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.
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Erik Werner has been working in Secondary Education and International Community Development for the past thirty years.  With an undergraduate degree in International Relations from Carroll College, he embarked in the Peace Corps in Bolivia ’92-’94 where he served as a Small Agriculture and ESL Teacher.  Erik received his M.Ed. from the University of Washington and was a High School educator at the Northwest School in Seattle from ’97-’00.  Erik was Director and Owner of Global Works student service travel company from ’00-’14 before becoming President and Co-Founder of Squads Abroad, the high school division of the 501c3 international development organization Global Brigades.  Erik is a passionate advocate for and architect of integrative programming for high school students involving global experiential learning and sustainable development.  Erik can be reached anytime at: erik@squads.org

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.
Through virtual or in-country programs, 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.