Morningstar: Mastercard’s Charitable Arm Backs CorpsAfrica Job-Skill Program Across 11 African Countries, touching 800,000 people
By Rachel Koning Beals “The expanded partnership will enable over 1,600 young African volunteers to impact over 800,000 community members, especially women, CorpsAfrica estimates The charitable arm of financial services giant Mastercard Inc. is backing a $60 million project aimed at helping young African leaders, especially women, with new jobs in healthcare, small businesses, education, […]
Rwanda Dispatch: Rwanda’s Community-based initiative provides skills upgrade to rural resident
Written by Adelphine Uwonkunda “Turengere ubuzima Skills Development Centre, one of the community-based initiative in Gicumbi district, Northern Rwanda is transforming the lives of rural Rwandans to ensure a better standard of living by equipping them with skills in tailoring. During the first graduation ceremony at the training center in Miyove Sector of Gicumbi district, […]
Ghana Web: CorpsAfrica Swears In Volunteers to Facilitate High-Impact Projects in Communities
By Benjamin Opare “CorpsAfrica, a non-profit organisation, has sworn in the first cohort of volunteers in Ghana, to lead small-scale and high-impact projects identified in their host communities. At a ceremony in Accra, eighteen (18) volunteers, who have gone through five (5) weeks of Pre-Service Training (PST), took the oath of service. In her keynote […]
Science Africa: Rwanda: Kitchen Gardens Tackling Malnutrition, One Community at a Time
Written by Nyirangaruye Clementine “In Rwanda, kitchen gardening is helping women to fight malnutrition-related diseases such as Kwashiorkor, intestinal worms, and others in children. Malnutrition is a big problem in Rwanda because of mortality cases where about 21% of children die from malnutrition diseases. The Rwanda Demographic Health Survey (RDHS) of 2014-2015 shows that 38% […]
MCLD: CorpsAfrica: Locals Helping Locals
“CorpsAfrica is a non-profit organization that recruits and places ambitious young Africans in remote, high-poverty communities in their own countries to facilitate small-scale, high-impact projects that are identified by local people, fulfill key needs, and whose impact and success can be carefully measured, all through a transformative volunteer experience. Liz Fanning the Founder and Executive […]
Nation Online: Grace Sichinga: Economist and Community Development Facilitator
Written by Mphatso Kumsinda “When asked what she is proud of, Grace Sichinga expresses that she is proud of all the development and community work that she has done so far, especially the work that has reached those who are usually left behind in most development programmes. “I am proud to be working in a […]
The Nation: Tabitha Kasongo: Queens Hub Forum Founder and Agricultural Economist
By Nation Online “At only 23 years old, Tabitha Kasongo has contributed so much to her community. Currently serving as a CorpsAfrica Volunteer, the young Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Economics graduate is an insightful coordinator with two years of social-economic development leadership experience. She is the founder of the Queens Hub Forum, an organisation which […]
The New Times: CorpsAfrica/Rwanda in Partnership with Unity Club, Engage Youth to Lead Changes in Taba Village
“Since October 13, 2021, CorpsAfrica has deployed 30 volunteers in 30 Districts in Rwanda. These volunteers are composed of young Rwandans who are university graduates, who receive training from CorpsAfrica and choose to dedicate almost one year of their life to the communities. This was enabled through a 3-year partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, aimed […]
AARP: Global Acceleration Summit 2022
Barb Quaintance, Vice President of AARP sits down with CorpsAfrica’s Founder and Executive Director, Liz Fanning, to talk about revitalization in Africa. May 2022 (20:39)
Peace Corps: Five JFK Service Award Recipients Embody Commitment and Connection
Written by Adrienne Benson “…Currently, Liz is CorpsAfrica’s executive director. Her instinct for community development is summed up by something someone wrote in her nomination: ‘One of the core foundations Liz implemented was for Volunteers to listen to people of the community, to understand the needs and then craft projects, along with local residents, to […]