Kenya STORIES

Hands, Minds, and Farms: Building Resilience in Ntumburi

From the ground, up “A healthy nation is a wealthy nation” and that’s what I taught children aged 8 to 11 at MCK Ntumburi Child and Youth development Center. Here, we didn’t teach it with...

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She never stopped believing

Meet my 23-year-old young mother of two whose determination has stayed with me. She completed secondary school with a good grade that could have qualified her for a strong TVET course. However, poverty stood in...

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Bringing Digital Opportunity Closer to Rural Youths Changes Everything

What does life after CorpsAfrica service look like? For Peter Moenga, it means opening the doors of Rocky TechSavvy Computer College every morning and equipping the next generation of young Africans with the critical digital...

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The Day I Became a Mud Person

There’s something no one tells you about community work: at some point, you will find yourself… in mud. Not metaphorically. Literally. A few months ago, I was the strange lady in the community, the one...

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Turning Challenges into Progress: Community-Led Implementation and Growing Hope in March

March was a month of both challenges and encouraging progress in the implementation of community activities. While there were some difficulties such as limited resources, inconsistent attendance, and slow adoption of certain activities, the overall...

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Why Youth Don’t Show Up – And It’s Not Laziness

There’s a common assumption I keep hearing: “Young people just don’t want to show up.” But after working closely with youth in my Emulama community, I’ve learned something very different. It’s not that they don’t...

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April’s Journey: Walking, Learning, and Winning Hearts in Shanjetso

April has not been an easy month and honestly, I wouldn’t want it any other way. Serving as a CorpsAfrica Volunteer here in Shanjetso has taken me on a journey far beyond what I expected....

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April Was Not Perfect; And That’s Why It Mattered

The pigsty stood unfinished for weeks. Not because people didn’t care, but because life kept getting in the way. Time, resources, coordination, everything seemed to move slower than planned. Some days, only a few people...

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Steel for Resilience

In Buuri East Ntumburi location, Kongo Acheke village, a community milestone was reached with the purchase of 3 hay balers and 2 grass cutters. After months of mobilization, fundraising, and spirited debates, the machines were...

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The Soy Revolution in Our Community

They say a single seed holds the potential to feed a village, but in the heart of our community, it’s doing so much more. As a CorpsAfrica Volunteer, I’ve witnessed many projects, but few are...

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