Meet the Fifth Group of CorpsAfrica Volunteers in Senegal:

Marème Aïdara is a student and socio-economic entrepreneur. She is from the Dakar region of Senegal, and she currently resides in the department of Keur Massar. Holder of a baccalaureate series L2 in 2016, she continued her higher education at the Virtual University of Senegal where she obtained her license in English specializing in Linguistics and Grammar. She also has higher education combined with professional training in computer science. After two years of unfinished training, she embarked on entrepreneurship in the field of agrifood with the transformation of local fruits into juice and syrup after being trained and sanctioned by a Certificate of Aptitude. In April 2021, she set up her start-up called MAANTA in tribute to her beloved mother who formed an EIG of more than 20 women and students in her field of activity. She is very open-minded, active and very comfortable with her person, and through her professional and student activities has been able to travel to many regions of Senegal including St-Louis, Kaolack, Thies, Diourbel, Casamance, Ziguinchor, Bignona, and the sub-region with our neighboring country, Gambia. She is in love with discovery and writing when she travels. She is passionate about communication and everything related to it. And this is what explains her strong past involvement in student and extra-curricular activities. At the same time, she is driven by a pan-African fiber and an inordinate desire for development and her vision is that Senegal must necessarily go through local development through sectoral development programs. Today, as a CorpsAfrica/Senegal volunteer, Marème Aïdara wants to serve her community. For her, CorpsAfrica is an opportunity to serve her nation differently and thus contribute to the construction of its building. Her objective is to have a lasting impact on the cultural and socio-economic development of her host community through the enhancement of their resources. Beyond being a mission of self-sacrifice, she wants to be the best version of herself when she leaves her service through feedback that will have a positive impact on her. For this young Senegalese, being imbued with republican values, civic accountability is a duty for any good citizen. 

Anna Madeleine Badiane was born in Adeane, in the Ziguinchor region. She obtained her baccalaureate diploma in 2016, series L2. After the baccalaureate, she took the entrance exam to the ESEA ex ENEA, and she was admitted to the Community Development and Training Department (DECOF), specializing in Community Development Animation. During her four years of professional training at the ESEA, she had to complete six internships including three internships in urban areas and three internships in rural areas, in the respective regions: Louga (in the district of Keur Momar Sarr, municipality of Syer and in the village of Malla Takk); Diourbel (department of Mbacké, commune of Dalla Ngabou); Thies (Mbour department, at the Mbour fishing wharf) and Dakar. In Dakar, she was hosted by YMCA where she had to do her pre-professional internship and her end-of-study dissertation internship. In addition, she was also responsible for the professional integration of young people in the Kedougou region, as part of the APTE-Senegal project (Improvement of Work Performance and Entrepreneurship), carried out by the YMCA Senegal. This experience allowed her to discover the problems encountered by the Kedovine population, the existing realities in the environment and especially to detect the problem of the professional integration of young people in the area. She is also a youth volunteer at YMCA and a business entrepreneur. During her educational internships and the professional experience, she had the opportunity to carry out missions and work, where team spirit, a sense of listening and organization are all required. She was able to demonstrate autonomy and rigor, which enabled her to carry out the missions entrusted to her. Having the ambition to better discover the realities and conditions in which these rural populations live, she says that it will be with great pleasure to work with them in order to participate in community development.

Malamine Badiane is from Ziguinchor, more precisely in Lindian. He is a student in License 3 English at the Virtual University of Senegal and at the same time follows a training in digital communication at the IGI. He is a young leader committed to service to his community because according to him, “everyone cannot be famous but everyone can be great because greatness is determined by service and service only engages those who who makes it”. From an early age, Malamine has never ceased to be at the service of his contemporaries through commitments in associative life, teaching and now in the context of volunteer service. After obtaining his baccalaureate in 2018, he began his first steps at the prestigious sanctuary of knowledge, the Virtual University of Senegal where he was Vice-President of the Sports Cell and became the first person in the history of this university to set up the 1st women's basketball team and to organize in collaboration with the Senegalese Scrabble Federation the 1st Scrabble tournament. During the difficult times of the COVID-19 pandemic, Malamine had the brilliant and relevant idea of ​​setting up the "Génie Confinement" online Genie en Herbe competition which was congratulated and encouraged by the administration of the UVS. Apart from his commitments at the UVS, he has held several leadership positions in associations such as the Pedagogical Unit of the Unit of National Students of the Municipality of Mbao, the Association of Young Dynamics (an association which he even created with his peers) the Union of African Leaders Movement, the Personal Development and Entrepreneurship Leadership Club. With the association of dynamic young people, he had to organize with his peers in the Commune of Mbao awareness days on ghost children, fairground hearings, reforestation and setal days, revision sessions for students in exam class, free vacation lessons etc. Malamine also represented Senegal as a delegate at the 2021 World Bank Youth Summit. Driven by the desire to do more, he is committed to CorpsAfrica with the aim of participating in the construction of his country, to discover his country in depth, to acquire new skills and experiences so that he can achieve his future ambitions and among which, to become the future President of the Republic of Senegal.

