Volunteer Stories

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

True warmth indeed trivializes “discomfort.” I entered the community expecting a bit of hardship and the need for adaptability, but I was still taken...

“Home is not a place, it’s a feeling.” This quote perfectly encapsulates my experience in Senegal, a country far from my home in Malawi....

Recently I just took a giant leap in my life by moving from my home country Malawi in the southern part of Africa to...

Dimanche 29 Septembre 2023, j’ai pris le bus Dakar Dem Dik pour rejoindre mon site de service sinthiou ciré Mato ; un village de...

Upon my arrival in the community, I was welcomed by my host family. After that in the first week, I did different activities with...

Le 29 Octobre j’ai été déployée en tant que Volontaire de CorpsAfrica /Sénégal dans un village nommé Keur Mamour Seck et ceci pour un...

As I stepped out of my house in Malawi with my heavy luggage and muffled my footsteps into the car and took my seat....

I had lived a quite sheltered life and had never been away from my home country of Kenya. Getting the opportunity to become an...

My Journey Begins… Being nicknamed “Owenva” to a “Hero” is one of the marks of my CorpsAfrica service in Buleega Village, Uganda. The journey...