Explore stories of service, connection, and transformation directly from CorpsAfrica Volunteers across the continent.
Written by CorpsAfrica/Senegal Volunteer Mr. Abdou Cisse In the Diola culture, women have always held an essential role in the community thanks to their status and the activities they lead daily. In the Diola culture...
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Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Assiatu Pongolani A month now has gone by since I got here to Kadewere village. It has been a month that I have been doing much transitioning and integrating myself...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Senegal Volunteer Mr. Mama Diop “I’m possible,” said the development itself. Yes, we can! We can do it if we just believe it. But, all my life, I have heard people pronouncing the...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Senegal Volunteer Mr. Walid Chougna I started working with Nebeday Center located in Toubakouta, which partakes in many activities with people in the village, but its main roles are to plan Nebeday trees...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Lusekelo Simwela My site is called Makanani, it consists of 6 villages which are under the Group Village headman, Mr. Jumpha. Makanani is big, it is found 2 km from...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Isabel Mandiwa I have always had an interest, a longing, to help others, make a difference, and see the difference in someone’s life. While giving a sandwich or change to...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Deborah Kamanga About 3 weeks ago I got a “thrilling” email from Andrew (a CorpsAfrica Program Coordinator for Malawi). I had been looking forward to the piece of information contained...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Senegal Volunteer Mr. Abdou Cisse For those who read my last blog, you would have tried to guess what I did on Sunday, after my 10 km hike the day before. After a...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Senegal Exchange Volunteer Mr. Adnane Sounni Influential people are those who impact or shape the way others act or do things, right? Our Akhilleus that we will read about in this blog is...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Senegal Volunteer Mr. Boubacar Diro Diallo Playing with small children is my passion. My first activity this month was to entertain myself with the children of the village by teaching them educational songs...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Lucy Chihana This year has been one of the craziest in my life: from graduation to moving out to my little place I now call “home.” It’s not exactly what...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Senegal Volunteer Ms. Ndeye Awa Gueye After a month in Thies of capacity-building training and ending with the Swearing In Ceremony in Dakar, I headed to my new site: Dinguiraye on Saturday, March...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Vanessa Chimutu With my arrival into the community I had so many mixed feelings and emotions about what I was supposed to be doing here, but by and by, everything...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Exchange Volunteer Ms. Soukaina Bouihi, Photos by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Abdellah Azizi During our stay in Nitundu village, we had the chance to meet some of the most inspiring people we met....
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Emas Potolani On March 12, 2016, I pledged through the AIESEC YouthSpeak Initiative (you can make yours right here: https://aiesecmalawi.typeform.com/to/y4iD6a). My pledge is about quality education. To be honest, I...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Senegal Volunteer Mr. Hameth Ndoye The palm fruit tree occupies a very important place in the Diola Culture, and today we will choose the palm in its usefulness to eat, and for that,...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Sarah Kazira Two weeks ago I had the opportunity to attend the last CHATS (Creating Health Approaches to Success) sessions of the term with 8 girls under AGE Africa. AGE...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Senegal Volunteer Mr. Abdou Cisse “♪ ♫♫ ♪ You know my beautiful village, stretching along the water. With its beautiful foliage, and giant “fromager” trees.. With its beautiful shores, facing the ocean. Enchanting...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Exchange Volunteer Ms. Soukaina Bouihi, Photos by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Abdellah Azizi In Every CorpsAfrica Volunteer’s service, there comes a time when they are introduced to a new site, and a new...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Senegal Volunteer Ms. Gnagna Dabo Hello everyone! Here is my first blog and I will write you all a short description of my site to best feed your imagination before I give you...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Senegal Volunteer Mr. Amadou Alpha Ba On March 22, I woke up very excited because this was the awaited day to join my site. We were 4 volunteers to join their respective sites....
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Assiatu Pongolani My name is Assiatu Pongolani based in Mulanje as a CorpsAfrica Volunteer, I have been here for only a week now. But it does not mean I am...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Senegal Volunteer Mr. Dinisse Sylva My name is Dinisse Sylva and I am a CorpsAfrica Volunteer in a village in the Fatick region called Soudiane Thiéléme. Soudiane Thiéléme is a village located in...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Limbani Kumanga March 26, 2016, marked my one-month stay in Chiradzulu. Though far from perfect, my stay in rural Chiradzulu has been remarkable. The past 30+ days have exposed me...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Tusayiwe Sikwese It’s been a month and a bit since I came to my site in the scorching sun of Maluwa village, Phalombe. Yes scorching sun, the kind that heats...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Senegal Volunteer Mr. Mama Diop My last night before I joined the group of Volunteers was filled with many questions: How would the group of people I’d meet be? Will they share the...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Deborah Kamanga I have been at my site as a CorpsAfrica Volunteer in Mbewa village for 32 days and I must say it’s been quite a roller coaster journey. Briefly,...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Lusekelo Simwela Meet Richard Tamera, he doesn’t look like much at first glance, standing at no more than 5 feet nothing, he is tiny. He has this small but hoarse...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Senegal Volunteer Mr. Walid Chougna Hello! On January 28 we left Morocco to go to Senegal, my best friend Adnane and I, to join CorpsAfrica/Senegal. When we arrived in Dakar and headed out...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Senegal Volunteer Mr. Boubacar Biro Diallo My name is Boubacar Biro Diallo, I am 25 years old, and I am originally from Zinguinchor, southern Senegal. I have a degree in Sociology from the...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Limbani Kamanga Hello! My name is Limbani Kamanga – some people call me Ada Kamanga – and I am one of the 12 pioneering CorpsAfrica Volunteers in Malawi. As you...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Senegal Exchange Volunteer Mr. Adnane Sounni My amazing journey as a volunteer with CorpsAfrica/Maroc is finished; however, another one has started but this time with CorpsAfrica in its start-up program in Senegal. January,...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Vanessa Chimutu Am not much of a blogger/writer, to begin with, but hey, there is always a start for everything, so let me share a few things about my service...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteers Mr. Abdellah Azizi and Ms. Soukaina Bouihi In a few days, we will move to the villages that we are assigned to, our village will be in Mulanje district, many people...
Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Emas Potolani Ask me about my life, I would tell you that I have grown up away from my family, of course, I usually visit them once in a while....
