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Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Margaret Magombo The road has been very long for the young ones in our societies. Those who have been living and believing that they can turn around their lives by...
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Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Margret Chavula The world has been hit by a pandemic that has disrupted what was considered the normal way of living. Covid-19 has affected the social lives of people as...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Angella Chizimba Volunteering as another way of giving back to society has always been something I would go for. According to Martin Luther King, Jr., “Life’s most persistent and urgent...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Chifundo Chibaka Months after working with the youth club in my community, I feel like we have made tremendous efforts in increasing the role the youth can play in the...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Bertha Mukhuna Eight months deep into 2020, a lot of people are of the view that it is so far one of the worst years in history and almost everyone...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Margaret Magombo I vividly remember how nervous and anxious I was when I arrived in my community for the first time. I had no idea what my life and work...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Mieke Mmeya “Life can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forwards.” — Soren Kierkegaard Dear Reader, Lately, I have been thinking about my journey as a CorpsAfrica...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Chifundo Chibaka Having spent a great deal of life in the city, I always thought most of the information I easily had access to, a person from a rural area...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Angella Chizimba The coming in of the COVID-19 pandemic has abruptly changed most of our day-to-day operations. Due to this, we have been pushed beyond limits to create new ways...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Margaret Magombo The emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic in Malawi has unsettled the already troubled life of the citizens of the landlocked nation. Malawi is predominantly made up of citizens...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Eliza Chanika There she goes, A woman of purpose Early as a bird, she rises to till the ground Her fields smile with the different crops she grows Soybeans, maize,...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Chifundo Chibaka In my upbringing, my parents strived not to dictate gender roles when it came to household chores. It didn’t matter if my female siblings were around, I would...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Angella Chizimba Last month we had an opportunity to explore the beautiful beach of Nkhudzi based in Mangochi for our In-Service Training (IST) for a few days. Well, such a...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Mieke Mmeya Dear Reader, Some time ago I received a visit from Grace and Mercy (not their real names), two of my friends from my community. Grace is a cousin...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Eliza Chanika Am a kind of my generation Many call me a young lady, some prefer a girl But I have a name Am a sister to someone A daughter...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Margret Chavula Before being sworn in as a CorpsAfrica Volunteer, together with my fellow trainees, we went through a 1-month training formally known as Pre-Service Training (PST) where we were...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Chifundo Chibaka This is an ideology that I have come to learn and believe for a while now. It portrays the cost that each of us will have to pay...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Dorothy Mapira It was a sunny day, I could hardly sit in my house because it was hot. In search of fresh air, I took a seat under a big...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Mieke Mmeya “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” — The Once-lor, Dr Seuss’ The Lorax Dear Reader, Before I...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Bertha Mukhuna “Dare to seize all the opportunities on your path.” — Lailah Gifty Akita It is now close to two months since my country has had confirmed cases of...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Angella Chizimba Malcolm X once said that when ‘I’ is replaced with ‘We,’ even illness becomes wellness. This quote runs deep in my soul when I think about the Coronavirus...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Chiukepo Mwenechanya People usually say life is a journey but if you look around, you will notice that our life journeys don’t have destinations, let alone journey maps or routes....
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Chifundo Chibaka From the beginning, I always knew that the opportunity to serve with CorpsAfrica was a chance for me to meet new people, make new relations, and expand my...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Mieke Mmeya “If it is true that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link, isn’t it also true a society is only as healthy as its sickest...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Dorothy Mapira Many times we feel like we can do it on our own. We rarely give a listening ear to those that we see as inferior to us. We...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Chiukepo Mwenechanya It all started as a rumour and others joked about it. Well, reality has caught up with Malawi. Those were some of my thoughts as I played over...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Angella Chizimba According to WHO/UNICEF (2012), period poverty refers to a lack of access to sanitary products due to financial constraints. Period poverty accordingly is a global issue affecting women...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Margaret Magombo Going through the villages now it’s no longer green in the fields, it’s brown, and it’s harvest season. This is a period where the farmer is expected to...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Eliza Chanika Coronavirus has hit the world with approximately millions of people infected, thousands dead, and hundreds of new cases daily. People are living in fear with schools, markets, and...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Margret Chavula “If you have to put someone on a pedestal, put teachers. They are society’s heroes.” — Guy Kawasaki To compliment my service as a CorpsAfrica Volunteer at my...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Bertha Mukhuna “The trouble with the world is not that people know too little; it’s that they know so many things that just aren’t so.” — Mark Twain This quote...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Rwanda Volunteer Mr. Justin Nkunzimana “The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Rwanda Volunteer Mr. Isaac Ndengejeho (Eastern Kayonza District) Martin Luther King Junior once said, “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, what are you doing for others?” This famous quote has been occupying...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Rwanda Volunteer Ms. Cecile Niyimenya (Western Province, Ngororero District) At the beginning of the coronavirus, the community was not ready to follow the government instructions generally due to the lack of information about...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Chiukepo Mwenechanya For a start, I should admit I had a lot on my mind to share, but I could not miss the story of my first days of service...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Chifundo Chibaka A week after arriving at my site I started preparing my own meals. The most prominent economic activity here is agriculture and almost all the community members are...
