Mission

Established in 1997 as Partners for Christian Development, Partners Worldwide is a faith-based international partnership of business and professional people who want to follow Jesus Christ in eliminating poverty and transforming lives. Our approach is to grow businesses and create jobs in areas of need, through developing business partnerships; offering business mentoring and training; increasing access to capital; and advocating on behalf of the poor. Partners Worldwide engages businesspeople to use their business knowledge and resources for mentoring, equipping, and encouraging small and medium-sized businesses with the goal of creating and sustaining jobs. Partners Worldwide works in 21 countries, and has created 17,977 jobs to date.