Projects

Since 2008, Business on the Frontlines students have worked on more than 50 projects ranging across industries including Mining, Agriculture, and Education while tackling important issues such as unemployment, health and sanitation, and human trafficking. The impact summaries below highlight the background, project execution, recommendations and outcomes for each team. 

Show projects from: --Country-- Bolivia Bosnia Brazil Cambodia Colombia East Timor Egypt Ethopia Ghana Guatemala Honduras Indonesia Kenya Kiribati Lebanon Lesotho Nicaragua North Macedonia Palestine Philippines Puerto Rico Romania Rwanda Sierra Leone South Africa Sri Lanka Tunisia Uganda United States --Year-- 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009

• United States - Exploring Opportunities in Urban Farming
• Romania - Reduce Human Trafficking though Increased Volunteerism in Schools
• United States - Building new livelihoods in Appalachia
• Tunisia - Setting Conditions for Economic Growth through Renewable Energy
• Puerto Rico - Overcoming the Barriers to Growth for Small Businesses
• Lebanon - Exploring Sustainable Local Agricultural Supply Chains
• Kenya - Developing a Path to Self-sustainability
• Honduras - Developing Community Approaches to Economic Development
• Palestine - Increasing Market Opportunities for Disadvantaged Women in the West Bank
• Honduras - Exploring Opportunities to Leverage Education for Economic Development
• Colombia - Developing sustainable alternatives to coca cultivation
• Brazil - Sustainable business development in the Amazon with Guarana
• North Macedonia - Empowering Women Entrepreneurs
• Colombia - Developing sustainable alternatives to coca cultivation
• Brazil - Sustainable business development in the Amazon with Farinha de Mandioca
• Tunisia - Exploring renewable energy from agricultural waste
• Rwanda - Strategic Planning for Continuing Operations
• Guatemala - Cultivating and Commercializing Cacao for the Mayan Q'eqchi' People
• Puerto Rico - Rebuilding the Santurce Neighborhood
• Guatemala - Developing livelihood opportunities for indigenous populations
• Colombia - Development of peaceful livelihoods for FARC ex-combatants
• Palestine - Increasing market opportunities for disadvantaged women in the West Bank
• Brazil - Sustainable business development in the Amazon
• Uganda - Exploring expanding construction capabilities in education
• Ghana - Ensuring the livelihood of a community once a mine closes
• Kiribati - Combating malnutrition
• Philippines - Fighting child labor
• Uganda - Launching the First Development Impact Bond for Education in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Bolivia - Enhancing business strategy and operations to serve isolated communities
• Philippines - Designing programs to reduce the tragedy of child sex trafficking
• Sri Lanka - Post-civil war youth reconciliation & employment
• Indonesia - New business investment ideas for disaster preparedness
• East Timor - Expanding agriculture market linkages
• Lesotho - Enhancing business operations to serve vulnerable children
• Uganda - Electrifying last mile communities
• Honduras - Combining Security and Business Toward Long-term Stability
• Indonesia - Business opportunities based on trash
• South Africa - Evaluation of rural/urban electrification project
• Rwanda - New framework for nutrition programming based on education & behavior
• Cambodia - New framework for nutrition programming based on education & behavior
• Ghana - Exploring NGO-MNCs partnerships to strengthen business environments
• Guatemala - Business case for investment in new crop
• Lesotho - Enhancing NGO operations to serve vulnerable children
• Philippines - Solutions into meso-finance market
• Nicaragua - Rural poverty alleviation and agricultural investment improvement
• Sierra Leone - Testing approaches to improve maternal and childhood health
• Rwanda - Novel approaches to generating youth employment
• Philippines - Analyzing mining context
• Guatemala - Expanding crop and improving the livelihood of campesinos
• Ethopia - Program measurement & evaluation system
• Egypt - Developing agriculture opportunities to relieve youth unemployment
• Rwanda - Scaling small farm-holders investments
• Philippines - Building peace and cooperation through coffee
• Uganda - Technical solutions for improved well maintenance
• Uganda - Business case for targeted investment in crop infrastructure
• Lebanon - Bridging sects through electricity investments
• Kenya - Business case for targeted investment in crop infrastructure
• Bosnia - Improving entrepreneurial opportunities in post-conflict business environment
• Lebanon - Improving entrepreneurial opportunities in post-conflict business environment