Volunteer Stories

Get an inside look at the experiences of CorpsAfrica Volunteers in the field.

An Open Heart On 1 October 2024, I was deployed to Nguèr, a small village of 300 inhabitants in the commune of Médina Sabakh...

Christmas is often seen as a time for family gatherings, festive meals, and cheerful celebrations, and it is a holiday that carries deep significance...

Written by CorpsAfrica/Maroc Volunteer Ms. Cecile Niyimenya (a Rwandan Exchange Volunteer serving in Morocco) It all started when I knew that I was deployed...

When I first arrived as a CorpsAfrica Volunteer, I felt lost. I had so many ideas but didn’t know where to start. Should I...

What does Christmas feel like when the world slows down? As 2024 winds down, I find myself on a quiet day in rural Meru,...

Since arriving in The Gambia, I’ve witnessed a beautiful way of life, one where community isn’t just a word, but a lived reality. Here,...

Buyiga Island, a wetland on Lake Victoria in Mpigi district was a world far away from a place I could call home to stay...

Huh! Challenges…… These are inevitable realities in life. The question is: How can we take advantage of the situation to suit ourselves? Five months...

When I first came to the village, I knew people would compare me to the previous Volunteer but I didn’t think it would be...

When I first arrived in the Kamwathu Sub location in October 2024, the scene was bleak—dry, parched land, water scarcity, and struggling crops. The...