Thirteen Northeastern students joined more than 1,000 of their peers from around the world at the 6th annual Clinton Global Initiative University meeting.
Entrepreneurial mindset used to combat poverty
Emma Rubbins-Breen, a third-year international affairs major, whetted her appetite for social entrepreneurship while on a co-op in Paraguay.
Fighting poverty with social business
On co-op with a nonprofit microfinance organization in the Dominican Republic, third-year student Juan Pena Salas helped impoverished villagers start their own small businesses.
A force for good in Uganda
History major William Bratches saw firsthand how small loans can lift poor farmers out of poverty while he worked on co-op at a microfinance organization.
Social entrepreneurship, one sandal at a time
On co-op, Northeastern student bolsters his apparel company—a nonprofit microenterprise that employs and empowers disadvantaged women in Kenya.
