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Academy for Creating Enterprise (ACE)

• 2008 - Founder Stephen W. Gibson honored as the 2008 Social Innovator of the Year by the ESR Center

ACCION International

• 2005 - Featured in premiere microcredit documentary Small Fortunes

ACCION New York

• 2005 - Featured in premiere microcredit documentary Small Fortunes

Ascend Alliance

• 2008 - Hosted a BYU intern in Bolivia to teach health courses and build latrines
• 2007 - Hosted three BYU interns in Mozambique, Ecuador, and Ethiopia to perform business training and on-site mentoring to loan recipients
• 2006 - Hosted two BYU interns in Ethiopia to teach business classes
• 2005 - Hosted three BYU interns focused on poverty alleviation

Banco Compartamos

• 2005 - Featured in premiere microcredit documentary Small Fortunes

Basa Body

• 2008 - Featured coconut oil at ESR Conference Social Innovator of the Year Award Banquet

BRAC

• 2006 - Dr. A. Mushtaque R. Chowdhury honored as Social Innovator of the Year by the ESR Center
• 2005 - Featured in premiere microcredit documentary Small Fortunes

Care For Life

• 2008 - Hosted five BYU interns in Mozambique and Cambodia to help with evaluation efforts
• 2006 - Hosted three BYU interns in Mozambique to help with self-reliance
• 2005 - Hosted one BYU intern in Mozambique to help with self-reliance promoting activities

Cause for Hope

• 2008 - Hosted two BYU interns in Mexico City and Nicaragua to work with microfranchises and English-teaching schools

Coast Coconut Farms

• 2006 - Worked with parent organization Yehu finance to establish coconut oil enterprise

Count Me In

• 2005 - Featured in premiere microcredit documentary Small Fortunes

Deseret International

• 2008 - Won third place in BYU Social Venture Competition

Eagle Condor Humanitarian Foundation

• 2006 - Hosted two BYU MBA students to work on business development activities
• 2005 - Hosted two BYU interns to work in Peru on self-reliance activities

Enterprise Mentors International

• 2005 - Featured in premiere microcredit documentary Small Fortunes

FINCA International

• 2008 - Hosted a BYU intern in Ukraine and Georgia to conduct statistical analysis on microfinance practices
• 2006 - Hosted three BYU interns in Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Mexico, and Honduras conducting interviews with microcredit clients
• 2005 - Hosted two BYU interns in Russia and South Africa to conduct statistical analysis on microfinance practices
• 2005 - Featured in Small Fortunes
• 2001 - Founder John Hatch honored as the Social Innovator of the Year

Freedom From Hunger

• 2006 - Hosted nine BYU interns in Ghana to research health products, organizations, and distribution channels
• 2004 - President Christopher Dunford honored as Social Innovator of the Year by the ESR Center

Fundacion Paraguaya

• 2008 - Hosted one BYU intern in Paraguay to evaluate an agricultural school
• 2007 - Founder Martin Burt honored as the Social Innovator of the Year by the ESR Center

Grameen Bank

• 2005 - Featured in premiere microcredit documentary Small Fortunes
• 2003 - Partnered extensively with BYU in the beginning phases of the Economic Self-Reliance Center, encouraging numerous faculty and student research initiatives and organizations
• 1999 - Helped with the creation of the Journal of Microfinance (now the ESR Review), which is published by BYU
• 1998 - Founder Muhammad Yunus received an honorary doctorate from BYU

Grameen Foundation USA

• 2005 - Featured in premiere microcredit documentary Small Fortunes

The HealthStore Foundation

• 2008 - Featured Founder Scott Hillstrom at ESR Conference

HELP International

? 2008 - Hosted three BYU interns in Guatemala teaching English and self-reliance skills
? 2006 - Hosted one BYU intern in Uganda to teach English, help with community gardening, and work in orphanages
? 2005 - Featured in premiere microcredit documentary Small Fortunes

LDS Church Employment Resource Services

• 2003 - 2008 - Hosted over 70 BYU interns to 28 countries including Honduras, Australia, Poland, Costa Rica, and Tonga teaching career workshops

Mibanco

• 2005 - Featured in premiere microcredit documentary Small Fortunes

MicroBusiness USA

• 2002 - Kathleen Close honored as the Social Innovator of the Year by the ESR Center

Microcredit Summit Campaign

• 2003 - Director Sam Daley-Harris honored as the Social Innovator of the Year by the ESR Center
• Ned Hill, former Marriott School Dean, served as co-chair of the Microcredit Summit Campaign Council of Educational Institutions.

ProLiteracy Worldwide

• 2006 - Hosted a BYU student in Cambodia evaluating the literacy program

ProMujer

• 2005 - Featured in premiere microcredit documentary Small Fortunes

Reach the Children

• 2007 - Partnered with the Economic Self-Reliance Student Association

Rising Star Outreach of India

• 2008 - Hosted four BYU interns in India to provide education, micro-loans, and training to those affected by leprosy

Single Mom Foundation

• 2006 - Partnered with ESR Center to conduct Utah Statewide Single Mom Survey

Swayam Krishi Sangram

• 2005 - Featured in premiere microcredit documentary Small Fortunes

Unitus

• 2005 - Featured in premiere microcredit documentary Small Fortunes

VisionSpring

2006 - Founder Dr. Jordan Kassalow recognized as Social Innovator of the Year by the ESR Center

Yehu Bank

• 2006 - Hosted three BYU interns in Kenya to work with a microcredit bank and develop a coconut oil microfranchise
• 2005 - Featured in premiere microcredit documentary Small Fortunes

Other Organizations Involved With the Economic Self-Reliance Center


CHOICE Humanitarian

Center for Humanitarian Outreach and Intercultural Exchange offers solutions to the hardships of poverty in the rural villages of the world with simple technologies, self-help initiatives and public awareness.

MicroBusiness Mentors

MicroBusiness Mentors is a non-profit microcredit organization dedicated to empowering motivated, minority adults in Utah Valley with the knowledge and capital they need to start or grow their business.

Ouelessebougou-Utah Alliance

A Sister Community Alliance--permanently transforming the quality of life Mali and Utah communitites.