Jean Joseph Badji is from the region of Ziguinchor and more specifically, in Niassarang in the department of Bignona. He holds a BFEM with a level of study of the final class. ​Jean is an independent and social entrepreneur, actor of community development. He is a member and a volunteer at the YMCA Ziguinchor and has benefited from the program called ICS (International Citizen Service) thanks to which he has had to facilitate talks on employability, citizenship with more than a thousand students, on the creation of entrepreneurial clubs in the neighborhoods, and the identification of community needs with the drafting and implementation of a broiler breeding project with a budget of 600,000 francs. Jean has supervised children in a program called AMENSENCE (Improvement of the Academic Level of Students through Educational Communities). He also worked as a volunteer in the APTE Senegal program (Improvement of Work and Entrepreneurship Performance in Senegal) with Caritas Ziguinchor to assist field agents in the animation of entrepreneurship clubs, to support and educate learners on the entrepreneurship by organizing AGR (Income Generating Activity), also preparing learners of CFP (Professional Training Center) for integration into the professional environment through introductory activities to the world of work and internships. Also for the response to COVID-19, Jean was involved as a VIP (Proximity Intercommunity Volunteer) at DÉCLIC (Développement Citoyenneté Inter et Communautaire Leadership) as part of the Laabanta Corona Project. He was able to raise awareness about respect for barrier measures and make VAD (Home Visit). He is also involved in digital social mobilization for the Poliomyelitis vaccination campaign with UNICEF. Jean is the initiator and president of an association called Sukali Sama Gox Coboda in his neighborhood in collaboration with young people to raise awareness on local development in favor of 100 young people and women from sports and cultural associations in the organization of a day of consultation and a donation of medicines with more than 200 beneficiaries, in the reforestation of 200 plants and more than 1,000 coconut trees in the neighborhood. This year, Jean became a Volunteer at CorpsAfrica/Senegal. His goal in his host community will be to serve with heart and mind, to have a lasting and positive impact on people's lives through the enhancement of their resources.

Amadou Bamba is from the town of Tivaouane in the region of Thiès. He is a young entrepreneur and a graduate in accounting, business management and administration. After his baccalaureate in 2013, he continued his studies at Dakar Bourguiba University (UDB) in Economic Management Engineering for two years, then he enrolled at the University Institute of Technology and Commerce (ITECOM) to to specialize in accounting from where he obtained his diploma of higher technician and his Professional License in Accounting, Management of Companies and Administrations. After his studies, he landed several internships and obtained a contract with Chemical Industries of Senegal (ICS), which allowed him to occupy various positions as Personnel Manager, Payer and, finally, Stock Manager. After leaving the company, he embarked on entrepreneurship by creating his own business in the field of clothing sales and import-export while leading his associative life fully. Indeed, he is part of an association that works in social action by helping the poor in rural areas. An activity that is close to his heart because it allows him to put his experience at the service of the population and without reserve as he has always wanted.

Pape Seyni Bar is from the Walo region and resides in the Dakar suburb of Thiaroye Azur. He is a specialist in Agrifood obtained within the Sectoral Center for Professional Training. He previously studied Economics and Management and holds a bachelor's degree. He also passed a higher technician's certificate in Quality, Health, Safety and Environment (QHSE) at the African Center for the Environment and Sustainable Development. His professional career has been much more oriented in consultancy, agri-food entrepreneurship and marketing of agricultural products to which he has been able to produce a model of support for entrepreneurs, GIE to train them, coach them, and pull them towards innovative formulations and new products. He has also worked on a standardization allowing entrepreneurs to review aspects relating to packaging as well as the facilities for obtaining authorizations for production and sale. He is CEO of an agribusiness consultancy firm SAFIC (Sun Agro Food Industry Company) which offers technical support to organizations (GPF, GIE, Associations), NGOs, and private companies in the planning and implementation of activities, as well as personalized coaching, creation of income-generating activities, agricultural entrepreneurship, and capacity building. He has trained many groups of women, young agripreneurs in the Linguère department, in the Matam region, in Bamako and Bayakh. In Kaffrine, Bar is also co-founder of a start-up called ADA-AGRO which excels in the processing, development and marketing of local products. Today, as a Volunteer with CorpsAfrica/Senegal, he sets himself an objective to serve his host community, to put his know-how, his skills and his expertise at the service of others. He commits to make a useful contribution to the development of a community that will reverberate far beyond its service; to contribute, through his work, to strengthening organizations that are tackling some of the world's most pressing problems; to be part of those who work to make things better; to help others and participate in the well-being of the community; to make a difference; and, to be part of a positive change in my community. Through CorpsAfrica/Senegal that Pape Seyni Bar considers as a source of inspiration for development for Africans by Africans and an opportunity to acquire new skills and experience in community development.

Mariame Cisse lives in the Ziguinchor region. After obtaining her baccalaureate in 2017 at the Lycée Djignabo Bassène in Ziguinchor, she was directed to the Assane SECK University in Ziguinchor where she obtained a degree in sociology. During her training, she carried out a study on the social representation of mental illness with the staff of the Émile Badiane psychiatric hospital in Ziguinchor. This study allowed her to see how much these mentally ill people suffered and to see how much the staff was investing in their healing. She is a member of the Access Alumni Club of Ziguinchor. On the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the Access Program, she and the other members of her club organized a day whose theme was “stop the child begging”. They organized it in order to spend a whole day with talibés from a Daara in the region in order to allow them to flourish and spend a day without begging. The authorities of the region were invited to launch the message on the fight against begging by children and the danger that they run by spending most of their time in the streets. Indeed for Mariame, respect for the rights of the child should apply to all children whether they are Talibés, disabled or even orphans. She is also a member of NCD/Pole Sud (Nature-Community-Development) which is a structure that is active in the protection of the environment. Mariame is passionate about discovery, adventure and learning and joining CorpsAfrica/Senegal is a great opportunity for her to be able to live a unique experience.

