SIFE (Students In Free Enterprise) is an international non-profit organisation that has teams in higher education institutions across 40 countries; there are 26 teams in South Africa. The main purpose of SIFE is to mobilize students to make a difference in the communities they live in by initiating or involving themselves in community activities that aim to better the standard of living and the quality of life of community members while applying powerful and influential entrepreneurial concepts.The University of Stellenbosch also has this team in place. Which has engaged and initiated projects headed under three (3) contexts that affect the community directly: Social, Economic/Entrepreneurial and Environmental. This is done through the collaborative efforts of the community members, students at the University of Stellenbosch, business advisors and other stakeholders. SIFE US has a simple and an effective ethos "we don't work for the community but rather with the community, by creating replicable alternative, instead of reinventing the wheel".
