Bitter Sweet
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Elvira Mdoka In an agricultural-dependent country, most communities crave the rains as a recipe for plant growth. Such was the case with cock village, which happens to be my site. As I arrived on a hot sunny day, I could see well-prepared fields. Spending more time, I realized they lacked […]
Boston University: CorpsAfrica Adapts the Peace Corps Model to Build Resilience in Rural Africa
Written by Marc Chalufour “In the early 1990s, Liz Fanning spent two formative years as a Peace Corps volunteer in a small Moroccan village in the High Atlas mountains. She studied the impact of human and animal populations on endangered species– and witnessed the power of the Peace Corps’ model to aid communities and build […]
CorpsAfrica and the Mastercard Foundation Partner to Create 30,000 Work Opportunities for Young Africans
NEW YORK– December 3, 2021– CorpsAfrica and the Mastercard Foundation today announced a three-year partnership aimed at providing opportunities for young Africans to become changemakers in public health, education, and economic development and to support the creation of 30,000 work opportunities for young people across the continent. The $17 million partnership will enable CorpsAfrica to expand […]
The New Times: How Pig Farming is Enabling Rural Communities to Fight Poverty
Written by Michel Nkurunziza “Justin Nyandwi, a resident of Ngeruka sector of Bugesera District had never realized that little resources can lead a one living in poverty to build self-reliance and into entrepreneurship until volunteers were deployed to support and change the mindset in rural communities with needy households. Last year, following guidance from the […]
It’s time!
Written by CorpsAfrica/Maroc Volunteer Ms. Ahlam Ben-Taj As an only child, it was difficult to leave my jammed house and head to a remote area somewhere. It was the last night in MY soft comfortable and accustomed bed, that night I felt the feeling I used to on Eid day (a religious holiday). I felt […]
BRIDGING GAPS INSIDE ME
Written by CorpsAfrica/Rwanda Volunteer Ms. Honorine Ndakwizeye Mpuhwe Dear Readers, I would like to share with you the happiest part of my life, which is serving the community as a CorpsAfrica Volunteer in my Country, Rwanda. I was a fresh graduate, and honestly, I wished to have a permanent job. I even found one in […]
My Second First Day
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Grace Sichinga “If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.” – Eleanor Roosevelt “Expect the unexpected.” I am sure that many of us have heard this phrase, if not used a couple of times. My experience getting to my site two weeks ago truly […]
Moving to the North
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Joseph Katsala On the evening that I was told by the CorpsAfrica/Malawi Country Director that I had been placed in Karonga to Volunteer for the next ten months, my mind ran all sorts of imaginative iterations. I was literally shaken to the core. I had never really been to Northern […]
VOA: Daybreak Africa
Jackson Mvunganyi interviewed Liz Fanning on the COVID-19 response work the CorpsAfrica Volunteers did in Morocco, Senegal, Malawi, and Rwanda…
Miatho Times: CorpsAfrica for Job Creation Drive in Malawi
By Chaweya Mzembe “CorpsAfrica/Malawi a Non-Profit Organisation that focuses on volunteering on Community-led development says it is planning to work with the Government of Malawi in establishing a national youth volunteering program. According to Country Director for CorpsAfrica in Malawi, Arthur Nkosi, the program will help in the creation of job opportunities among the youth. […]