Honduras microfinance  brigade
January 2016

Check out our final report to learn more about the work we did in the community of El Tomatin, Honduras!
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Honduras Business and microfinance  brigade
January 2017
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Check out our final report to learn more about the work we did in the community of El Zuzular, Honduras!
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Panama business brigade
May 2015

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Honduras Business AND  Microfinance  Brigade
January 6  to  January  15,  2015

Our team of 16 students spent ten days in the rural village of Guaricaran, where they began a Tamale Microenterprise with 6 women from the community, restructured the Caja Rural Bank and loan system for efficiency, and gave workshops on leadership and team-building for the members of the bank executive team and the community at-large.

During the week, the team also gathered vital information about the regional economy and rural banking system that will help Global Brigades operate more effectively in the future.

Ghana  Microfinance  Brigade
December  28,  2013  to  January  8,  2014

​Our team of 24 students spent ten days in the rural village of Ekumfi Ebiram, where they prepped community members for the first round of loans to be issued from Ebiram's Community Development Fund (the Global Brigades-backed local bank).

During the week, the team also gathered vital information about the regional economy that will help Global Brigades operate more effectively in the future. 

Panama  Business  Brigade
May  25  to  May  31,  2013

A few weeks after the end of the semester, 13 of our members left for eastern Panama, where they spent the next week in the small community of Platanilla (population 600) holding workshops and individual consultations for local small business owners.

Our team did a fantastic job during their week building a relationship between the community and Global Brigades, as well as helping entrepreneurs in Plantanilla get comfortable with their new business skills.

Ghana  Microfinance  Brigade
December  28,  2012  to  January  7,  2013

Over Winter Break, 45 students helped open banks in two communities and over 100 savings accounts between them. The team made history as both the largest brigade ever from Texas and as the first UT brigade to Ghana.

The team in the seaside community of Aboano laid the groundwork for a cold store investment project to help increase the market value of the local fishermen's catch. In neighboring Adansi Maim, the Microfinance team devised a plan to fund the construction of a much-needed processing mill.