A socially responsible company that sells handmade art and accessories from Madagascar and Kenya
Nature of Project:
Assess and implemented new marketing and pricing strategies
Analyze supply chain and streamline inventory management
Restructure business processes to enable the organization to grow
Deliverables:
Pricing strategy recommendations
Excel-based accounting tool
Access database for tracking product prices and categories
Andrew Lees Trust
A UK based nonprofit focused on social and environmental projects in Madagascar
Deliverables:
Provide a preliminary coconut plantation business plan, including regional coconut market analysis, opportunity cost analysis, estimated operations requirements, estimated cash flow requirements, and estimated financial statements
Provide co-operative ownership structure recommendation, including operational, cultural, and labor participatory factors
Habitat for Humanity Madagascar - Eco-tourism Initiative
A non-profit, non-denominational Christian housing organization building simple, decent, affordable houses in partnership with those who lack adequate shelter
Nature of Project:
Create a marketing plan to increase number of teams and participants in HFH Madagascar's Global Village program for international volunteers
Deliverables:
Marketing plan for the Global Village program, including a set of alternative volunteer program packages tailored for an expanded customer base, and created template materials for managing customer relations
Habitat for Humanity Madagascar - Microfinance
A non-profit, non-denominational Christian housing organization building simple, decent, affordable houses in partnership with those who lack adequate shelter
Nature of Project:
Address the challenge of tracking and assessing the performance of revolving loan funds
Identify a fair pricing strategy for loans, while abiding by Habitat's non-profit mission and still protecting for inflation
Deliverables:
An analysis of the current state of the revolving loan funds
An analysis of 3 alternative loan structures proposed by HFH and the impacts that each structure would have on the both the funds and the borrowers
Recommendations for loan pricing
Financial indicators/benchmarks to maintain, improve, and assess the quality and performance of the portfolio(s)
