December 3 is #GivingTuesday: Support CorpsAfrica

Volunteer Stories

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

Written by CorpsAfrica/Kenya Volunteer Ms. Irene Kihumba To be honest, I didn’t want the Pre-service Training (PST) to end because that would mean that...

Written by CorpsAfrica/Ghana Volunteer Mr. Victor Annani Togborlo (Dreams) A community far away from the population and the deafening noise of the city. The...

Written by CorpsAfrica/Kenya Volunteer Ms. Sharon Jelagat It’s been a month and a few weeks since I arrived at my site, a village called...

Written by CorpsAfrica/Kenya Volunteer Mr. Raphael Kivuva The real journey of integration commenced on the first day of arriving at the site and it...

Written by CorpsAfrica/Kenya Volunteer Mr. Kelvin Mutuma My first big assignment when I got to the site and held the very first community meetings...

Written by CorpsAfrica/Ghana Volunteer Mr. Daniel Amoah (One Danny) Wait until I tell you why. After I had settled in my community, my home...

Written by CorpsAfrica/Kenya Volunteer Sam Kibebe Growing up, all I heard about Kambaland was how dry it was and how famine hit hard in...

Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Ms. Hope Ngondo The stress of deployment started when the staff gathered in the conference room to announce where we...

Written by CorpsAfrica/Malawi Volunteer Mr. Washington Chifunda The Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu once said; “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step”....

Written by CorpsAfrica/Kenya Volunteer Mr. Samuel Mwangi Have you ever heard of the danger of a single story? If yes, I know you will...