Meet the Volunteers

CorpsAfrica Volunteers are assigned to communities based on criteria such as perceived needs, existing local partnerships, essential infrastructure, and geographical location. After a thorough screening process, they undergo a month-long intensive training program. Volunteers then move to their designated sites, where they live with host families, learn local languages and dialects, engage in daily activities, and become integral members of their communities.

Volunteers drive change by actively involving local community members in meaningful discussions and organizing community gatherings. Their primary goal is to identify and address the evolving and complex needs within sectors like education, health, small business development, urban planning and infrastructure, and agricultural and environmental concerns. CorpsAfrica Volunteers collaborate with communities to assess their priority needs, design and implement projects to meet those needs (funded by a special grant associated with the CorpsAfrica initiative), and conduct comprehensive impact evaluations.

During their service, CorpsAfrica Volunteers receive professional training before and throughout their tenure, ongoing support from CorpsAfrica staff both nationally and internationally, a modest living allowance, and a readjustment allowance upon successful completion of the program.