Explore the latest news, updates, Volunteer activities, and stories from across the CorpsAfrica network.
More than three decades ago, Liz Fanning’s experience as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Morocco set her on a path that would eventually lead to...
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This post was originally written as an Op-Ed for DevEx by CorpsAfrica’s Nadia Abdalla and M.K. Richardson. Opinion: CorpsAfrica’s “Pitch Days” are proving that community-led...
Read the FP Analytics Insight Brief to explore the data, case studies, and policy recommendations shaping the future of volunteerism, and learn how elevating service...
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...
From July 11-13, 2024, CorpsAfrica and UM6P convened in Benguerir, Morocco, for a strategic summit aimed at deepening collaboration and understanding the far-reaching impact of...
ACCRA, GHANA | June 14, 2024 — Zipline, the global leader in instant logistics, and CorpsAfrica, a global NGO that recruits and trains educated African...
CorpsAfrica/Rwanda and Mastercard Foundation are pleased to announce Project Demo Day in Rwanda March 31, 2023 Ubumwe Grand Hotel 9:00 AM-12:00 PM On March 31, 2023, after a rigorous process, eight CorpsAfrica/Rwanda Volunteers were selected...
By Rachel Koning Beals “The expanded partnership will enable over 1,600 young African volunteers to impact over 800,000 community members, especially women, CorpsAfrica estimates The charitable arm of financial services giant Mastercard Inc. is backing...
March 28, 2023, NEW YORK — CorpsAfrica announced today that its partnership with the Mastercard Foundation to develop the leadership skills of young Africans, particularly young women, has been expanded. The five-year partnership will empower...
We are thrilled to announce the launch of the Alumni Entrepreneurship Incubator, a fully-funded program designed to support CorpsAfrica alumni in their entrepreneurial ventures. The incubator will provide high-level business training and seed funding to...
Written by Adelphine Uwonkunda “Turengere ubuzima Skills Development Centre, one of the community-based initiative in Gicumbi district, Northern Rwanda is transforming the lives of rural Rwandans to ensure a better standard of living by equipping...
By Benjamin Opare “CorpsAfrica, a non-profit organisation, has sworn in the first cohort of volunteers in Ghana, to lead small-scale and high-impact projects identified in their host communities. At a ceremony in Accra, eighteen (18)...
About the event We believe the CorpsAfrica Volunteers do invaluable work– they engage communities, build networks, and serve as critical liaisons between communities and key development partners. We want to recognize and celebrate their tireless...
Written by Nyirangaruye Clementine “In Rwanda, kitchen gardening is helping women to fight malnutrition-related diseases such as Kwashiorkor, intestinal worms, and others in children. Malnutrition is a big problem in Rwanda because of mortality cases...
“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...
Written by Mphatso Kumsinda “When asked what she is proud of, Grace Sichinga expresses that she is proud of all the development and community work that she has done so far, especially the work that...
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 in Agricultural Economics graduate is an insightful...
“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 from CorpsAfrica and choose to dedicate almost...
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 core foundations Liz implemented was for Volunteers...
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 has pledged to support the organization’s plans...
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 mountains. She studied the impact of human...
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, education, and economic development and to support...
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 build self-reliance and into entrepreneurship until volunteers...
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 national youth volunteering program. According to Country...
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 Moroccans who would ask me if they...
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, Africa is rich in underutilized talent, with...
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 their own countries. The locally led, locally...
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 ever attended so far. It’s so inspiring...
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 Malawi, and Saâdia Dinia from G4 Morocco.
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. CorpsAfrica/Senegal Deputy Director Mareme Ndour speaks about...
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 the Dakar region.
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 a high malnutrition rate, reside. Following guidance...
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 demonstrating that Africans can work across tribal...
