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...
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 CorpsAfrica in Morocco in 2013 with seven...
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 focus on CorpsAfrica Volunteers who dedicate 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 CorpsAfrica, she talks about its establishment, built...
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 Friday, June 28th. The court will...
“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, and other issues touching listeners’ lives [30...
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 Edward Yakobe Sawarengera, the Malawi Ambassador to...
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 changed my life, but I didn’t know...
“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 on health issues. The program is hosted...
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 speaker. See pictures, here. View the program...
November 2018, CorpsAfrica/Senegal Pre Service Training for Group 3- comments from Mr, Etienne Senghor, Peace Corps Training Center Director in Thies, Senegal (01:50)
Check out this short video of CorpsAfrica/Rwanda’s first Pre-Service Training with Volunteers from Group 1. Produced by Garrett Mason (06:52)
By USAID Humanitarian Specialist, Cara McGrath “When you think of development in Africa, what images come to mind? Young Americans volunteering to teach English at a rural school? A group of foreign engineers digging clean...
KIGALI- CorpsAfrica proudly announces that it will launch its African volunteer program in Rwanda beginning this fall. Rwanda will become the fourth African nation to join the CorpsAfrica network. The organization first started programs in...
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“Applications are open to young Africans from Malawi, Rwanda, Senegal, and Morocco for the CorpsAfrica Volunteer Program 2018. CorpsAfrica provides Africans the opportunity to serve as volunteers for one year in a rural, high-poverty community...
In Malawi, CorpsAfrica partners with Grassroot Soccer, an adolescent health NGO that leverages the power of soccer to educate, inspire, and mobilize at-risk youth. Katlyn Saley produced this inspiring video of their recent training. (3:09)
By Brenda Buliyani “As youths continue to understand the need for impact on the lives of others, many of them have joined CorpsAfrica Malawi, becoming part of the solution to the challenges affecting their communities....
An overview of the CorpsAfrica/Senegal Group 2 Pre-Service Training filmed by Cherif Khoury. December 2017. (07:48)
On Tuesday, December 5th, CorpsAfrica celebrated International Volunteer Day at the Embassy of the Republic of Malawi near Dupont Circle. Ambassador Edward Y. Sawerengera of Malawi spoke eloquently about his support for CorpsAfrica in Malawi...
On November 29th, Liz Fanning spoke at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She was interviewed by Cara McGrath, a graduate student in the Masters in Management program and RPCV Uganda.
Pictures from CorpsAfrica/Malawi Group 2‘s Pre-Service Training by Garrett Mason, the Human-Centered Design trainer. November 2017. (04:18)
By Kristof Nordin “Kristof Nordin, co-founder of Never Ending Food, facilitated a 4-day ‘Introduction to Permaculture‘ training with CorpsAfrica in Malawi. CorpsAfrica is a non-profit volunteer organization, which is structured similar to the U.S. Peace...
“Liz Fanning served in Morocco from 1993 to 1995 as Parks, Wildlife and Environmental Education volunteer. Twenty years after serving, she founded CorpsAfrica, which offers the same transformative experience as the Peace Corps to emerging...
August 5, 2017- Anne and Doug Reiniger hosted the 2nd Annual BBQ for CorpsAfrica in Jackson Hole, WY with Liz Fanning and featured speaker Bill Hayes from Kosmos Energy.
By Holyce Kholowa, Consultant “Communities from Chitete Village in the area of Traditional Authority (T/A) Simon in Neno District say access to potable water is crucial in saving them from waterborne diseases and crocodiles attacks...
A video produced by Mourchid TV during the CorpsAfrica/Senegal Close of Service ceremony for the first group of Volunteers in Dakar, Senegal. February 2017. (01:49)
December 19, 2016: CorpsAfrica hosted a beautiful reception at the Embassy of Senegal in Washington, DC. Thank you to Ambassador Edward Yakobe Sawerenga, Mr. Aboubacry Sadikh Barry, Dr. Driss Alaoui, our wonderful hosts at the...
December 7, 2016- CorpsAfrica hosted a beautiful reception at the home of board member Karli Hagedorn in New York City, NY. Thank you to Ambassador Nector Mhura, Ambassador Cameron Hume, Kati Marton, our wonderful host,...
December 1, 2016- CorpsAfrica hosted a beautiful reception at the World Affairs Council in San Francisco, CA. Thank you to the wonderful host committee (Chuck Frankel, Peter and Barbara Gleichenhaus, Karen Keefer, Brett Kuhnert, Steve...
