What is MTWOB
Music Therapy Without Borders leads music & creative arts based volunteer projects around the Caribbean and the globe. Our trips combine the power of the arts with the desire to make an impact and the excitement of travel.
MTWOB offers music therapy students and professionals the chance to gain valuable clinical experience in a multicultural environment. Volunteers explore new instruments and interventions, learn how music therapy is practiced abroad, and immerse themselves in a different culture, as well as taste the challenges and rewards of working internationally.
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What You Will Gain
- Profound clinical, professional, and personal growth
- Intensive music therapy practicum experience for students, and increased confidence in your clinical skills
- Multicultural training and CMTE credits for professionals, as well as the opportunity to use your skills to improve lives in underserved communities abroad
- Genuine cultural immersion & exchange
- Meaningful, lasting connections with music therapy colleagues from around the US and the world
Why join MTWOB
Experience: We have a proven track record of creating extraordinary, transformative volunteer projects.
Support: We provide dependable, trustworthy, “concierge service,” organizing every detail of your trip and providing support from sign-up to return.
Independence: We give our volunteers the freedom to practice their clinical skills and try new interventions within a peer & supervisor supported environment.
Sustainability: We are committed to building true partnerships within the communities we serve, empowering local individuals and ensuring sustainable programming
Vision, Mission, Objectives
We envision a world in which people of all ages & abilities around the globe have opportunities to experience connection, growth, healing, transformation, and joy through engagement in music and the creative arts.
Our Mission is to facilitate enriching & transformative opportunities for students and professionals to learn, grow, connect, and broaden their multicultural skills, while expanding the reach of the field of music therapy.
Our Objectives are threefold:
- To provide education, mentorship, and community oriented multicultural training experiences for music therapy students and professionals to deepen and expand their practice;
- To support individuals & communities around the world by introducing culturally responsive music therapy and music-based services; and
- To build awareness and understanding of the benefits of music therapy in these communities, assisting them in creating a sustainable local program if desired.