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-- 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009

• Tunisia - Setting Conditions for Economic Growth through Renewable Energy
• Puerto Rico - Overcoming the Barriers to Growth for Small Businesses
• Palestine - Increasing Market Opportunities for Disadvantaged Women in the West Bank
• North Macedonia - Empowering Women Entrepreneurs
• Lebanon - Exploring Sustainable Local Agricultural Supply Chains
• Kenya - Developing a Path to Self-sustainability
• Honduras - Exploring Opportunities to Leverage Education for Economic Development
• Honduras - Developing Community Approaches to Economic Development
• Colombia - Developing sustainable alternatives to coca cultivation
• Brazil - Sustainable business development in the Amazon with Guarana
• United States - Exploring Opportunities in Urban Farming
• United States - Building new livelihoods in Appalachia
• Romania - Reduce Human Trafficking though Increased Volunteerism in Schools
• 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
• Colombia - Developing sustainable alternatives to coca cultivation
• Brazil - Sustainable business development in the Amazon with Farinha de Mandioca
• Brazil - Sustainable business development in the Amazon
• Guatemala - Developing livelihood opportunities for indigenous populations
• Uganda - Exploring expanding construction capabilities in education
• Colombia - Development of peaceful livelihoods for FARC ex-combatants
• Palestine - Increasing market opportunities for disadvantaged women in the West Bank
• Uganda - Launching the First Development Impact Bond for Education in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Philippines - Fighting child labor
• Kiribati - Combating malnutrition
• Ghana - Ensuring the livelihood of a community once a mine closes
• Bolivia - Enhancing business strategy and operations to serve isolated communities
• East Timor - Expanding agriculture market linkages
• 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
• Honduras - Combining Security and Business Toward Long-term Stability
• Uganda - Electrifying last mile communities
• Indonesia - Business opportunities based on trash
• Lesotho - Enhancing business operations to serve vulnerable children
• South Africa - Evaluation of rural/urban electrification project
• Lesotho - Enhancing NGO operations to serve vulnerable children
• 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
• Rwanda - New framework for nutrition programming based on education & behavior
• Philippines - Solutions into meso-finance market
• Sierra Leone - Testing approaches to improve maternal and childhood health
• Rwanda - Novel approaches to generating youth employment
• Nicaragua - Rural poverty alleviation and agricultural investment improvement
• 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