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Timing, Knowledge, and Skills

Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Assiatu Pongolani Being a CorpsAfrica Volunteer is one of the most interesting things. I get to know and learn all sorts of things in life, and community, and I develop/explore new skills and knowledge while at the same time sharing what I have. Responding to fortnightly questions, monthly project tracker […]

War On Illiteracy

Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Limbani Kumanga “A country that does not know how to read and write is easy to deceive.” – Che Guevara Illiteracy remains one of the major impediments of socio-economic development in Africa, and Malawi in particular. In a globalized world economy where technology continues to play a central role, inability to read […]

Melina and Her Family of Brewers

Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Lusekelo Simwela One of the things we are supposed to do when we go to a community is to analyze its major economic activities. I was happy to see that my community has many economic activities happening. The place is blessed with a climate and soil that allows different fruits […]

Appreciating Diversity

Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Lucy Chihana I once read somewhere that “life is a journey.” Well, whoever said this was right. Sometimes we find ourselves in places where when we look back we ask ourselves, “How did I get here?” And you never get answers but the thing is everything that happens to us, […]

Let’s Chit Chat

Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Vanessa Chimutu Since I started working with my community, one of my favorite days of the week is Thursdays. It’s pretty simple because this day of the week is when I get to chat with the girls of Nsala Community Day Secondary School. Now I know someone can ask, “What […]

A Visit by “Art of Giving” Brand Ambassador for Malawi

Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Emas Potolani Well, I must admit I have been missing for a while. The past weeks have been tiring and busy for me.  My students and I have been busy with lessons and several activities that we were doing. As a comeback post, allow me to share with you my […]

Nsondole’s Next Generation of Volunteers

Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Sarah Kazira As I briefly mentioned in one of my previous blogs, when I got posted to my site, I was placed to work with an organization known as AgeAfrica and we have weekly C.H.A.T sessions with a group of girls on Wednesdays and one of the topics in our […]

Familiarization vs. Stabilization

Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Assiatu Pongolani Community Development work has always been my interest of work since I was young, while I was getting knowledge and skills from the youth organization I was working with before I joined CorpsAfrica. That knowledge stayed with me and I wanted to do more with it. I was […]

Lessons Learned

Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Lusekelo Simwela “What have you learned since your last Fortnightly Questionnaire?” says one of the questionnaires that we take every once in a while. This question is interesting to me as it helps me look back on the activities I have been doing and draw positives from them. Since the […]