Originally from Dakar, Sokhna Ramatoulaye Cisse is a student in Master 2 Political Science - International Studies with Diplomacy and International Relations at the Gaston Berger University of Saint Louis. She holds a baccalaureate series L2 at the Maison d'Education Mariama Bâ in Gorée. Passionate about the environment and specialized in diplomacy, her master's study and research work focused on climate diplomacy and the challenges of international climate negotiations in the countries of the South, particularly African countries. Furthermore, Ramatoulaye is very interested in the role and place of non-state actors in the management and protection of the environment. In this dynamic, she is a fervent campaigner for climate change mitigation and adaptation as an environmental activist and green climate ambassador in Africa on behalf of the pan-African organization Climate Change Africa Opportunities. In this regard, she participates in the promotion of female leadership in global environmental management. As an active citizen, she is involved in various associative movements or organizations including the Junior Chamber International, SheDecides/Senegal, Eco-tri/Senegal, CampClimat/Senegal, SenegalPropre, Découverte Solidaire, but always oriented towards the green initiatives and by being active in the concrete actions carried out for the climate and the environment. Passionate about actions in the field, Ramatoulaye has always known how to engage with the communities with whom she likes to work, certainly, to serve but also, to better discover her country, to know more about her culture, and to learn better about the realities of her country. And her continent. The alliance between scientific research and field activities strengthens its ecological awareness and is fully active through concrete actions to meet the major challenges around environmental and climate issues. She is one of those people who strongly believes in African youth and their power of action, their ability to create change, and their ability to lay the foundations for sustainable development in Africa. For her, this cannot be achieved without communities, which must be the very center of development. This vision motivated her to seize the opportunity offered by CorpsAfrica/Senegal, which offers her an ideal framework to not only convey this idea but to take actions that can inspire other young people and above all strengthen the momentum of sustainable community development. Being a CorpsAfrica volunteer is an excellent opportunity for her to strengthen her commitment, her capacities and participate in the development of her country.

Aïcha Dabo lives in the Dakar region, in the Derklé Darou Salam 2 district in the commune of Dieuppeul/Derklé. She is currently following a Master's degree in Project Management at the HECM/DAKAR level. This option is due to her love for entrepreneurship.Indeed, after her baccalaureate in series G at the Lycée Technique de Commerce Maurice Delafosse, she continued her studies at the Hautes Etudes de Coaching et de Management (HECM/DAKAR) where she obtained a Diploma of Higher Technician (DTS) in Administration and Management, Business Management in 2019, and a degree in Project Management in 2020. Aïcha completed a professional internship at the Islamic Solidarity Hospital (HSI) Al Falah in the administrative and financial department, as an assistant. She is passionate about cooking and discussion. She is sociable, has the joy of living and likes to help. Integrating CorpsAfrica/Senegal as a Volunteer is a great experience for her as a person. This mission will allow her to get out of her comfort zone, to discover herself, to learn from the communities and to serve as a Volunteer to contribute to the development of the communities. She hopes to gain more field experience and better understand life in the depths of Senegal.

Paterne Ives Diatta is originally from the Ziguinchor region in the municipality of Enampore and is an accountant by training. He graduated from the Catholic Higher Institute of Management of the UCAO of Ziguinchor. After his License in 2015, he is an intern with the Accounting and Financial Unit of the National Agency for Agricultural and Rural Advice of Lower and Middle Casamance. During his internship, he made several field visits to see how rural populations practiced agriculture with the support of agricultural advisers from the agency. In 2016, he was selected to continue his studies for a master's degree in Accounting. After completing his degree, he joined YMCA/Senegal as an intern, which is how he participated in the drafting of the business plan of the young beneficiaries of the Ampa Awagna project. Subsequently, he became Head of Agricultural Camp to end up as the Project Accountant. This career in agricultural projects interested him in a capital interest in the agricultural field, which explains his application for the Food For Life/Senegal 2021 training program of the NGO Mercy Ships where he was selected and trained as a Trainer in Agro-Ecology, Climate Change and Nutrition. This training was sanctioned by a certificate accompanied by a subsidy after the presentation of a mini project in front of the staff of the program. His mini project will be implemented in the region of Sédhiou, more precisely in the village of Takoum, in May 2022 with speculation, okra. This mini project is a gateway to developing the flagship project consisting of a plantation of fruit and forest trees. Despite all these opportunities available to him to start his agricultural activity, Mr. Diatta preferred to start volunteering at CorpsAfrica/Senegal with a view to serving his country. Now officially a volunteer at CorpsAfrica, his main objective is to change the lives of the populations of his host community in a positive and lasting way with the help of his fellow volunteers while respecting the principles of "Human Centered Design". He also has to learn a lot from his community. He is preparing to join his site with these two quotes from Amadou Hampaté Ba as a weapon: “Do not regret anything, you will always have to continue to learn and improve yourself, and it is not at school that you will be able to do it. The school gives diplomas, but it is in life that we form." and "If you think like me, you are my brother. If you don't think like me, you are twice my brother, because you open up another world to me.

