFE team at 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 SIFE. Read more »
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Care Package Business Aids Sheltered Workshop
Drury University is giving cause to commerce with a care package business that allows sheltered workshop employees to build their skills and get paid for their abilities. Read more »
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Washboards Provide Financial Independence for Widows
A laundry washboard business conceived by Hartnell College SIFE 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 SIFE 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 SIFE. 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 SIFE 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 »