Malawi STORIES

Three Ways to Have a Mango

Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Sarah Kazira Mango season has just begun all over Malawi and it couldn’t have come at a better time. My community was blessed with a lot of mango trees, all...

Read More →

Filling My Time

Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Deborah Kamanga Samuel Johnson once said, “Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be spent.” For the past two...

Read More →

Home Is Where The Heart Is

Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Limbani Kumanga “Travelling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller” -Ibn Battuta As I insinuated in my previous post, the entire 15-member CorpsAfrica Malawi team left...

Read More →

CorpsAfrica Volunteers from Morocco, Senegal and Malawi Gather in Casablanca to Present their Experiences and Meet Sponsors, Development Partner and Friends

October 3, 2016 CASABLANCA — On Saturday, October 8, CorpsAfrica will host a special reception featuring young, African Volunteers from across the continent. For the first time in history, CorpsAfrica Volunteers, staff and alumni from...

Read More →

As I Volunteer

Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Emas Potolani “Nothing truly valuable arises from ambition or from a mere sense of duty; it stems rather from love and devotion toward men and toward objective things” Albert Einstein...

Read More →

One Love for “Nsima”

Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Lucy Chihana I have always been slim and tiny. I don’t remember at any point in my life weighing much or being tall. Am just me. I am not exactly...

Read More →

Summer is Here, But Where is My Mphasa?

Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Limbani Kumanga “We are not here to take part. We are here to take over” -Conor McGregor ​I am writing this piece while seated on the veranda of my tiny...

Read More →

My Little Vegetable Garden

Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Sarah Kazira During Pre-service training, we had a permaculture expert come and talk to us about perma-gardening, and with the way he talked, I saw myself starting a garden when...

Read More →

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...

Read More →

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...

Read More →