December 3 is #GivingTuesday: Support CorpsAfrica

Volunteer Stories

Get an inside look at the experiences of CorpsAfrica Volunteers in the field.

As we are actively engaging the community to come up with the desired project, this has given me an avenue to understand and embrace...

Dans le silence accablant de ma première nuit à Sass Mack, un village sérère inconnu, j’ai ressenti l’écho de l’incertitude et de la peur...

Après une semaine d’immersion dans le cadre de mon service volontaire à CorpsAfrica Sénégal, je ressens le besoin de partager mon incroyable aventure dans...

This is my fourth month of volunteering in my community. A community that has been gracious to me, allowing me to pursue what I...

“The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life,” (Richard Bach). When...

The concept of development is an essentially contested one admitting to a variety of incommensurable competing interpretations. Arguably, development is not only difficult to...

Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Tiyamike Makuluni As a young girl from Lilongwe my hometown and who just graduated from college, joining CorpsAfrica Malawi...

It has been four months since I started my volunteering journey with CorpsAfrica. The first thought I had in my mind was that I...

Perseverance, patience, and resilience have surely been learned and exercised. An entire three months have gone by since I became a northerner. Fully immersed...

Volunteering has given me a platform of expression where my deepest desire dwells, being a development enthusiast and finding the opportunity to understand community...