Prudence Regina Kwalenso Diedhiou is originally from Casamance and currently lives in Ziguinchor. After her baccalaureate, she studied at the Virtual University of Senegal in Legal and Political Science and gained her license in Business Management at the Catholic University of West Africa. Afterwards, she trained in agriculture and worked in various internships in agricultural entrepreneurship from where she has now become an Agripreneur and is trying to create her own business. She is part of several associative movements and she is a founding member of an Organization in Leadership and Entrepreneurship in Africa (OLEA)/DECLIC which includes an Agricultural Economic Interest Group called Green Line Change. Passionate about children, Prudence has been a Qualified Instructor from Educational Communities since 2018. She likes to search for knowledge because she is in love with it; she likes to innovate, share, travel, learn from others and has an undeniable joie de vivre. She is truly grateful to God for being part of CorpsAfrica/Senegal and being a volunteer; "There is no greater love than to devote one's life to the service of others". As a responsible citizen, she wants to acquire experiences and understanding within her host community in order to promote positive and transformational civic, socio-economic, sustainable values ​​for a better future.

Rosalie Diouma Diom is originally from Ndiaganiao, a town in the Mbour Department in the Thiès region, Rosalie is a Senior Technician in Community Health. She is currently pursuing her studies in Master 2 for a specialization in Project Monitoring and Evaluation at Alioune Diop University in Bambey. In addition, she is an Ambassador for She Decides, a movement that works for the respect of the rights of girls and women. She is also a member of another association working to protect children. Rosalie has worked with a number of different populations and needs during her various internships (NGO Enda Santé, Center for the Care of PLHIV, etc.) and awareness campaigns in which she participated. It is through these experiences that her commitment and interest in everything related to Sustainable Development such as health, education, the fight against climate change, gender equality, among others was born. As a  volunteer at CorpsAfrica/Senegal, she intends to utilize all of her skills and abilities at the service of her host community and work in collaboration with them for inclusive and lasting change. Her objective is to have a community aware of its potential in order to rely on it to develop and be autonomous.

Mame Mousse Diop is from the Tambacounda region. He is an Engineer for land development, environment and urban management. He is a graduate of the prestigious ESEA school which is known for its quality training and allowing its residents to be development agents capable of evolving in any environment and actively participating in improving the living conditions of the populations concerned.From there, he had the chance to get involved in community development through several practical internships organized by his school allowing him to discover the rural environment, to understand the organizational dynamics and to glimpse a development through the elaboration of strategic documents such as the PADT, Land Use and Development Plan, or the Integrated Local Plan, PLI. It is really with this state of mind that he walks his merry way which through the first internships until his participation in the development of the PUD of the new city of Diamniadio has been fascinating. Working in real estate and also an accountant within their family business, he is very happy and honored to join the CorpsAfrica/Senegal family while hoping to live up to expectations.

Christophe Diouf is from the region of Fatick in the District Municipality of Niakhar.He holds a State diploma in Cultural Facilitation and Cultural Administration at the National School of Arts. He previously studied at Cheikh Anta DIOP University until obtaining a Bachelor's degree. He also passed a coaching certificate in entrepreneurship in the Jappalema project. The project is a project funded by the European Union for a period of three years. It counts after sensitizing 10,000 young people; enroll 45 among the project leaders. The project is currently focused between the regions of Dakar and Thiès. He worked in a community radio station Manoore FM as a Presenter and Technician. His professional career has been focused on the management of human resources. He is the Manager of the Residents of the Good Samaritan Reception Center, which welcomes disadvantaged students from different regions of Senegal and different faiths for a period of 4 years.Christophe is National Secretary of the JEC (Catholic Student Youth of Senegal). The JEC is a Catholic action movement specializing in schools and universities and working for a positive change in mentalities through training and capacity building. He is co-initiator of the Association Fatick at the Heart of Development, which works with associations of women and young people for their empowerment. Being a volunteer at CorpsAfrica/Senegal, he sets himself an objective which is to serve his host community, to federate all the synergies of actions around a single goal and to have a positive impact on their experience through the enhancement and sustainability of their socio-economic potential for sustainable development. Christophe considers his mission with CorpsAfrica/Senegal as a personal mission. It is an opportunity that he intends to seize to acquire in order to strengthen himself personally and professionally.

