Volunteer
Business is a
Holy Calling.
Partners Worldwide is a volunteer powered organization — simply put, we can’t fulfill our mission without businesspeople and professionals like you.
You’ve spent years building skills in business, agriculture, finance, leadership, or technology. Partners Worldwide connects that experience to local leaders around the world who are already building businesses and creating jobs in their own communities. We work alongside them, and volunteers like you are part of how that partnership grows.
Two ways to get involved
Find the role that fits your experience
LONG-TERM · ONE PARTNER
Business Affiliate
A Business Affiliate (BA) builds a long-term relationship with one local partner organization. You become part of a small volunteer team that listens, advises, and walks alongside the entrepreneurs that partner organization serves. Think volunteer business coach, sounding board, and advisor rolled into one relationship that often lasts for years.
“As a BA who is a business owner, you’re saying, ‘We’re business owners in another context, and we know what it’s like to struggle and solve problems…I’m here to walk alongside you.’”
John Hanson, Business Affiliate
PROJECT-BASED · NETWORK-WIDE
Subject Expert
A Subject Expert (SE) volunteers expertise on a project basis, wherever it’s needed across the network, instead of committing to one partner long-term. If you have deep experience in a specific area — leadership coaching, IT, HR, marketing, accounting, agriculture — and want to apply it where it’s needed most, this is the better fit.
“I spent 20 years in investment banking building expertise I thought was just about making money. Then I found a place in Africa where that exact knowledge was needed. I’ve been able to use it in a way that changes lives.”
Kurt Fritz, Subject Expert
Whether you’d like to volunteer project-by-project as a Subject Expert, or foster a long-term, hands-on relationship as a Business Affiliate — our goal is to match your skills, experience, and calling with just the right opportunity.
IN THEIR OWN WORDS
“It's such a rewarding experience to watch businesses grow and mature over time.”
Dave Genzink
Volunteer in Haiti
"We are all digging deep to lift and strengthen each other. All of us share our passion, hope, creativity, compassion, and much more with each other as we seek to elevate each other within the ultimate goal of lifting up the name of Jesus."
Lisa Buffinga
Volunteer in Honduras
“One of the biggest factors why I am continuing in this endeavor is because of the compassion that I have experienced from God. I can never repay it except for cascading it down the line. This is my way of paying it forward to bless others. In short, I am blessed to be a blessing through Partners Worldwide.”
Ed Rivera
Volunteer in the Philippines
Frequently asked questions
Listen—Before anything else, a BA is an active listener, learning everything they can about the partner and their context.
Communicate—At least once monthly, BAs communicate with their partner Local Community Institutions, offering ideas, advice, encouragement, and prayer.
Visit—At least once yearly, BAs visit their partner organization.
Network—Collaborate with other BAs through events that encourage, equip, and teach others. Tell others about the work of PW and invite them to volunteer too.
- You care deeply about ending poverty
- You have a heart to serve
- You're interested in building cross-cultural relationships
- You have experience in professions such as accounting, sales, law, agronomy, banking, and business operation, and other professional fields
- You're looking to use your knowledge to help others
There’s no minimum or maximum time requirement, but most BAs end up working with us for years and even decades. It’s a testament to our relational network and the collaboration, trust, and meaningful relationships established across the world.
Want to learn more?
We’d love to hear from you. Fill out the contact form below and someone from out team will reach out with a few days to connect you to an opportunity where your experience can serve locally led organizations fighting poverty.