Volunteer service

The Voice Within: How CorpsAfrica Helped Me Step Into My Confidence Name

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 of life, purpose, and community. Before my...

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She Chose to Rise…

Volunteering has a way of opening doors to stories you never expect to walk into. One ordinary afternoon, while returning from the local school where I volunteer to teach, I encountered a young woman whose...

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The First Months to Remember

After completing my Pre-Service Training, which provided me with knowledge and skills, I was assigned to work in Chikwawa. From the day of my arrival until now, it has been a journey of treading new...

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Finding Purpose in Service

In the past, I often felt frustrated when I saw people living in poverty and saying that their struggles came simply because they had no money. I used to wonder how they could not see...

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Behind Every Grain of Gari

If you passed through Senior High School (SHS) in Ghana, chances are gari saved you at some point. Gari soakings after prep, late nights with textbooks, or days when “food money” finished too early. For...

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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...

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Building More Than Bricks

When I first received my deployment notice from CorpsAfrica/Rwanda to serve as a Volunteer in the Save Sector of Gisagara District, I was filled with fear and uncertainty. I remember the tears in my eyes...

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