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Academy for Creating Enterprise (ACE)

2011- Hosted three MPA/MBA BYU interns in Mexico City who were there to help streamline the ACE business model
2008 - Founder Stephen W. Gibson honored as the 2008 Social Innovator of the Year by the Ballard 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

2008-2011 - Hosted a number of BYU interns in Paraguay to develop educational programs for the agricultural school, implement new technology, and work in the microfinance office
2011 - Provided the case for the first annual ISE Case Competition
2010 - Team of students from BYU's Students for Social Entrepreneurship completed a project for Fundacion Paraguaya as part of an on-campus internship
2007 - Founder Martin Burt honored as the Social Innovator of the Year by the Ballard 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

Interweave Solutions

Interweave Solutions is a project of the Enterprise Solutions Institute, an organization that creates sustainable solutions that combat poverty and build successful communities by combining the best practices of philanthropy and business. Central to their projects is a belief in charity with a bottom-line and business with a heart.

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

Saint to Saint

Saint to Saint is a projects of the Enterprise Solutions Institute, an organization that creates sustainable solutions that combat poverty and build successful communities by combining the best practices of philanthropy and business. Central to their projects is a belief in charity with a bottom-line and business with a heart.

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.