There is No Need to Panic: What People Need to Know About COVID-19
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Bertha Mukhuna “The trouble with the world is not that people know too little; it’s that they know so many things that just aren’t so.” — Mark Twain This quote has been on my mind from the day that I conducted a Coronavirus Sensitization Meeting in my community […]
The Power of Kindness in an Emergency
Written by CorpsAfrica/Rwanda Volunteer Mr. Justin Nkunzimana “The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” Those words from Ralph Waldo Emerson kept revolving in my head since the COVID-19 pandemic first case registered […]
Hope in Times of Troubles
Written by CorpsAfrica/Rwanda Volunteer Mr. Isaac Ndengejeho (Eastern Kayonza District) Martin Luther King Junior once said, “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, what are you doing for others?” This famous quote has been occupying my thoughts during this period in which a declared pandemic of COVID-19 is strongly hitting the whole world, including Rwanda. […]
The Impact is Great. We See it. Our People See it.
Written by CorpsAfrica/Rwanda Volunteer Ms. Cecile Niyimenya (Western Province, Ngororero District) At the beginning of the coronavirus, the community was not ready to follow the government instructions generally due to the lack of information about the pandemic magnitude, but from the time CorpsAfrica Volunteers started working hand-in-hand with the local leaders, things changed for the […]
My First Days of Service
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Chiukepo Mwenechanya For a start, I should admit I had a lot on my mind to share, but I could not miss the story of my first days of service with CorpsAfrica. After an intensive one-month training, I started my service as a CorpsAfrica Volunteer in Mzimba, Malawi on the […]
The Haunted House
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Chifundo Chibaka A week after arriving at my site I started preparing my own meals. The most prominent economic activity here is agriculture and almost all the community members are involved in both crop production and rearing livestock. This makes it easy for people to have access to cheap foodstuffs. […]
My Malawi, My Responsibility
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Dorothy Mapira Just like any other person who is commissioned to do some work, “So help me God,” becomes their most favorable phrase. Thinking of the work ahead, one would really say these words as we did on that beautiful night when we took the oath to serve the people […]
Re-Adjusting in Times of Crisis
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Mieke Mmeya “We are our brother’s keeper. It’s going to be up to all of us.” — Paula Deen Dear Reader, A lot has happened since my last blog but one thing that has eclipsed all the others is the outbreak of the coronavirus. Although there have been no confirmed […]
Shifting Perspectives
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Mieke Mmeya Dear Reader, Have you ever heard people say that life in rural communities is easy? Or that people in rural communities are lazy? I have heard this countless times. I am doing my Volunteer service in a community in the Dedza district (Malawi). Here you really get to […]
The PST and My First Days in My Community
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Chifundo Chibaka After a long wait, the interview results were finally out. I had made it into the 4th cohort of CorpsAfrica/Malawi trainees. This was my second attempt to join CorpsAfrica and I was overjoyed to join CorpsAfrica in this cohort. I remember for the first time meeting my fellow […]