Academy for Creating Enterprise--About Us

About The Academy

The Academy for Creating Enterprise provides entrepreneurial education and ongoing support to Latter-day Saint returned missionaries in developing nations. In areas where traditional job opportunities are scarce or nonexistent, we teach students how to develop and launch their own businesses. Through this newly-acquired self-reliance, our students are able to stay in their home countries, provide for the needs of their families, fulfill their callings in the Church, and strengthen their communities. The Academy has been a beacon of hope and strength for over a decade in the Philippines, where we have helped students start more than 500 businesses and create thousands jobs. During the past two years the Academy has achieved similar success in Mexico and Brazil.

Accomplishments of the Academy and it's graduates:

-Trained more than 2000 students in Brazil, Mexico, and the Philippines.

-Established 27 Alumni chapters throughout the Philippines. Our alumni meet on a monthly basis to network, discuss business challenges, and work together to teach other members of the Church in their community.

-The Academy curriculum (in whole or part) has now been taught in the following countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, Congo, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Haiti, Mexico, Mongolia, Peru, Philippines, and South Africa.

-Largest number of employees at a single alumni business: 200

Most franchisees of an Academy-affiliated business: 34 franchisees

-The Academy has an internship program that enables up to 64 alumni per year to receive two months of training in their selected industry with an experienced provider (mainly other alumni) that teaches them how to launch their own businesses in their home community.