Learning Through Setbacks: My First Community Meeting Experience
Have you ever scheduled a meeting and no one turned up? How did that make you feel? Disappointed, perhaps, or even discouraged? As a CorpsAfrica Volunteer serving in a community in the Afadzato South District of the Volta Region, I recently experienced this firsthand. Since my deployment, I have been working to integrate fully into […]
The Women Surveyors of Abudi
They had their pencils, pens, markers, sticky notes, and papers ready, prepared to survey the land with layered precision. Prior to this day, during my mission briefing to the women of Tokokoe Abudi as a CorpsAfrica Volunteer, I suggested that we create a community map together. The look on some of their faces said it […]
Beyond The Approaches
You can know all the CorpsAfrica development approaches; ABCD, HCD, CLD, but without effective facilitation, none of them will truly work. Knowledge alone isn’t enough; how you guide people through the process is what brings results. Papa Ray (our Training Manager) often says that beyond the presence of a volunteer, one of the greatest gifts […]
Planting and Growing Connections
One Saturday morning, after finishing my household chores, I had no particular plans for the day. I sat quietly, wondering how to make good use of my time. That’s when I heard a neighbor calling out names, organizing people for a trip to the farm. Curious and excited, I saw it as a wonderful opportunity […]
Finding Home in the Land of the Mountains
When I first set foot in this serene Volta community as a CorpsAfrica volunteer, I felt like a fish out of water. But now, it’s as if I’ve sprouted roots here. Slowly but surely, I’ve started to blend in—maybe even too much. Give me a few more months, and I’ll be haggling with market women […]