Abdou Khadre Fall comes from the region of Saint-Louis, more precisely in the village of Mboubene in the commune of Diama, department of Dagana.
He obtained his baccalaureate in 2013 at Pout High School before being directed to Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar where he studied for 2 years in the History Department. He then obtained his Medical Delegate diploma at ENSA Thiès in 2017 and the Educational Community Monitor diploma in 2018. In 2011, he graduated as a General-Purpose First Aider at the Senegalese Red Cross, where he participated in awareness-raising activities, the distribution of donations and humanitarian aid in the communities. These activities mark the beginning of his commitment to volunteering. Abdou became a Trainer at the Youth Red Cross of Pout which has been the basic unit of the red cross since 2016, currently he is the Youth Representative at the level of the departmental committee of Thiès. Abdou is currently studying in License 3 specializing in Administration and Business Management at the African Business School of Dakar (ABS). Abdou Khadre Fall initiated in 2012 the Field Mission concept in Unknown Zones in order to discover the most remote corners of Senegal and to understand the realities, the difficulties of society and that of Senegalese communities. The volunteer mission at CorpsAfrica will thus allow him to actively participate in community development and positively impact his country, and also to discover for a year of voluntary service new things such as a culture, a language, a family in its host community. Through his CorpsAfrica service, he intends to rely on his knowledge acquired during the PST to better succeed in his immersion in his host family and to achieve his objective set for this mission with the help of CorpsAfrica staff members and human resources of his community.

Ouleye Demba Gaye is originally from the Kaolack region, precisely in Sara Ndiougary, and studied in the said region until obtaining his baccalaureate in 2013. She attended the Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar at the School of Legal and Political Sciences. After two years of study, she joined the YMCA/SENEGAL in the Kaolack branch through a program of the United Kingdom in Senegal called International Citizen Service (ICS). There she carried out an installation project of a water pump for the empowerment of women in the villages of Tandabar in Ndoffane. At the end of this program, she worked at WAVE/Senegal as an Opener Agent. Having the gift of self in her, she returned to YMCA to volunteer, this is how she became, after 3 years, Acting Branch Secretary and Project Leader in the Kaolack region for YMCA/Kaolak. For 3 years, she led a project in a prison environment to facilitate the socio-professional integration of 5 ex-prisoners and the training of around 50 young people at risk of deviance. After being selected and trained by CorpsAfrica/Senegal, she swore to serve with humility, respect, commitment, empathy and determination such as the human values ​​of CorpsAfrica her host community and to have a lasting impact through the revaluation of local resources and the inclusion of its community for a better empowerment process. With CorpsAfrica, Ouleye Demba considers this adventure as an opportunity to discover the country and its realities and to live a transformational experience with the acquisition of new skills with his community.

Amy Ndao Gueye is from the Tambacounda region, more precisely from the town of Koumpentoum. She holds a degree in Modern Literature, Art and Communication from Gaston Berger University in Saint-Louis. She also has experience facilitating employability training at the Eqwip Hub in Saint-Louis located at Gaston Berger University in Saint-Louis, training in telemarketing professions at Vocalis Center at the Approxima headquarters in Saint-Louis, and a training as a young leader with LT Senegal. Her professional career is orienting towards community development and associative life, particularly with the Holiday Courses and Activities of Koumpentoum, which she joined first as an Assistant and Lecturer, then as a Coordinator for two years. She awarded more students than her predecessors with full supplies. In the same vein, she, with her team, provided school kits to non-awarded students and students from poor families. At UGB, she joined an association called AEDUS ​​(Association des Étudiantes et Diplômées de l’Université de Saint-Louis), first as a simple member, then as President of the Monitoring Committee which ensures the proper functioning of the structure. With the NGO VectorLink in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Social Action and the Health Center of Koumpentoum, she participated in the Intra-Domiciliary Spraying campaign in the department of Koumpentoum for the fight against malaria . In 2020, Amy did a one-month internship as Assistant to the Accountant at the same time as a Lecturer in French and History and Geography at the Niani Excellence School Group in Koumpentoum. Amy Ndao Gueye is also co-founder of a movement (not yet official) which will be activated around three areas: childhood, the environment and education. All for the development of the Koumpentoumois. Today, as a Volunteer at CorpsAfrica/Senegal, she sets herself the goal of serving and not serving herself, of working with honor, integrity, dignity and loyalty as she swore before everyone. She intends to work with synergy, symbiosis and in perfect collaboration with her host community to put in place a momentum of sustainable development, thus facilitating the empowerment of its community. Through CorpsAfrica/Senegal, which Amy Ndao considers a mission of self-sacrifice, civic accountability and an opportunity to acquire new skills and experience in personal and community development, she intends to build on the achievements and values of communities to help build transformational, viable and sustainable development.

Émile Malack is from the Kaolack region, more precisely in the Sara Diamaguene district, Kaolack commune, Kaolack department. He is a business Marketing and Communication Specialist at B Com Center in 2018 and a Management and Project Specialist at Mobicine in 2020. His professional career has grown more focused on community development. He volunteers for the ICS (International Citizen Service) project at YMCA/SENEGAL. He also worked with English volunteers for three months in community health (fighting against neglected tropical diseases) by hosting talks, radio broadcasts, awareness raising, advocacy, community mobilization. Èmile was on the organizing committee of an association in 2016 called YMCA/Kaolack in his Sara Diamaguene neighborhood which is active in the field of education, training, young entrepreneurship, health, promotion of early childhood protection, sport and the environment. With the association, he initiated activities to recycle plastic waste, cleaning, reforestation, distributed donations to talibés, etc. Through CorpsAfrica/Senegal, which Émile considers as a means of working for the development of an accomplished young person who is responsible for his family, a leader for his generation and committed to his community. He intends to serve in his host community by adopting different social aspects. He will be able to raise awareness, mobilize and have a lasting and positive impact through the enhancement of their socio-economic potential and their participation around the objective of the mission.

