Architecting Hope 2018 Annual Report

Annual Report

What does hope look like? Here are some examples from a recent Miller Center trip, where we visited some of our Global Social Benefit Institute (GSBI®) alumni and partners in East Africa:

  • All Across Africa/KAZI is helping Rwandan genocide survivors rebuild their hearts and lives through highvolume artisan markets.
  • Tugende, in Uganda, finances taxi motorcycles as a way to help self-employed people own the tools they need to make a living.
  • PICO Eastern Africa fosters community and growth at the grassroots level, helping African rural and agricultural institutions work better.
  • Jibu enables community-based businesses to meet a basic need: affordable drinking water. During our trip, we witnessed growing and bonded communities brimming with entrepreneurial spirit, blending problem-solving with strong cultural values.

Miller Center sees entrepreneurship as a springboard to sustainable success and dignity throughout the developing world—a “passport out of poverty” in the words of GSBI social entrepreneur Joseph Nkandu—and a pathway to hope.

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  • Miller Center for Global Impact

    For over 25 years, Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship has been a leader in the global social enterprise movement. With an emphasis on climate resilience and women’s economic power, we accelerate social entrepreneurship to end poverty and protect the planet, guided by the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Located at Santa Clara University, we fuse the entrepreneurial spirit of Silicon Valley with the university’s heritage of social justice, community engagement, and global impact. Miller Center has served close to 1,500 social entrepreneurs based in over 100 countries that are impacting hundreds of millions of lives. Our 2024 Annual Report contains more information and stories about Miller Center’s outsized impact.