Impact

The business support provided by our MBAs is having a tremendous impact. It is dramatically increasing the sustainability of our field partner organizations as well as the quality of life of their community members. As a secondary benefit, the success stories of our MBAs is inspiring and mobilizing a new generation of MBAs who are passionate about leveraging their business savvy to make a lasting difference in our world!

Here is a sample list of tangible results thus far:

  • Working with fair trade coffee producer, Sidama, certified 31 local co-ops with fair trade certification, making them the largest fair trade producer in Ethiopia
  • Initiated the enrolment of 4,000+ HIV positive patients into the membership of a national community-based health insurance plan in Rwanda
  • Increased women micro-credit customers from 150 to 3,000 for local micro-finance institution in Kenya with Faida Biashara Ltd
  • With MBA’s “toolkit binder”, a local agri-business NGO launched into its second district of operations, which in under six months already counts 14 new employees serving 1,200 clients
  • Developed a branding strategy to attract new patients to a local hospital in Madurai, India
  • Trained 2 staff members in supply chain management and helped increase local workforce from 8 to 170 people by partnering with local co-ops to support MaliChic, a local Handicraft group in Mali
  • Trained 20 local staff and implemented new process controls, resulting in an increase in income for 700 rural handicraft producers that work with Gone Rural in Swaziland
  • Developed Market Research Report on the local cashew market in 10 West African countries for use by local producers as part of their export plans
  • Managed and supported social marketing campaign for distribution of 1million+ malaria bed nets across Sierra Leone
  • Developed supply strategy to grow local women’s cooperative labor base from 35 to 80 people, to increase production of environmentally-friendly eco-mochilas in Colombia
  • Increased the product line development for a local environmentally-friendly Teak company in Mexico
  • Using product placement in Nollywood (Nigeria’s film industry), introduced a creative malaria net campaign that was featured in 20 soap operas and television shows across Africa reaching millions across Nigeria and Africa


MBA Testimonial

I would recommend MWB because I had an incredibly rewarding experience. This program allowed me to utilize the skills gained academically and professionally to assist my host organization.

–Annabel Khouri (MBA, American University) in Kenya with One Acre Fund

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