Gustave Ringo Manga is from the natural region of Ziguinchor, in the Department of Oussouye, Commune of Oukout, Village of Carounate.He is still a student at the Virtual University of Senegal where he studies Multimedia Internet and Communication. Ringo volunteers with the Senegalese Red Cross where he obtained his First Aid diploma in 2013 and also holds the position of Youth Secretary in a Fellowship grouping together four (4) Villages. He is also in scouting and in community life such as the ASCS. ​In his professional life, he worked with the Senegalese Red Cross which in its perspective of development aimed at the communities which led him to do missions in Senegal and outside Senegal. And he also worked with youth groups in Oussouye and Guinea Bissau, raising awareness on sexually transmitted infections and early childhood protections. He worked on social, ecological and environmental actions with the Parish of Caritas, the Senegalese Red Cross and its ASC in Oussouye. Now that he is at CorpsAfrica/Senegal he intends to put into practice what he learned during the PST, and above all, positively impact in his community on the cultural, religious, social, traditional and institutional level because it is a mission that he really cares about. Through CorpsAfrica/Senegal, Gustave wants to be a part of the  change to his country as he seeks to train and learn from his community to better help sustainable development. 

Amy Mbacké Mbaye was born in Dakar and currently resides from Tivaouane in the Thiès region. She is a Specialist in Agribusiness at the UFR of Economics and Management Sciences of Gaston Berger University of Saint-Louis and holds a Bachelor's degree in Agrifood Technology since 2016. To perfect her academic career, Amy completed several professional internships, notably with the Biscuiterie WEHBE where she monitored and quality controlled the production lines. She then did a one-month internship in 2018 with the PDIDAS (Inclusive and Sustainable Development Project for Agribusiness in Senegal) on the use of GPS and land surveys. Subsequently in 2020, the PDIDAS took her on a 9-month CDD on the study of the quality of land files. Amy also practices entrepreneurship with a cosmetics and lingerie business.She is co-founder of Cayor Presta Consulting which is a consultancy firm for the training of groups of women and young people in saponification, bleaching and agro-food processing to minimize post-harvest losses of fruits and vegetables but also to ensure the sustainability of these products and increase their availability in all seasons. She is active in social associations in Tivaouane with the aim of helping people in need. Amy Mbacké Mbaye is passionate about the culinary arts and is thirsty for improving the living conditions of Talibé children, orphans and homeless people while respecting human rights. Today, aware of her civic accountability and that the development of a country cannot take place without youth, she has committed herself as a CorpsAfrica/Senegal Volunteer to serve and participate in the development of her country. And to do so, she pledged to give a year of her life to live with her host community (Madina Yaré in the Tambacounda region), live their daily lives, learn and acquire other cultural and religious values. but also to have a positive and lasting impact on the life of even one person. Through CorpsAfrica/Senegal, Amy Mbacké Mbaye intends to contribute her stone to the building for community development, with mutual learning and the participation of all generations for the respect of the values ​​that this organization has instilled in her such as neutrality, d impartiality, equality, justice and transparency. Her most precious wish is to see the entire CorpsAfrica/Senegal cohort 5 succeed in their mission with the involvement of communities in identifying their social and economic potential to establish sustainable empowerment.

Dié Rose Ndiaye is from the Thiès region. She studied Business Management and holds a degree from the Higher Institute of Management (ISM) Mbour. And she specialized in Human Resources Management at the Polytechnic Institute of Dakar Thomas Sankara. Her professional career is more oriented towards business management, particularly with the services of M-louma, which is an innovative platform that connects agribusiness actors with the agricultural world. She worked in the Louma markets in the Mbour department and in the Thiès region. her mission was to make the presentation of M-louma, to collect the prices of vegetables, fruit, cereals etc. Encourage producers to register on the platform in order to make online sales. She worked on the Naatal Mbay project in collaboration with USAID and M-louma to set up the meteombay service, which collects and disseminates climate information with USSD and mobile phones for the benefit of producer organizations and individuals of the agricultural world. Dié Rose Ndiaye is also a Municipal Agent at the Town Hall of the Commune of Dalifort-Foirail, in the Human Resources Division since February 2020. Today, as a CorpsAfrica/Senegal Volunteer, she sets herself the goal of serving her host community in order to positively impact it. This immersion in the Community will be an opportunity for her to acquire new experiences that will enrich her experience. She considers this new door that opens with CorpsAfrica/Senegal as a godsend to get involved in Community Development.​

