The following is an excerpt from “Y-Prize kicks off Ugandan service competition” published in The Universe on Jan. 22, 2014.
![Teams of BYU students can create strategies to bring Ugandans needed medicine.](https://brightspotcdn.byu.edu/dims4/default/69224c0/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1275x1613+0+0/resize/840x1063!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbrigham-young-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fff%2F6e%2F161cd4b54885b1f8322a622cc08e%2F905-flyergood.jpg)
BYU students showed their eagerness to “go forth (and) serve” by attending the Y-Prize kick-off event Jan. 21.
Y-Prize is an opportunity for BYU students to serve the Ugandan people without leaving Provo. The Ballard Center for Economic Self-Reliance, in partnership with the Social Venture Academy, designed a competition to encourage students to develop and implement a strategic distribution plan to bring a life-saving pill to Uganda.
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Writer: Daily Universe Staff Writer, Ethan Parry