Previous Projects

Identified, designed, implemented,
​and owned by local communities.

CorpsAfrica Volunteers move to their sites with open minds. Pre-Service Training gives them the tools necessary to facilitate conversations to help the community identify its highest priority development need, with no expectation of what project they will be implementing. Their most important role is that of listener.

Volunteers are responsible for:
  • Performing a needs assessment on the project idea
  • Creating a budget and project proposal
  • Bringing in appropriate Development Partners to help design and implement the project alongside the community
  • Serving as a liaison between the partner and the community
  • Monitoring and evaluating the progress and success of the project
  • Submitting timely reports for full accountability and transparency – all while living in the community.

SENEGAL PROJECTS
Chicken Coop
​​Adnane Sounni and the young men of his village constructed 2 separate chicken coops. They also purchased 400 small chicks, which are currently housed in one of the chicken coops before they are old enough and are moved to the neighboring one. The young men of the village will use this project to gain sustainable income - they will raise the chicks then sell them to local markets for revenue, and will eventually invest in other projects in their village. Click to download Final Report
Cereal Storage 
​Boubacar Diallo's community requested this project because of the waste of cereal products in the village and the lack of storage. Boubacar and his community successfully constructed a storage space for the cereal and established a management system for the village members. Boubacar worked to involve the women of the village, especially, and trained them on how to predict and manage the cereal price fluctuations through an efficient system. ​ ​​
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Salt Exploitation
Gnagna Dabo is working with the women of her village to optimize salt harvest and to improve the health benefits of the salt by adding iodine to it through workshops and training. This project will improve sales and cooperative practices of salt sales. The community renovated a village space for which now serves to host the workshops. 
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Rice Exploitation 
Dinisse Sylva worked on the rice exploitation project, which covers 15 hectares, with the local women’s cooperative. This project focuses on the introduction of new cultivation techniques and improving access to seeds and fertilizers by the women.  This project also ensures that the community has a rice stock during the dry season when no crops are cultivated. 

 
Processing Local Foods 
Volunteers Abdou Cisse and Hameth Ndoye worked on the Processing Local Foods Project.  They reinforced training for women in the village on how to process and conserve local products (fruits, vegetables) through effective and developed techniques. Abdou and  Hameth also worked with the women to market and commercialize these products locally, such as in hotels, restaurants and shops, through an organized women’s organization. 
Peanut Development 
Mama Diop's project aims to  improve the quality of peanut oil production by introducing improved pressing tools and techniques, using machines that already exist in the village but haven't been used before. The project developed packaging techniques through training an organized association of women. Mama also worked with the women to exploit residual products of the peanuts to produce soap, cattle food and more. Mama and the community hope to create sustainable income for the women, since they will begin selling their pressed, toxic-free peanut oil to local markets and restaurants.  
Sanitation and Recovery of Household Waste 
Amadou Alpha's project organized the local youth associations to be in charge of collecting and composting household wastes. He worked to implement a system of trash collection around the village using donkey carts and developing a village trash dumpster. He also worked with the community to organize a financial participation system for the maintenance of equipment and training of staff. 
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Community Library
With the help of his community, Dinisse Sylva organized the renovation of a building room and the building of shelves to create a library for his village. Dinisse also reached out to CorpsAfrica/Senegal partners, friends and supporters for books donations, which he used to equip the library. The community was extremely happy with this first-of-its-kind project and is excited to start promoting the culture of reading among the children.  

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​School Equipment
Hameth Ndoye also implemented the School Equipment Project, in which he collaborated with local organizations to fundraise and equip the local kindergarten classroom. The classroom was furnished with desks, chairs, wall decorations, school supplies and more.
School Cafeteria
Ndeye Awa is working with local school committees, parents and other partners to construct and equip a large space that will serve as the school cafeteria. This project aims to increase students’ attendance in school, as they often travel far distances in between classes to eat their meals. The cafeteria also aims to improve the students’ diets and overall health. Project still in progress.

