Squads Abroad is a 501c3 non-profit organization under our parent company Global Brigades, a Platinum Level Guidestar member for Financial Transparency. Since 2004, our organization has collectively mobilized more than 70,000 international volunteers to help resolve global health and economic disparities around the world.

Teachers: Join our movement!

Lead your students in real-world global microenterprise consulting projects

Global Business Squads

With the facilitation of our in-country professional teams, aspiring business students build business skills through consultations and workshops with rural microenterprises. 

 

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virtual experiential learning

Global Business TeleSquads directly propels students into an international consulting setting right from their classroom. The program creates an engaging virtual experiential learning environment leveraging to build cultural competency and gain real-world international consulting practice with a tangible impact on the lives of aspiring entrepreneurs abroad. 

in-country volunteer abroad

Students work alongside mentors and our on-the-ground teams to provide probono consulting to microenterprises in under-resourced community partners. Students work to create business deliverables using our frameworks, present their findings to the entrepreneurs, and help capitalize new ideas to foster financial growth.

Each Global Business Squad Includes

Consulting Microenterprises

Each Squad selects their client(s) such as artisans, farmers, and community banks from our waitlist.

Improving Access to Capital

Students advocate for clients and strengthen their borrower profile to access loans from community banks. 

Financial Literacy Training

Students learn and deliver financial literacy workshops to help foster a culture of savings and responsible lending within the community.

Start-Up Costs

Program expenses include support with start-up costs or investments for the clients.

BUSINESS SQUADS PROVIDE STUDENTS:

A local coordinator and translators to support the entire program.

Customizable consulting deliverable templates for client presentations.

A professional mentor and lectures from local economic development experts.

Cross-cultural competency training to improve client interaction.

Local language instruction with business terminology.

Enriching and interactive cultural activities to foster relationships.

Where We Work

PANAMA

HONDURAS

greece

Impact Stats*

Community-Owned Banks

Microenterprises Supported

of Capitalization for Microenterprises

Business Volunteers Mobilized

*Impact numbers include our statistics from our parent organization Global Brigades.

Teachers, join our movement!

Squads are passionate groups of volunteers who mobilize abroad to create positive change. Each Squad type has a skill-based focus area that support the education, health and economic development objectives of community partners. Faculty choose their dates, duration (typically 1-2 weeks), and their site location from one of our six program countries.
Squads Abroad is a 501c3 non-profit organization under our parent company Global Brigades, a Platinum Level Guidestar member for Financial Transparency. Since 2004, our organization has collectively mobilized more than 70,000 international volunteers to help resolve global health and economic disparities around the world.