African communities. African volunteers. Lasting impact.
CorpsAfrica is a non-profit organization that recruits and places ambitious young Africans in remote, high-poverty communities in their own countries to facilitate small-scale, high-impact projects that are identified by local people, fulfill key needs, and whose impact and success can be carefully measured, all through a transformative volunteer experience. Read more here.
"When I was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Morocco, amazing young Moroccans used to ask me if they could do what I was doing - they'd say, 'I'm Moroccan, I want to help my country, can I be a Peace Corps Volunteer?' and I had to say, 'Sorry, it's only for Americans.' I started CorpsAfrica so they could have the same opportunity I did to learn, grow, and make an impact."
– Liz Fanning, Founder and Executive Director of CorpsAfrica
"As Africans we tend to wait for other volunteers such as Americans, Europeans, and Asians to help with our community, but thanks to CorpsAfrica, with this opportunity, I realized between Africans we should be helping each other. We can do it."
– Abdelkader Kadfii, a Moroccan CorpsAfrica Volunteer serving in Senegal
Mamadou Alpha Ba was a CorpsAfrica Exchange Volunteer from Senegal serving at the Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Malawi from 2017-19. In collaboration with Jesuit Refugee Services and a group of basketball players from the camp (the "Dream Team"), Alpha secured support from the NBA to build a new basketball court for youth at the camp. The court now serves as a space for ongoing sports programs promoting dignity, social inclusion, and overall well-being for youth in this protracted refugee situation. Watch this short video to hear directly from Alpha the incredible people involved in this exciting project. July 2019 (3:23)
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"I am proud of how much I have grown and changed. I am now a more complete human being having living and interacted with people who are less fortunate than me. I am more appreciative of what I have and I have had a spirit of giving back instilled in me. CorpsAfrica has changed my life for the better."
– Lusekelo Simwela, Malawi Group 1
– Lusekelo Simwela, Malawi Group 1
Basketball Court at Dzaleka CorpsAfrica Exchange Volunteer Alpha secured support from the NBA to build a new basketball court for and with youth at the Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Malawi. Read more about this project, and view photos, here!
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The Chronicle of Philanthropy |
Coronavirus AwarenessCorpsAfrica Volunteers are jumping in to be a part of the solution, raising awareness, and sharing prevention measures in the local languages of their host communities.
Read about their efforts, here. |
All of us at CorpsAfrica are grateful to OCP for their generous support.
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