MBA Service Trips

Each year groups of MBA gentlemen and their chaperones head across the globe on community-centered adventures.  These experiences abroad compliment our partnerships with local agencies and are intended to help students expand their horizons and to learn more about themselves and their neighbors.  We believe that travel helps students as they grow into their best selves by promoting problem solving, patience, empathy, self-control, cultural understanding, creativity and more. 

We are excited again to offer spring breaks and summer service trips in 2024.  9th and 10th grade students have the opportunity to travel to Panama in March, experiencing the wonders of Panama City and  working with a school in the rural Cocle Province.  11th and 12th graders explore Athens, Greece and the surrounding areas and support young people their ages who have come to the country as refugees.  In June, boys from the rising 8th and 9th grade classes will travel to Guatemala, where they will offer their skills, talent and spirit to young school children in the area.  Also, we plan to offer a new high school summer trip to Ghana and a by application only trip to South Africa for boys who are ready to take their study of local and global issues to the next level. 

We look forward to a fantastic year of transformational travel!
    • Greece

    • Greece

    • Greece

    • Greece

    • Greece

    • MBA in Cuba

      Cuba 2018


PANAMA - 9TH AND 10TH GRADERS - SPRING BREAK 2024 - This trip is closed.

In partnership with our long-time partner, Squads Abroad, students will join an Impacto Squad, through which they will enjoy a service and cultural immersion program.  Community efforts will focus on a rural school in the Cocle Province, where boys will work on a project prioritized by the community - construction, ESL, health initiatives and more.  Hat making, mole painting projects, tamale cooking lessons and other cultural enrichment activities will fill the afternoons.  Travelers will also have time to visit the Panama Canal and the Mireflores Locks and even spend a fun afternoon on the beach!  Join us for purposeful fun!

GREECE - 11TH AND 12TH GRADERS - SPRING BREAK 2024 - This trip is closed.

Our friends from Squads Abroad have put together a fantastic and impactful volunteer and cultural immersion program in Greece.  Students will get to know boys their ages who came to Greece as refugees, unaccompanied by an adult, and will work with the shelters that move the kids from camps and the streets to safe and secure housing and a holistic network of child protection services.  The group will improve living conditions and access through much needed infrastructure projects, will participate in educational workshops and will engage with their peers in simple fun recreational activities and sports.  While in the area, travelers will, of course, visit the Acropolis, Greek islands take a bike tour of the city, eat amazing food and more!  This is a trip of a lifetime.

GHANA - RISING 10TH, 11TH AND 12TH GRADERS - JUNE 2024

For more information check the "resources" section of Scholar.

GUATEMALA - RISING 8TH/9TH GRADERS - JUNE 2024
For more information check the "resources" section of Scholar.

SOUTH AFRICA - RISING 10TH, 11TH AND 12TH GRADERS, BY APPLICATION - SUMMER 2024

Information available soon.

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