Explore stories of service, connection, and transformation directly from CorpsAfrica Volunteers across the continent.
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...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Hope Ngondo The stress of deployment started when the staff gathered in the conference room to announce where we were...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Washington Chifunda The Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu once said; “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step”. I...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Kenya Volunteer Mr. Samuel Mwangi Have you ever heard of the danger of a single story? If yes, I know you will bear...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Ghana Volunteer Mr. Iddrisu Issahaku My life has been full of anxiety ever since the CorpsAfrica journey started; an anxiety that moves from...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Kenya Volunteer Ms. Dawn Chemoiwa I was dropped off at my site. They dropped me in the middle of nowhere, nowhere to me...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Ghana Volunteer, Rahinatu Mohammed My thoughts on being deployed to my community began during the last week of Pre-Service Training (PST). I was...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Umusa Ng’oma In my time with my host mother, I came to know a girl. Let’s call her Yankho. Yankho...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Rwanda Volunteer Ms. Emelyne Munyana “No man is an island,” said John Donne. In his poem, John Donne attempts to provide facts about...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Ghana Volunteer Mr. Daniel Akebe Amoah (One Danny) On my first night on site, I thought it was going to be a night...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Ghana Volunteer Mr. Daniel Akebe Amoah (aka One Danny) It was all a cruise of certainty and joy as I made my way...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Kenya Volunteer Mr. Samuel Matiru First and foremost, I want to thank my host family for opening their door for me to experience...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Ghana Exchange Volunteer Mr. Amadaou Bamba Diaw Better known as Bamba, I am a young graduate in Economic Engineering at the University of...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Natasha Lughano Chagunda As I packed my bags for the site in Ligowe, Neno district, I had all of these...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Wonderful Mudolo “Instead of putting others in their place, put yourself in their place.” – Anonymous The day of departure...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Joana Msukwa “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”- Theodore Roosevelt I must say the idea...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Kenya Volunteer Mr. Samuel Njuguna “Every experience matters, but first experience matters more.” When I first heard that I was being deployed...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Frazer Kum’bweza Banda It all started in Mulanje at Likhubula C.C.A.P house, just hours before completing the Pre-Service Training (PST)....
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Stella Kumphika “Do not count your eggs before they hatch.” As CorpsAfrica trainees, we were taught to manage our expectations...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Prisca Kadawati Every new place is very difficult to live in at first, and being in a rural community makes...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Kenya Exchange Volunteer Mr. Malamine Badiane The day was Friday 9th December 2022. This was an important day because it was finally the...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Kenya Volunteer Mr. Samuel Kibebe As it’s known to many, the Christmas festivities are moments when people put down their tools of work...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Ghana Volunteer Ms. Rita Ofori I had the opportunity to meet with one of the 22 family heads in my community on 8th...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Grace Sichinga ‘Gile! Mwadzuka?’ (Grace! Are you awake/ Good morning?) This is the voice of my landlady that shakes me...
Ecrit par CorpsAfrica/Senegal Volontaire Amy Mbacke En plein cœur des paysages agraires, Médina Yéra est un paisible village qui s’étend sur des hectares à travers...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Claudia Njoloma Dear Reader, “Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Rwanda Volunteer Ms. Funny Maseya (a Malawian Exchange Volunteer serving in Rwanda) Serving as an Exchange Volunteer was my greatest dream. Once I...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Rwanda Volunteer Mr. Yves Delphin Gasore Words are fact language to the actions… I won’t go beyond Margaret J. Wheatley’s saying, “There is...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Rwanda Volunteer Ms. Flora Gihozo Kwizera It is crucial to feel that I am contributing as a Volunteer, and I do absolutely. I...
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...
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...
