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Co-run by current students, the successful venture not only generates funds, but provides work for artisans in Africa<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Bear Hugs” celebrates heartwarming stories of Cornellians on the Hill and around the world. Have an idea? Email us at cornellians@cornell.edu<\/a>!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This story was condensed from <\/em>a feature<\/em><\/a> in the<\/em> Cornell Chronicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Caitlin Hayes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As an undergraduate at Cornell and inspired by a newfound faith, future physician Kelechi Umoga \u201915<\/a> began plans to build a health clinic in Jeida, Nigeria, an impoverished village an hour from where he grew up in Abuja. The six-room clinic opened in 2016, but after a few years of operation, Umoga was struggling to find a sustainable source of income to pay its bills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In recent years, though, a group of current students teamed with Umoga to run a business to fund the clinic as well as a primary school in Jeida, while providing economic opportunities to Nigerian entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Members of Cornell\u2019s Nigerian Students Association model items ordered through Crossroads. (Provided)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cWe felt strongly that if we could provide value to the market and use that value in a socially impactful way, we could have a self-sustainable model that wouldn\u2019t be dependent on donations,\u201d recalls Andrew Darby \u201923. \u201cJust being in the same room with Kelechi and others on our team, seeing how they think and respond to challenges\u2014it\u2019s been an incredible education.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crossroads<\/a>, the business that Darby and Umoga founded with Anna Haraka \u201924, partners with Nigerian artisans, who make clothing and accessories for consumers in the U.S., with profits donated back to Jeida through Umoga\u2019s nonprofit Crossbonds<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A change in Crossroads\u2019 business model in late 2022\u2014adding custom-order, branded items, such as T-shirts and sweatshirts, to traditional African designs\u2014has increased demand, with 180 items ordered during the spring 2023 semester and $5,000 sent to Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The group is now expanding its pool of artisans and establishing chapters at five other universities. Customers have included individual students, student groups, and academic departments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crossroads also gives Cornell entrepreneurs experience running an international business.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Haraka and Darby have recently passed the torch to a second generation, a cycle they hope will continue as students graduate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe were able to find a project that had direct social impact\u2014impact for both the people in the Jeida region and the artisans,\u201d says Tyler Senzon \u201926, Crossroads\u2019 current co-CEO, a role shared with Joy Xu \u201925. \u201cIt\u2019s a great representation of the Dyson-Hotel model and exactly what we were looking for when we came to Cornell.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Umoga, who majored in human biology, health, and society in Human Ecology, holds MD and MBA degrees from Yale; he\u2019s now an emergency medicine resident at Mass General Brigham in Boston.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The group is now expanding its pool of artisans and establishing chapters at five other universities.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor me, it\u2019s been a way to invite other Cornellians to be a part of this work,\u201d he says. \u201cIt also allows me to give back, to help Cornellians gain this experience.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Darby was 10, a trip to Tanzania changed his life; he saw children his age without food, water, and access to education or healthcare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI did absolutely nothing to earn the basic necessities of life and the privilege I had been born into,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI really struggled with this idea of, like, why me and why them?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In high school, Darby started an organization to build wells in Tanzania; when he heard Umoga speak on an alumni panel at Cornell, he immediately connected with his mission to serve others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Umoga explained his struggles finding a sustainable funding source; he\u2019d even started chicken and catfish farms in the Jeida region in hopes of generating revenue and economic opportunity, but the political and economic instability in Nigeria overwhelmed those efforts.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Darby, then a sophomore, brought Umoga\u2019s challenge to the Social Enterprise Group<\/a>, a student organization that provides consulting services to businesses that want to make a social impact. After a semester of consulting, Darby, Haraka, and Umoga established Crossroads as its own business, with startup funds from the Cane Entrepreneurial Scholars<\/a> program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOne of the most rewarding things about this so far is hearing from the entrepreneurs about what an amazing experience it\u2019s been to work with Crossroads and interact with the team,\u201d Umoga says. \u201cThey feel heard and feel that their businesses are now going global.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One of the most rewarding things about this so far is hearing from the entrepreneurs about what an amazing experience it\u2019s been to work with Crossroads.<\/p>\n Kelechi Umoga \u201915<\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Founding and sustaining Crossroads has given students the opportunity to address real business challenges. They frequently take calls from artisans in the middle of the night to help with supply chain issues and have learned how to communicate with and inspire others across cultural differences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCrossroads has really trusted us and given us a lot of agency to start our own initiatives,\u201d Senzon says. \u201cWe\u2019ve been building our artisan base and refining our pitching skills and getting to interact with the professional world. It\u2019s really made me excited for entrepreneurship post-graduation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crossroads was selected as a semifinalist in the Hult Prize<\/a> International Pitch Competition from a pool of 40,000 startups and was accepted to the Life Changing Labs<\/a> accelerator program last summer. The group\u2019s growth has led to new chapters at Yale, Brown, Penn, Georgetown, and Amherst; students at those schools are laying the groundwork to generate more business for Crossroads\u2019 artisans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Members inspect some of their merch in the Physical Sciences Building.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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And at Cornell, a new wave of leadership is now benefiting, with a team of eight students all taking on crucial roles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBeing involved in Crossroads has helped me expand my network at Cornell and really plugged me into the entrepreneurship community, while also providing me with the opportunity to make an impact,\u201d Xu says. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAll the small wins have been great: the first time we filed our own taxes, even, and working with the artisans, and then seeing how happy people are with what they ordered. Just to see it grow has been amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top: Umoga meets with current members of Crossroads. (All photos by Sreang Hok \/ Cornell University, unless indicated)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Published January 23, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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