MALAWI PROJECTS

Goat Husbandry
Tusayiwe Sikwese implemented the goat husbandry project with local community members to serve as an easily manageable and alternative source of income for the village community so they can support their basic needs.  32 goats are bought within the first week of the project implementation and distributed to beneficiaries, and  the remaining 10 goats were bought on March 2017. 
Primary School Desks
The desk project idea came from the members of Deborah Kamanga's village because they believe that a lack of desks at the school was contributing to poor examination results. Deborah and the community have brought 20 desks to the primary school and they were successful in funding 20 additional desks (locally made by a carpenter). The community contributed 10% in cash. ​Click to download Final Report
Nursery School
​Vanessa Chimutu worked with her community to implement the nursery school extension. This project, which will serve 85 children aged three to five years old and from four different villages, consisted of renovating and painting the local nursery school, in addition to constructing the bathroom and kitchen. This project aims to promote early childhood education.  The community contributed 10% of the project cost and have also contributed sand, water, and stones. Click to download Final Report
Improved Stove Production
Emas Potolani trained a group of women to be able to make improved stoves that are more efficient and effective. They are now able to make stoves with different designs and sell them at the local market, providing an improved living standard and allowing the women to support their families on their own. Click to download Final Report
Business Training 
This project was identified by Lusekelo Simwela and his community after realizing that one of the main reasons the villagers are reluctant to starting and running their own small businesses is their lack of knowledge on business management and development. This project and workshops aims to train the community in choosing the right business and appropriate loans and ensuring good management profit and sustainability of the project and more. 
​Desks for Secondary School
Sarah Kazira has identified the need for more desks in the local secondary school due to some students sitting on the floor because of the lack of desks in the classroom.  This results in the students feeling unmotivated and doing poorly in school. Through this project, Sarah and her community brought in 30 two-sitter desks which were made by the local carpenter in the village. Click to download Final Report
 Orphan Care Center
Mulanje has an extremely high rate of orphans and Abdellah Azizi and Soukaina Bouihi found out quickly how best to assist their community. Through dozens of meetings, needs assessments, and cups of tea, their village asked the Moroccan Volunteers to help in constructing an Orphan Care Center to serve over 200 orphans in the area. The construction of the center and the onsite playground was completed in just 30 days. Click to download Final Report
Chicken Project
​ Limbani Kamanga worked with the community to purchase and distribute chickens to his village members. The community identified this project because they wanted to improve their living standards by raising chickens as a source of money and food. The community has contributed 10% in cash and while CorpsAfrica funded the rest. 
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Shallow Well 
Lusekelo Simwela implemented the Shallow Well Project, which he constructed with the community. They were drinking unsafe water, which led to an outbreak of water borne diseases. The community contributed ten percent in cash and CorpsAfrica funded the rest. Community members are now using the shallow well for safe drinking water.
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Promoting a Reading Culture Project
Tusayiwe Sikwese is implemented this project by sourcing books from other schools so that she can help community’s school library expand, especially for Chisugulu Secondary School and Maluwa Nursery School. Tusayiwe has managed to source one thousand books donated to her community schools from St. Andrew's high schools and St Patrick’s high schools. Click to download Final Report 
School Garden 
Sarah Kazira worked on this project at Nsondole Secondary School within the community using the irrigation kit donated by Opportunity International (OI). The school is using the kit to irrigate school garden which is very easy and it saves time for the student’s studies. The school will be benefiting from the garden as the source of income to buy school materials and paying fees to those students who can’t afford after selling the vegetables from school garden.  
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MOROCCO PROJECTS
Multifunctional Room
Aicha Mimouni served in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco and is implementing the Multifunctional Space Project. Aicha and her community are working to repair and equip a space in the village (including building a bathroom) to serve as classroom with a library for preschool education. The space will also serve as a classroom to host the women’s literacy classes during the evenings and provides a communal space for village meetings. 
​Association Center Renovation
Hafssa worked with community members to renovate the village association center (2 rooms) that will soon be a Kindergarten classroom for children and a space for literacy/craft lessons for the village women. With the help of other Volunteers, the team cleaned and painted the new space, and added new furniture and equipment. 
Preschool Renovation 
Lahcen Chanchaf, CoprsAfrica/Maroc Volunteer in the High Atlas of Morocco, worked with his community to renovate a building room and equip it to be used as the village's preschool. In addition, the community and Lahcen constructed a latrine that will be used by the preschool children to encourage them to attend school. 
School Library
Abderrahim Boualy and Ali El Kassas served in the El Jadida district of Morocco and implemented the Library Project. They repaired, painted and equipped a room in Jorf Lassfar High School that was transformed into a library. The Volunteers also organized and coordinated book drives with different organizations and private schools to gather books for the library. 
​Solar-Powered Street Light
Abdelghani Lahjaji served in the Agadir district of Morocco and implemented the Solar-Powered Street Light Project. Abdelghani and his community identified the problem of lack of public lighting in the village, especially since the road isn’t paved and it can be difficult to see and walk around at night. His main project was thus the installation, with the help of the community, of efficient solar powered streetlights around the village.
Renovation and Equipping of Association Building
Abdelaziz Noujoum served in Morocco and worked with the association and outside parties to renovate the association building by fixing and painting it. Once completed, the building was used to host the association meetings and literacy classes for the village women, and was a great venue as a preschool for the village children during the day. Abdelziz also helped the local association create different committees and organize their duties and responsibilities. 
​Facilitation of Clean Water
Mourad Abdennebi served in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco and implemented the Facilitation of Clean Water Project in his village. This communal accomplishment involved the instillation of water piping that connected the village to a water reservoir and extended to each individual household to provide clean running water. Today, approximately 550 community members benefit directly from the newly installed piping. 
Stairs Project
Soufian Aaraichi served in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco and implemented the Stairs Project with his community. Together, they built over 480 meters of steps in the mountainside, allowing much easier access throughout the village. Today, the number of the numerous incidents and injuries among the villagers is drastically reduced, especially during the snow season, as the villagers hike up and down the narrow, steep alleys of the village. 
School Library
With her community, Wafaa Afkir created a library in the school and organized a book drive to collect books for the students of the village. She contacted many libraries and worked with volunteers at Dar America in Casablanca and the Casablanca American School. They collected and delivered to the school more than 300 books donated by students and individuals who heard about the project. Wafaa then contacted a carpenter to make bookshelves to display the books in the school.
Preschool Project
Hiba Tazi served in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco and implemented the Preschool Project. She and her community constructed a preschool facility for the village children, which was requested by the people because the lack of early childhood education leads to long-term low academic achievement. After the construction, Hiba secured finding from the Ministry of Education to equip the new school (with chairs, desks, school supplies, etc.) and hire a local teacher from the village.