A Huge Milestone
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Vanessa Chimutu I can’t say am overwhelmed but I am proud of my community. When I first had the idea about doing training in my community it was because of the little frustrations I was facing due to the lack of understanding and communication breakdown between them and me. Of […]
Bawo
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Lusekelo Simwela As a Volunteer, we are ‘armed’ with some tools that help us work and fully integrate into our communities. These tools have been helpful in my service but there is one tool that I used that is not in any Human Centered Design book. This tool is called […]
They’re So Cute! – Rabbits for Business Not for Show
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Tusayiwe Sikwese A few months into my service, I started feeling a bit lonely and I wanted a puppy. So I thought, “Hey, I will ask some of the community members to help me find one.” One of the community members eventually offered to help and I got very excited. […]
The Forgotten Actors of Development
Written by CorpsAfrica/Senegal Volunteer Mr. Mama Diop A locality, whatever its nature, its ground, and its resources, needs all its living forces to develop. In other words, the development of localities is a puzzle in which all types of actors have to bring a piece to form an ideal. According to us the more interesting […]
Initiation Ceremonies in Mbewa Village
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Deborah Kamanga For the past two weeks, I have been going to bed or waking up to the sound of people singing or chanting. On the first night, I thought maybe there was a funeral; or wedding nearby because that’s usually about the only time that people sing or chant […]
Up and About
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Lucy Chihana This month I decided to take some days off from my site, take that vacation, get some of my things done, and visit my friends and family. I went all over: Zomba, Blantyre, Lilongwe, Dedza and finally Dwangwa the place that made me. I couldn’t wait to share […]
Beyond Empowered
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Vanessa Chimutu So now that Corps Africa mid-service training and Age Africa scholars retreat is over, I sat down and started reflecting on most of the issues and topics that had been discussed throughout my two weeks away from site, the most recent thought that came to my head was […]
Monthly Song In Action
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Assiatu Pongolani Clearly, for those who follow me here, almost every post in the past few months of blogging has been a song of the Grass Root Soccer (GRS) project. This fun activity has been my favorite from other projects because it does not need a lot of resources to […]
Halfway Down the Lane
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Limbani Kumanga “Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do” – Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe “A scared dog barks to pretend to its master but a brave dog bites to protect him” – An African Proverb July 2016 marked the midway of my service […]
Halfway Through
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Aissatu Pongolani While at our Pre-Service Training as a CorpsAfrica Trainee to become a Volunteer, we had this wonderful, exciting, interesting, and on the other hand overwhelming information called the Human-Centered Design Training. Personally, when I thought of one year living in a new community, new friends, new language, and […]