Explore stories of service, connection, and transformation directly from CorpsAfrica Volunteers across the continent.
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Silvester Kunkeyani A soccer ball, simple but very powerful. Have you ever wondered what magical power soccer possesses that makes people so obsessed with it? Well, knowing how powerful this...
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Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Chancy Simba “He who brings sunlight into the lives of others cannot keep it for himself.” – African proverb. Most of the young people who have volunteered with CorpsAfrica are...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Twambilire Kalolokesya The Home of Hope Orphanage offers education opportunities to boys and girls from kindergarten all the way to vocational school. One common pattern that has been observed within...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Shyrene Kossom My typical day as a Volunteer revolves around giving out my time and energy to the people in my community. It is hard to pinpoint all my projects...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Hope Mawerenga Today I’ll share about the chat I had with an elderly man at the big trading center in my community. I had gone to buy a few things...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Ireen Kanjala Ten months down the line since I made my community my home. One of the things that had me both excited and terrified was being deployed to a...
Produced by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Exchange Volunteer Mr. Mostafa Aarab Essalai Putting together a female empowerment camp for 190 girls certainly is no walk in the park, but last week 25 amazing young leaders – made up...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. James Matipwiri While in the past it would take generations, now it is a common phenomenon to be hit by dry spells every couple of years. Apparently, experts say that...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Caroline Luka Living in a community with people of different cultures and beliefs can be tricky. The secret to making it work and not feeling like an outsider is to...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Chancy Simba How do we find ourselves? We do so by going “within.” We get to know ourselves first and then we get to know others. We understand how we...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Mildred Chirwa I volunteer at a local secondary school in my community and as the form four graduation was fast approaching I was approached to take care of the decoration...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Khwima Nyirenda My first thought of my community eight months ago was, “This is the middle of nowhere.” This was because it is far from what you and I know...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Silvester Kunkeyani The month is June. A cold season in most parts of Malawi and along the shores of Lake Malawi, often deemed as the goldmine of the lakeshore people....
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Exchange Volunteer Mr. Alpha Ba Although they are refugees or asylum seekers, the men, women, and youth of Dzaleka Refugee Camp have come together through Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) to provide solutions to...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Ireen Kanjala When a Volunteer is placed in a new environment, with new faces, it is not shocking to feel alone in places full of unfamiliar people. As days go...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Ruth Chamangwana My house attracts a lot of visitors, but there are some that never leave making them permanent residents. Actually, some of them move around my house like they...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Shyrene Kossam My site lies in the eastern side of Dedza District. It is headed by Group Village Headman, Sunduzeni, under Traditional Authority (T/A), Kachindamoto, with a population of 901,444...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Twambilire Kololokesya When I came to my site, the first thing I was told was that I needed to help out at the school with English. At the moment their...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Wezi Kayira “Literature is the gateway to the world,” my professor said. I agree with him wholeheartedly. As I read writers like Nawal El Saadawi, Buchi Emacheta, Khalid Hosseini, Mariama...
Produced by CorpsAfrica Exchange Volunteers Mr. Mostafa Essalai and Mr. Mouhiddine Hamma CorpsAfrica has so many supporters from all around the world. These individuals are from different countries, live in different cultures, and speak different...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Isabel Mandiwa While the first few months living in my community were exciting and thrilling and I just couldn’t wait to get started, now I have some nights and days...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Dingaan Kafundu Come to my site any day and at first glance it will seem like a deserted little community. You will see houses, little groceries, and shops, but hardly...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Ruth Chamangwana Six months at my site has been a rollercoaster; thrilling, stressful, but overall enlightening. I love moving around in my community, visiting community members, going to the lake,...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Mildred Chirwa The 28th of May of every year is World Menstrual Hygiene Day. The aim of this day is to encourage people around the world to promote activities that...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Silvester Kunkeyani The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), otherwise known as the Global Goals, are a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Caroline Luka Malawi being an agriculture-based country relies on agriculture for its economy, as well as household consumption. Every farming season, community members work from as early as 4:00 am...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Chancy Simba “Achieving victory over others in a competition or receiving a prize or reward for achievement” – that’s how the dictionary defines the word winning. According to the dictionary,...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Mildred Chirwa A lot of young people in Malawi die from Malaria and HIV/AIDS every day, despite these diseases being preventable. Although HIV/AIDS cannot be completely cured, there is treatment...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Hope Mawerenga Recently there have been discussions on a controversial issue; a church in Malawi spoke strongly against polygamy. This did not sit well with the people in the part...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Ireen Kanjala A wide variety of crops are grown during the hot and wet seasons in Malawi (November to April) and then harvested as well as stored in the cool...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Khwima Nyirenda One day, on a regular Tuesday in my community, I stumbled upon perhaps the most valuable economic activity in my community. I was walking to Mavungwe Primary School...
Produced by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Exchange Volunteer Mr. Mostafa Essalai CorpsAfrica Exchange Volunteers are busy in their communities learning a new language, implementing projects, making friends, cooking, eating, doing laundry, and much more! Mostafa is a Moroccan...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Chris Kaudzu With the hype from the Grassroots Soccer (GRS) Camp I held in my community, the youth got together to form a community youth club. The club is something...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Shyrene Kossam Child marriages are not a new phenomenon in Malawi and neither is the issue of HIV/AIDS. Kachindamoto has one of the greatest and highest rates of child marriages,...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. James Matipwiri From the dawn of my service in Dedza, it’s been an interesting and exhilarating journey so far. Working with community groups and learning the culture of the communities...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Twambilire Kalolokesya I started hearing about gender equality when I was in primary school. I even joined clubs that encouraged girl’s education and gender equality. Since I was in primary...
