“CorpsAfrica/Ghana is teaming up with some social partners to accelerate community development and help end poverty in the country. CorpsAfrica/Ghana over the weekend held a meeting with some like-minded social and development partners to deepen...
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As I ventured into the picturesque Mbazi Sector, my heart raced with a mixture of excitement and trepidation. Leaving my familiar home behind, I embarked on a journey that would challenge me in ways I...
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)...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Written by Maïa Venturini “When I first met CorpsAfrica founder Liz Fanning in Casablanca last fall, CorpsAfrica struck me as an effective model to invest in Moroccan youth capacity-building through development volunteer service. Now, the...
