Explore stories of service, connection, and transformation from CorpsAfrica Volunteers across the continent.
Written by CorpsAfrica/Rwanda Exchange Volunteer Mr. Magatte Ndiaye Travel offers us the opportunity to take time out to refocus and to recognize ourselves. Often, it is tempting to move away from our comfort zone to...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Kenya Volunteer Mr. Raphael Kivuva The beginning of each new day is an opportunity to start again. After a long journey of Pre-Service Training (PST) that runs for 5 weeks, I got a...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Kenya Volunteer Mr. Kelvin Mutuma On December 10th, 2022, after setting everything in order and getting ready, the car engine roared, destined for Kitui County, Kenya. Aboard were us; four CorpsAfrica Volunteers about...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Kenya Volunteer Ms. Irene Kihumba To be honest, I didn’t want the Pre-service Training (PST) to end because that would mean that my service at my community would begin and the reality of...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Ghana Volunteer Mr. Victor Annani Togborlo (Dreams) A community far away from the population and the deafening noise of the city. The cold breeze at night in the calmness of a small community....
Written by CorpsAfrica/Kenya Volunteer Ms. Sharon Jelagat It’s been a month and a few weeks since I arrived at my site, a village called Vota found in Machakos county, the eastern part of Kenya. It...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Kenya Volunteer Mr. Raphael Kivuva The real journey of integration commenced on the first day of arriving at the site and it was a moment of deeper reflection on the next 11 months...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Kenya Volunteer Mr. Kelvin Mutuma My first big assignment when I got to the site and held the very first community meetings was to trim down the walloping expectations of the community members....
Written by CorpsAfrica/Ghana Volunteer Mr. Daniel Amoah (One Danny) Wait until I tell you why. After I had settled in my community, my home visits and community transient walks (as ways of integrating), were uncountable....
Written by CorpsAfrica/Kenya Volunteer Sam Kibebe Growing up, all I heard about Kambaland was how dry it was and how famine hit hard in the region. A land with no rain, where nothing can grow,...
