By Benjamin Opare

“CorpsAfrica, a non-profit organisation, has sworn in the first cohort of volunteers in Ghana, to lead small-scale and high-impact projects identified in their host communities.

At a ceremony in Accra, eighteen (18) volunteers, who have gone through five (5) weeks of Pre-Service Training (PST), took the oath of service.

In her keynote address, H.E. Virginia Palmer, US Ambassador in Ghana, recalled that Ghana was the first country in 1961 to welcome Peace Corps volunteers. She said there is no question about the impact that Peace Corps volunteers have had in the country- the same spirit of volunteerism that inspired CorpsAfrica…”