Magatte Ndiaye, a native of Saint-Louis, is a 24-year-old young Senegalese who is a Land-Use Planning and Urban Management Engineer. In 2016, he obtained his baccalaureate in series G at the Lycée Technique André Pétavin in Saint-Louis. During the same year, he succeeded in the entrance examination to the Higher School of Applied Economics (ESEA ex ENEA) where he did his higher education by following a training based on alternating between theory and practice. This is what led him to carry out various internships in rural areas during which he had to coordinate teams for the development of various local planning documents. He was first in Louga, in the village of Boudi Sakho located in the commune of Nguer Malal, to coordinate the work of a group of student interns for the development of socio-economic, spatial and social analysis reports. He coordinated the development of the Land Use and Development Plan for the municipality of Ngogom in 2018. Moreover, this is what allowed him to have a solid background in the field of local development. In addition to his professional experiences, he was President of the Green Club at Lycée Technique André Pétavin. He was also the President of the Association of Students and Trainees of the ESEA. Through these experiences, he was able to acquire a good mastery of the sense of responsibility, leadership and teamwork, and participate in the implementation of actions aimed at improving the living conditions of the populations. Today, Magatte Ndiaye is the Co-Founder of the consultancy firm, 3M Consulting, which is active in local development. To date, he has discovered a unique framework for learning and promoting African youth which is CorpsAfrica. Through volunteering, he now seeks to be accountable to his community. In view of the noble mission of CorpsAfrica, he is convinced that by investing himself entirely alongside them, he will be able to give a new dimension to his professional and personal career.

Aicha Tening Ndour is from the Dakar region, more precisely in the commune of Mbao. She obtained her Certificate of Awards from the Access Program USA in 2014. After completing her baccalaureate  at the age of 19 she decided to do professional training in Geomatics at the Higher Institute of Territorial Engineering in Africa (ISIT-A). Her professional career comes down to two internships at the Town Hall of Pikine Nord in 2018 and 2019, as well as some volunteer activities with Geomatica and Lead Senegal. Now a volunteer of the fifth cohort of CorpsAfrica/Senegal, Aicha Tening Ndour aims to have a positive impact in her host community while facilitating and empowering them. Leading the community towards sustainable development implemented for and by itself. Her personal goal is to participate in her own growth by enriching her knowledge and life experiences.

Mairame Niamadio was born in Dakar, in the commune of Yeumbeul Nord and lives in the Kolda region. She graduated in Organizational and Business Communication from Gaston Berger University in Saint Louis in 2020.She completed multiple internships during her university studies in various structures such as the Pulman Teranga Hotel as a Receptionist, at the Dalal Diam Hospital as an Assistant to the Hospital's Communication Officer and at CorpsAfrica/Senegal as a Member of the Communications Team. Mairame is the Communications Officer of a prestigious private school called Groupe Scolaire Chérif limane Aïdara where she studied. She is also the President of a family GIE called Kissal, whose head office is in Kolda in the Saré Moussa district. The objective of the GIE is to create jobs in the fields of agriculture, education, breeding, training, transport, provision of services and the strengthening of the links of solidarity and mutual aid between the associate members. As a volunteer at CorpsAfrica/Senegal, she aims to serve her host community for their positive and sustainable development while learning from her community.  CorpsAfrica/Senegal is an opportunity for Mairame to be indebted to her country by participating in its development as a Volunteer.

Khadijetou Niang is originally from Matam and currently lives in Dakar with her parents. She has been a member of the Scouts Association of Senegal since 2007, which has allowed her to travel everywhere, make discoveries and attend youth camps of different natures, whether in the context of the communication of business or the environment. She had the chance to do typical scout training, to be in charge of the communication of the scouts and scouts of Senegal within the University Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar known as the big chain. Khadijetou is following a Master's Degree in Communication and Politics, and she holds a degree in Journalism and Communication. She also completed a training course in Human Resources for 2 years. Khadijetou is passionate about the arts; judo, in particular, which she practices and a lover of discoveries. Her integration into CorpsAfrica/Senegal as a Volunteer is a great honor and is the perfect opportunity for a good participation in the development of her country. It is also an opportunity for her to learn from others because the greatest wealth is human.

Thibaut Sagna is from the Ziguinchor region, Bignona department, Mangagoulack commune, Affiniam village. He is a Master 2 student in the Sociology section of the UFR (Training and Research Unit) of Letters and Human Sciences of the Gaston Berger University of Saint-Louis.After two years of training in general sociology, he chose development sociology as an option. Training in this option, beyond general sociology, boils down to the analysis of public development policies in Senegal, an introduction to various development issues including the analysis of development practices and strategies, the development local/territorial, sustainable development, land management tools such as local planning, social and environmental assessment. His research work is oriented in 2019 to obtain the Bachelor's degree in sociology on the study of the capacity building of farmers as part of practical agricultural training in the department of Bignona. The main objective of this research was to identify the impact of capacity building of farmers on the development of agriculture in the department.Today, as part of the writing of his Master 2 dissertation, he is more interested in the issue of climate change, particularly in family farming. His research question is as follows: What are the adaptation strategies developed by family farms in the municipality of Mangagoulack to deal with their vulnerability in an increasingly fragile environmental framework? Thibaut is also passionate about choir singing and always responds where the need arises. He attended quite a few choirs, in particular the choirs of Affiniam, Bignona and today of Gaston Berger University where the title of Choir Master was awarded to him by the College of Choir Masters. He also participated in the animation of the mass of the 131st edition of the Marian de Popenguine pilgrimage in 2019. He contributed to the creation of the JRCB (Jeunesse Ressortissante Catholique de Bignona) of which he was the first President. A Catholic action movement that works for the smooth running of the Church of Bignona in general. Active in his native village, Thibaut Sagna is recognized for his ability to mobilize around the common interest. Thibaut considers his volunteering at CorpsAfrica as a laboratory of living together through a gift of self for the homeland.

