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CorpsAfrica at COP30, putting young Volunteers in the driver’s seat of climate resilience and raising the voice of rural communities in Africa at the Global...
At CorpsAfrica, we are once again entering the inspiring season of Pre-Service Training (PST), a transformative period where young people from across the African continent...
Some gatherings merely fill an agenda, but others uplift your spirit. The 2025 CorpsAfrica All-Country Conference in Nairobi was truly one of those remarkable experiences....
NEW YORK | September 26, 2024 – Washington, DC based NGO CorpsAfrica is pleased to be included among the 175 new Commitments to Action announced...
We are thrilled to announce the appointment of Dr. Samora Otieno as the inaugural Chief Program Officer for CorpsAfrica, effective Sept 9, 2024. Dr. Otieno...
By Nation Online “At only 23 years old, Tabitha Kasongo has contributed so much to her community. Currently serving as a CorpsAfrica Volunteer, the young Bachelor of Science...
“Since October 13, 2021, CorpsAfrica has deployed 30 volunteers in 30 Districts in Rwanda. These volunteers are composed of young Rwandans who are university graduates, who receive training...
Barb Quaintance, Vice President of AARP sits down with CorpsAfrica’s Founder and Executive Director, Liz Fanning, to talk about revitalization in Africa. May 2022 (20:39)
Written by Adrienne Benson “…Currently, Liz is CorpsAfrica’s executive director. Her instinct for community development is summed up by something someone wrote in her nomination: ‘One of the...
Written by Oumaima Latrech “With the Mastercard Foundation having invested $17 million to expand the presence of CorpsAfrica Organization in Africa for the next three years, OCP Group...
Written by Marc Chalufour “In the early 1990s, Liz Fanning spent two formative years as a Peace Corps volunteer in a small Moroccan village in the High Atlas...
NEW YORK– December 3, 2021– CorpsAfrica and the Mastercard Foundation today announced a three-year partnership aimed at providing opportunities for young Africans to become changemakers in public health,...
Written by Michel Nkurunziza “Justin Nyandwi, a resident of Ngeruka sector of Bugesera District had never realized that little resources can lead a one living in poverty to...
Jackson Mvunganyi interviewed Liz Fanning on the COVID-19 response work the CorpsAfrica Volunteers did in Morocco, Senegal, Malawi, and Rwanda…
By Chaweya Mzembe “CorpsAfrica/Malawi a Non-Profit Organisation that focuses on volunteering on Community-led development says it is planning to work with the Government of Malawi in establishing a...
Sasha Nicolle, Founder of Emanate International, interviewed Liz Fanning and Arthur Nkosi. (The 47-minute interview starts after a 95-second overview of CorpsAfrica). June 2021 (49:57)
Written by John Coyne “…I started CorpsAfrica to build on the enormous success of the Peace Corps. When I was in a PCV, I met many educated young...
By AARP “…Some countries in Africa are among the poorest in the world. In several where we work, nearly half the population lives below the poverty line. Meanwhile,...
By Bridgette Austin (GAL ’04) “…Liz Fanning founded CorpsAfrica based on the vision that talented African youth could serve as agents rather than beneficiaries of positive change in...
Wednesday, September 2, 2020: CorpsAfrica hosted its first virtual event, and the reviews are in: “A triumph!” “I must say that this is the best online event I’ve...
This panel discussion, led by CorpsAfrica’s Founder, Liz Fanning, featured former CorpsAfrica Volunteers that implemented water projects, including Belle Ange Niyonshuti from G1 Rwanda, Emas Potolani from G1...
Ndawa Thioune, Volunteer of Cohort 3, shared her community experience in terms of preserving and enhancing the environment through the fish farm in Lake Taouey in Ndombo Sandjiry....
Press coverage featuring CorpsAfrica/Senegal and the Ministry of Youth’s National Civic Service at their presentation ceremony of the COVID-19 prevention kits produced by Volunteers for vulnerable communities in...
By Michel Nkurunziza “A group of young volunteers is seeking to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and malnutrition in districts where people living below the poverty line, faced with...
Written by Jean R. AbiNader “Liz Fanning is more than a dreamer; she is a visionary who has made her dream, CorpsAfrica, a reality, overcoming multiple obstacles and...
By Liz Fanning “…When young Africans in Morocco, Senegal, Malawi, and Rwanda ask if they can serve like Peace Corps Volunteers, we can now answer, “Yes.” We started...
On December 5, 2019, CorpsAfrica friends and supporters gathered in New York City to celebrate International Volunteer Day. We highlighted the important contributions of volunteers worldwide, with a...
When Liz Fanning volunteered for the Peace Corps, she was motivated to create a second Peace Corps specifically for Africans. Now as the founder and executive director of...
Business Ghana | CorpsAfrica proudly announces that in collaboration with the NBA and OCP Group, it will inaugurate a CorpsAfrica Volunteer-facilitated basketball court at the Dzaleka Refugee Camp...
“On this fresh, fast-paced show, co-hosts Jackson Mvunganyi, in the U.S., and Nadia Samie, in Africa, talk to teens and young adults about politics, trends, lifestyles, health, entertainment,...
CorpsAfrica hosted a special reception, “CorpsAfrica in focus” at the Penumbra Foundation in New York City. Featured speakers included Bismack Biyombo of the Charlotte Hornets and His Excellency...
By Ariella Phillips “As a Peace Corps volunteer in Morocco in the mid-1990s, Liz Fanning was repeatedly asked by locals how they could serve their country. “That question...
“Health Chat is a live call-in program that addresses health issues of interest to Africa. The show includes a weekly feature spot, health news and comments from listeners...
Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield mentions CorpsAfrica at the Foresight Africa panel discussion at Brookings Institution in DC on January 17, 2019. (1:21)
Monday, December 17, 2018: CorpsAfrica was delighted to honor Senator Harris Wofford at the Embassy of Malawi in DC. Former Peace Corps Director Aaron Williams was the featured...
