Impact

Our Impact

CorpsAfrica’s mission is to build on the Peace Corps’ notable success in Africa by providing the same transformative experience to emerging African leaders. Founded in 2011 by a former Peace Corps volunteer, CorpsAfrica inspires its members to launch high-impact community development projects in the growing number of countries it serves.

Impact by the Numbers

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"The thing I am most proud of from my CorpsAfrica experience is having been able to get out of my comfort zone and live/work in a rural community for one whole year. This has broadened my horizon on the views I had about development and helped me learn how other people live. I'm also proud of the lasting friendships and relationships which I have established with the CorpsAfrica family as well as the people in the community where I was placed. I have learnt what it is like to associate with people from different backgrounds and with different personal beliefs and values. All these experiences have shaped me into a much better person."

"CorpsAfrica took me out of my comfort zone, taught me a lot of new skills, and gave me hope that if people come together, we can accomplish anything. It made me appreciate things I took for granted."

"CorpsAfrica provided me with an incredible training that helped me integrate into my community. The training gave me the skills to identify needs in the village, and to address these needs through a project."

"Development is about the people and addressing their true needs. Mostly, we come up with projects that we think will help the people, but through observation of the community needs, we discover what may work and what may not. Sustainability is another thing that has to characterize community development. If people are not empowered to make decisions, then sustainability is at risk."

Community-Designed Local Solutions

From 2013 through today, CorpsAfrica Volunteers and rural communities have identified and designed more than 800 projects centered on local ownership, resilience, and collaboration.

MALAWI

BASKETBALL COURT AT THE DZALEKA REFUGEE CAMP

SENEGAL

COMMUNITY BAKERY PROJECT IN
MONT-ROLLAND

Malawi

CHIONDWE UNDER-FIVE CLINIC BUILDING RENOVATION

MALAWI

SALAMA
AFRICAN CREATIVE CENTER

Support Our WOrk

CorpsAfrica addresses two of Africa’s most difficult challenges: creating opportunities for youth and helping rural communities overcome extreme poverty and build resilience. We recruit motivated volunteers to live and work in remote, low-income areas in their own countries. They collaborate with the community to design and implement small-scale projects that address their top priorities and by doing so gain the skills and experience that lay the foundation for personal and professional success.

CorpsAfrica trusts youth and rural communities to help each other.