Albert Koubohalie Sambou is from the region of Ziguinchor, more precisely in the village of Cagnout, department of Oussouye, Arrondissement of Loudia Wolof, Commune of Mlomp. In 2021, he graduated in Territorial Engineering in the field of Local Development at the Higher Institute of Territorial Engineering in Africa (ISIT/A). Before, he studied Geography at the Assane Seck University of Ziguinchor where he graduated with a Bachelor's degree. In addition, he also passed a certificate in Geographic Information System on Coursera, Mocc offered by the Polytechnic School of Lausanne (EPTL). Passionate about local development, his professional career started in Ziguinchor in the regional office of Caritas as an intern, during which time he had to work with a team on the project to improve food security in the villages of the municipality of Ouonk through the establishment of drainage canals and water structures and then the support of village producers in the allocation of improved rice seeds. With the Nature Community and Development Unit of the University of Ziguinchor, Albert Koubohalie SAMBOU participated in reforestation days in neighborhoods and schools. He also had participated in the development of the Communal Development Plan of the rural community of Adéane. He has acquired a certain expertise in the development of local development plans (PLD). Today, as a volunteer with CorpsAfrica/Senegal, he has set himself an objective which is to serve his community, contribute to their development and their well-being, but also to initiate concerted development actions which will have a socio-economic and environmental impact. In short, Albert is someone who likes to give his time and resources to any action that aspires to improve the living conditions of communities and it is with and thanks to CorpsAfrica that this challenge can be met through innovative solutions.

Mouhamadou Seck is from Tivaouane commune, in the region of Thiès. He earned his degree in Sociology at the Virtual University of Senegal (UVS) in the ENO of Dakar and did his Master 1 in Educational Sciences at the same University.Being the representative of the young people of the Red Cross of Tivaouane in the departmental executive office, he had to serve on many grounds with this organization in almost all the national territory. He was President of the Literature, Art and Philosophy Club (CLAP) at the Ababacar Sy High School in Tivaouane before becoming their general secretary. He is a founding member, active member, volunteer and volunteer in many associations and movements. He is one of the coordinators of the association, Dollel Tivaouane, which works in the field of education, health, development, social and economy. At the Senegalese League Against Cancer (LISCA), he has been a volunteer for almost 6 years and helps the population in prevention and care of people who have cancer. He is a scout and a volunteer at YMCA in the field of child education. To name just that. He has always liked to serve others and populations for the development of everyone. Some people call him Little the Server of Humanity.

Modou Sene is from the Thiès region, more precisely in the village of Naffar, commune of Notto Diobass. He graduated with a degree in Logistics Transport from Ensup Afrique Dakar. He previously studied Russian for two years at the Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar in the Department of Slavic Languages ​​and Civilizations. His professional experience was more oriented towards Transport and Logistics Practice (PTL) activities focused on the process of establishing the customs declaration at the Société de Conserverie en Afrique (SCA SA) at the Quai de Fishing Mole 10 from the Autonomous Port of Dakar. Modou Sene is a member of Give1 Project Mbour and he is also Secretary General of Senegal Attitude Mbour, which is an associative project set up to expand the activities of high school and university students. It is an association that comes with a new vision of educated young people who advocate for leadership, those who innovate through their creativity and future leaders who will contribute to the emergence of our country. He organized, with his colleagues, training sessions in leadership, entrepreneurship, personal development to support young people in their university and professional orientation as well as vacation courses for primary school students. Today, as a Volunteer with CorpsAfrica/Senegal, he aims to serve his country through his assignment site, focusing on collaboration and capacity building to enhance their economic resources in order to have a lasting impact. His commitment with CorpsAfrica/Senegal is for him an opportunity to fulfill his part in order to encourage others to act in the right direction but also to acquire new experiences in the social and professional fields.

Rachelle Tendeng (Ms. Sagna) is from the Ziguinchor region, more precisely from Séléki, a village located in the Rural Community of Enampore. She is a graduate in Applied Foreign Languages ​​(LEA) and Social Sciences of Religions (SSR). ). She had the opportunity to attend two universities, the Assane SECK University of Ziguinchor where she obtained her Bachelor's degree in LEA (2011) and the Gaston Berger University of Saint-Louis where she obtained the Master's degree in LEA ( 2014) and Master 2 in SSR (2017). Her professional experience include being a Hostess at the Casamance Tourist Office (2011), Accounting Administrative Assistant, at WANEP/NGO (2012), Airport Security/Freight Agent AIBD (2018-2019) and Assistant Commercial at FEDEX (2020). Life is not limited to studies and work, she has attended since childhood and until now (as soon as the opportunity arises) the youth movement Cœurs Vaillants – Ames Vaillantes (CV-AV). She is also a chorister/cantor. She is versatile and remains open to any work perspective, being convinced that we all have a talent to exploit and put to the benefit of others. We all have something to contribute to society. Today, with CorpsAfrica/Senegal, she wants to exploit her talents, put them to the benefit of others. She wants to contribute something to her society, Senegal, in community service, as a volunteer. With CorpsAfrica/Senegal, Rachelle wants to participate in the development of communities, to contribute to the development of her country, Senegal. She remains convinced that she could put her skills, qualities and working abilities to good use within her host community. In addition, she also hopes during this service to acquire skills and practices in contact with recognized professionals.