AROUND THE WORLD
Business Brigades students Taylor Dahlgren and Cyryl Jakubik teach a workshop in Panama. Investing time in business abroad
Loyola students work with family businesses abroad to build financial stability
A man in Panama demonstrates his daily routine to Busi- ness Brigades volunteer Quinn Patterson and a translator.
businesses run by local families. The under- graduate students represented Loyola’s chapter of Business Brigades, which is part of Global Brigades, an international student-led organiza- tion that provides business consulting and stra- tegic investment to support under-resourced microenterprises around the world.
E 28 LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO
ight Loyola students recently traveled to Panama to help drive economic development in a rural community and improve the financial sustainability of
The trip took place in January, with the
volunteers providing educational, financial, and organizational resources to help community members develop new businesses or improve businesses they already run. The students met with families to learn about their business back- ground, their challenges, and their ideas. The students then came up with a workshop that developed suggestions for helping the families improve business practices, such as customer service, marketing, and efficiency of operations. For example, a family that raised chickens
discovered that they were losing $75 a month because they hadn’t been accounting for all of the costs related to caring for the chickens. The students and the family then worked to develop different possibilities.
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