Explore stories of service, connection, and transformation directly from CorpsAfrica Volunteers across the continent.
Written by CorpsAfrica/Rwanda Volunteer Ms. Hyguette Irambona Many amongst us were raised to follow such a pattern: u grow up, go to school, study hard...
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Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Joe Nkhula He turned to look at a slender-bodied woman coming our way. Suddenly, there was an inexplicable twinkle in...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Khumbolawo Mkochi Describe your CorpsAfrica experience in one word. I briefly stared at the survey question before I decided to...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Witness Chawinga “A positive attitude may not solve all the problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Kaitano Maison At the beginning of my stay here at the site, most things were new to me because the...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Rwanda Volunteer Ms. Anitha Impumbya “If you can’t fly then run if you can’t run then walk if you can’t walk then crawl,...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Patricia Lily Nyirenda The essence of hard work is found in the freedom of celebration. Are we celebrating anything at...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Lucky Katundu Twambilire (not her real name), is 29 years old, a mother of three, and a member of Mwalala...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Sibongile Nyirenda When COVID-19 was discovered, it took the world by storm. I was one of the individuals who was...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Grace Sichinga If you are reading this blog, I believe it is fair to assume that you have received education...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Sibongile Nyirenda I must admit that it was really hard to move away from my family to a new community....
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Tusekile Munkhondya Being aware of the adventure of living in a rural community, I had a lot of preconceived expectations...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Patricia Lily Nyirenda My passion for volunteering for my country and my people keeps deepening with each passing day. The...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Grace Sichinga Trees are important. I’m sure most of us have heard this many times. But how many of us...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Endington Wa Kavuli Building relationships with the community that you have never been with before is quite a challenging and...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Umusa Ng’oma Winston Churchill said, “The farther backward you look, the further forward you are likely to see.” Every day,...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Tusekile Munkhondya A rolling stone has its day to hit a snag and gather the mosses. After days of struggling...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Kaitano Maison I have had a very wonderful stay on my site since I got here. I remember in my...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Chipiriro Mkumba “To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art.” – Food Matters Food is thought...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Lonney Banda It is a well-known fact that water plays a major role in our lives and that without it,...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Funani Matemba The first month in my community was full of mixed emotions. It was both tiring and interesting. Most...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Maroc Volunteer Mr. Soufiane Dayi What am I doing here… It’s freezing cold! What is voluntary work? What is the point of living...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Maroc Volunteer Ms. Aziza Himmad Autumn is a magical season in which everything can change. At my site, everything looks lovely and charming....
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Tapiwa Khutakumutu Dear Aspiring CorpsAfrica Volunteer, Unlike many other Volunteers, I almost cried when I first arrived at my site....
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Sellah Kantayeni My heart felt a heavy weight at the announcement that I would be there for the next 10...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Umusa Ng’oma It seemed like all fun and games; when the first round of deployment was done. I did not...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Patricia Lily Nyirenda I still remember the atmosphere of the room I was being interviewed on 21st June 2021. It...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Wongani Siula “I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Maroc Volunteer Mr. Ayoub El Fadili A few days ago, I was approached by a man. “Are you a teacher?” he said. I...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Maroc Volunteer Ms. Fatiha Tachakourt I always had this idea of working in the social field. In my last years of college, I...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Maroc Volunteer Ms. Aziza El Aazizi Lao Tzu once said, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” From Dakhla...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Maroc Volunteer Ms. Salima Anjar Hello everyone, I hope that you read this blog and you are in the best condition. On November...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Maroc Volunteer Ms. Ikram Douaou My journey as an official CorpsAfrica Volunteer started on the 12th of November 2021. Not so long! Yet,...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Sibongile Nyirenda That long-awaited journey was finally here… a throwback to 16 October 2021, the day of swearing in, a...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Lucky Katundu Lying on the Bulambya plains and on the tip of the map of Malawi, the Chitipa district is...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Witness Chawinga A child’s quality education is every parent’s dream. Parents are happy when their children perform well at school....
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Jolex Chicco Kaundama When the exciting and rigorous one-month Pre-Service Training was over, I eagerly waited for the swearing-in ceremony....
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Harriet Lynn Kumbani I used to think I lived in one of the hottest places in Malawi until I moved...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Elvira Mdoka In an agricultural-dependent country, most communities crave the rains as a recipe for plant growth. Such was the...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Maroc Volunteer Ms. Ahlam Ben-Taj As an only child, it was difficult to leave my jammed house and head to a remote area...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Rwanda Volunteer Ms. Honorine Ndakwizeye Mpuhwe Dear Readers, I would like to share with you the happiest part of my life, which is...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Grace Sichinga “If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.” – Eleanor Roosevelt “Expect...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Joseph Katsala On the evening that I was told by the CorpsAfrica/Malawi Country Director that I had been placed in...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Chiukepo Mwenechanya It is exactly 14 months since I was deployed to catalyze community-led developments in a local community of...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Dorothy Mapira I could write a million words but they will all tell the same story of how grateful I...
