What is MBAs Without Borders?
MBAs Without Borders is a not-for-profit organization that strives to contribute to the business and social development of upcoming nations through work rotations of MBA professionals.
What is International Development?
According to Wikipedia: “The goal of international development is to alleviate poverty among citizens of developing countries. International development is a multidisciplinary field that may impact poverty reduction, governance, healthcare, education, crisis prevention and recovery, and economic restructuring.” For MBAs Without Borders, this means: “business, in all its forms, is a major player in alleviating poverty.”
Are you a registered charity?
Yes. In Canada. MBAs Without Borders is a registered Canadian Charitable Organization and has 501c3 Status in the USA. Our Registered Charity # in Canada is 84547 1341 RR0001 and 501c3 is: 26-0316136. We are currently exploring options for opening offices in the Europe and Australia. Please keep posted on our website for future information.
What type of businesses do you partner with?
We work with small businesses or not-for-profits organizations working towards the better good of developing countries by either working with the bottom of the poor or selling products that benefit the bottom of the poor; we then recruit MBAs who volunteer and can best support such organizations from 1-6 months.
What Fields do you work in?
MWB works in Agriculture, Health, Local Income-Generation, Environment anf Finance.
Must you be an MBA to apply for one of the programs?
Yes. MBAs Without Borders is for MBA Graduates. MBA Students are encouraged to apply to positions in the summer. When appropriate, MWB will accept non-MBAs.
What is covered during a posting for a MBA?
Accommodation, Transportation, Laptop, Vaccines, Health & Travel Insurance, Visa(s), around $1,000US per month Stipend, Roudtrip Airfare and Pre-Training Course (if needed)
How long is a placement?
It depends. When we talk to our partners we assess their needs. Average projects are from 4-6 months, but some are as little as 1 month. In general, we consider projects from 1-6 months in length.
Do you need to have international experience to apply?
Ideally, Yes. We like to see people that have either worked, lived, traveled or studied in a developing country. It doesn’t have to be extensive but we want your resume to show us you’ve put yourself outside the realms of the average young business professional.
Are you affiliated with Doctors Without Borders or Engineers Without Borders?
No. We are an independent, not for profit organization and have no affiliation with either of these organizations.
I’m interested in volunteering, how can I help?
We can always use volunteers as we continue to grow. The best way to move forward is to contact our office. This information is available on the Contact Page.
I would like someone from MBAs Without Borders to come and talk to my MBA class, MBA alumni group or at conference.
We would be honoured to speak at your event or set up a booth. Please contact us at 1.613.482.9483 or send us an email and we will be in touch with you shortly.
I would like to set up a MBAs Without Borders chapter at my university. Who do I need to talk about do this?
At the moment we are not looking into opening up chapters. Should this change, we will be updating our website and newsletter. However, we are looking at developing a diplomat program where we have MBA students represent MWB at their universities. If you are interested in this, please send us an email
Sometimes I see projects up on you website and then they are taken down… how come?
It does happen for a number of reasons. We do our best to select partnerships that will strengthen our organization and offer good opportunities to MBAs but at times there are matters out of our control and we have to cancel postings.
I have a great project that I found, but cannot afford to pay for it. Can MBAs Without Borders help?
If the project fits with our mission and values we will be glad to look at your project and assist where possible. We believe there are many great initiatives out there and so we will try and help as many MBAs get involved with business and work in developing countries.