What can a simple conversation really lead to? Sometimes, it becomes the beginning of transformation, hope, and a completely new direction in life. In April, during one of my community engagements, I asked one of...
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We often ask how many people were reached. Rarely do we ask how deeply lives were changed. When I began my service with CorpsAfrica in Kisoko, Busia County, I quickly realized that development is not...
Integration is often spoken about as a phase but living through it has taught me that it is more of a process than a timeline. These past few months in Nguutani have been transformative. Moving...
I started noticing dry grass as far as Thika, wondering how Mwangi looks like which was rumored as the deepest part of Kitui county. I arrived into the community scared, anxious, tired and more so...
They say you should never have any expectations when heading to your site of deployment. I told everyone I didn’t. I repeated it like a mantra. But if I’m being completely honest with myself, deep...
Living along the Meru–Isiolo road means learning to coexist with insecurity as if it were weather, unpredictable, recurring, and largely ignored until it turns violent. Cattle rustling here is not an isolated crime; it is...
There are days I felt like I was speaking into the wind. We planned meetings, made phone calls, and shared ideas, only for the next day to arrive with empty seats. Some days we agreed...
Being a CorpsAfrica volunteer is more than a title, it is a calling that has transformed the way I see the world. Every day, I step into the hearts of the community and experience life...
What if the very ground beneath our feet held the foundation for stronger homes, greener communities, and sustainable livelihoods? As a CorpsAfrica Volunteer serving in Eshironyanga in Kakamega County, I recently spent time with local...
Most people think that impact has to be grand, loud, global, and impossible to ignore. As an international relations graduate, I once thought the same, that real change has to happen through high-level policies, global...
