Everyday Heroes
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Deborah Kamanga The week starting on the 25th of July marked another exciting week in my CorpsAfrica journey. This was the week where our Mid-service training was scheduled and I was thrilled to take a one-week break from site, plus I was looking forward to meeting the entire CorpsAfrica Malawi […]
Reality
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Lucy Chihana I think 2015 is probably the year I read the most, analyzed a lot of research papers, and spent a lot of sleepless nights doing this as I was writing my research paper. It was during this time that I came across research that was done in Malawi […]
The Life of Tobi
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Limbani Kumanga Reposted from Tobiyasi in Chiradzulu “What do people do when they appear not to be doing something?” – Paul Theroux Now that I claim to be fully insured in my community, a few friends have been bugging me to describe common shenanigans on a typical day here in Chiradzulu. […]
To Each His Task, Winter Is Coming
Written by CorpsAfrica/Senegal Volunteer Mr. Abdou Cisse “A Diola Sembé,” to translate the strength and courage of labor in the Diola. Working in the fields structures all the social and economic organization of the Diola. A Diembéreng, the daily activities of Way Sira (host mom) do not only revolve around fieldwork activities. Everything is organized […]
Celebrating a Newborn Baby!
Written by CorpsAfrica/Senegal Volunteer Mr. Adnane Sounni The celebration days are great events that any person living in a new culture should be curious to discover. I may say that there are some similarities in the way humanity expresses its happiest moments as well as its bad experiences, but each community differs in the details […]
My Disability, My Strength
Written by CorpsAfrica/Senegal Volunteer Ms. Ndeye Awa Gueye Hello everyone, I apologize for my long absence from blogging, it was beyond my control. Now I come back with one that could be interesting. Happy reading!! Of the population of 13 million people that make up Senegal, 800,000 people with disabilities were identified. This is clear […]
Village Savings and Loans
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Sarah Kazira Village banks are everywhere in my community, and everybody is in one or two of them. I have been hearing so much about these village banks so I took it upon myself to investigate further about them. To understand more, I visited a couple of village bank meetings […]
Only the Reality on the Ground is True- So Let’s Impact!
Written by CorpsAfrica/Senegal Volunteer Mr. Hameth Ndoye On 6/16/2016 at 1:30 PM, we took advantage of the visit of the CorpsAfrica/Senegal office in our site Cabrousse to deliver a donation that was made to the preschool in our village. The school, Facoly 1 of Cabrousse, attended by 171 children from pre-kindergarten to kindergarten was created […]
Chitete Women
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Emas Potolani Besides working with primary school kids at Chitete Primary School, over the past three months and some weeks, I have spent my time interacting and working with Chitete women. I must confess that my stay in this community has been quite amazing so far, and indeed this is […]
The Power of Hope
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Tusayiwe Sikwese Malawi Secondary School Examinations (MSCEs) are well underway across Malawi. Students graduated at colorful ceremonies, danced their four years of hard work off at discos, and received gifts of all sorts from their parents, guardians, relatives, and friends. Well, at least that was the case at the secondary […]