The New Times: CorpsAfrica Empowers Local Changemakers in Africa
“September 22nd, 2023 – CorpsAfrica/Rwanda is delighted to announce the recruitment and deployment of 80 dedicated Volunteers for its upcoming Cohort 5. These committed individuals are poised to embark on a transformative journey aimed at effecting positive change within the most vulnerable communities in Rwanda. Commencing on August 14, 2023, they all embarked on a comprehensive […]
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, which undertook the initiative, recruits and places young African graduates in remote, under-resourced areas within the counties to work with […]
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 and animal populations on endangered species– and witnessed the power of the Peace Corps’ model to aid communities and build […]
NPCA WorldView: A Corps of Their Own – An RPCV Brings Public Service to Africans in Africa
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 volunteers and we now have almost 200 alumni in four countries and 75 more about to start their service. When […]
Opportunity Desk: CorpsAfrica Volunteer Program 2018 for Young Africans (Stipend Available)
“Applications are open to young Africans from Malawi, Rwanda, Senegal, and Morocco for the CorpsAfrica Volunteer Program 2018. CorpsAfrica provides Africans the opportunity to serve as volunteers for one year in a rural, high-poverty community to help find and implement solutions to poverty at the community level, along the lines of the Peace Corps model. […]
Huffington Post: CorpsAfrica in Morocco and Beyond
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 NGO is expanding to other African countries: Senegal and Malawi. CorpsAfrica is one of the few NGOs training youth in […]