Did I survive? This is the question I ask myself every day. Do you recall the excitement of finally being accepted into your dream role? Yes, that one!...
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In every country, small cultural habits quietly reveal who we are. For Senegal, that habit is greetings: an expression of hospitality, generosity, and human connection. Back home in...
When I accepted my CorpsAfrica placement, I truly believed I was mentally ready for rural life. I thought I was adaptable, open-minded, and prepared. But stepping into my...
From the first day I arrived in this community, I knew this experience would be different from any I had ever had. From the environment to the people,...
When I joined CorpsAfrica, I carried a simple but powerful belief: true development happens when people are given the space to lead their own change. That belief became...
It’s so hard to get out of bed when it’s cold outside and warm inside your bed, and you know you have to wake up anyway. That’s how...
When growing up, I always believed that learning was only confined to the institutionalised system of education, where I had to be within a classroom, study, write examinations,...
Service felt like a long walk through the heart of the community, sometimes with my colleagues by my side, sometimes alone, but always learning something new from the...
When I look back at the beginning of my CorpsAfrica journey, I see a young woman stepping into a completely different world. This world would challenge my definition...
The morning had felt simple enough; the Chief’s farm buzzing with quiet conversations, the soft scrape of tools, and that calm village rhythm that almost makes you forget...
