CorpsAfrica/Uganda was launched in 2023 with support from the Mastercard Foundation. The program is now being refocused as CorpsAfrica’s first initiative designed specifically to serve refugees and the Ugandan communities that host them. By recruiting and training young refugee and Ugandan Volunteers to serve together, CorpsAfrica is strengthening local leadership while supporting community-led development in urban refugee and host communities.
Uganda is home to nearly 2 million refugees who live, work, and build their futures alongside Ugandans. CorpsAfrica/Uganda Volunteers spend one year living and working with community members to identify shared priorities and launch small-scale, high-impact projects that address locally identified needs. Projects may focus on youth employment, entrepreneurship, financial inclusion, education, urban farming, health, women’s empowerment, environmental sustainability, and other priorities determined by the communities themselves. Through this innovative model, CorpsAfrica/Uganda is helping build stronger relationships, improve livelihoods, and demonstrate how young Africans can lead sustainable change from within their own communities.
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CorpsAfrica recruits ambitious young people to apply their education, build their critical thinking and problem-solving skills, and learn more about their countries and about themselves. They facilitate small-scale, high-impact projects identified by local community members, to fulfill key needs.
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CorpsAfrica addresses two of Africa’s most difficult challenges: engaging youth and helping rural communities overcome extreme poverty. We recruit and train motivated volunteers to live and work in rural, under-resourced areas in their own countries. They collaborate with the community to design and implement small-scale projects that address their top priorities and, by doing so, gain the skills and experience that lay the foundation for personal and professional success.
CorpsAfrica trusts youth and communities to help each other.