Community Project

Hapa Kenya: 30 Graduate from CorpsAfrica and will Spearhead Self-Reliant Programs in Six Counties

Written by Gladys Wamuyu “30 volunteers drawn from diverse backgrounds and having varied university degrees, have qualified to spearhead small-scale, high impact projects that will transform local communities, after undergoing an intensive Pre-Service Training. CorpsAfrica,...

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My Joy Online: CorpsAfrica/Ghana Join Social Partners to Accelerate Community Development

“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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Morningstar: Mastercard’s Charitable Arm Backs CorpsAfrica Job-Skill Program Across 11 African Countries, touching 800,000 people

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...

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Boston University: CorpsAfrica Adapts the Peace Corps Model to Build Resilience in Rural Africa

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...

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The New Times: How Pig Farming is Enabling Rural Communities to Fight Poverty

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...

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Miatho Times: CorpsAfrica for Job Creation Drive in Malawi

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...

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Peace Corps Worldwide: Talking with Liz Fanning About CorpsAfrica

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...

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AARP: Liz Fanning Named a 2021 AARP Purpose Prize Fellow

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...

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New York University: NYU Changemakers: Liz Fanning Named an NYU Alumni Changemaker of the Year

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...

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Climate Pods: Global Water Challenges and Local Solutions

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.

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