Community Integration

Finding Purpose in Service

In the past, I often felt frustrated when I saw people living in poverty and saying that their...

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Village life is a gentle clock, ticking with heartbeats rather than hours

As I reflect on my integration phase, I can’t help but feel overjoyed and warm-hearted by the way...

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True Development Begins with Listening

Today, I witnessed something that reminded me of a major challenge in rural development. Thus, the sustainability of...

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AMBIVALENCE: A NEW BEGINNING IN YERRO BAWOL

Ever since I was dropped off in my host community, Yerro Bawol in The Upper River Region and...

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More Than a Training: A Lesson That Prepared Me to Serve in the Rural Community

When I first heard that I would be working with a rural community in Machinga, Malawi my heart...

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FROM TEARS TO TEA BREAKS: FINDING PURPOSE IN MBALLO TEGA

Mballo Tega, a small village in the North Bank Region of the Sabach Sanjal District predominantly wollof and...

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What my douar Taught Me

I arrived in Addouz Douar thinking integration was something you do. I later learned it is something you...

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MY FIRST DAYS IN MY COMMUNITY KUNUNKU

The real test of everything learned during PST began on 16th December 2026. First day in my community...

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THE POWER OF REFLECTION: MY INTEGRATION JOURNEY AS A CORPSAFRICA/MALAWI VOLUNTEER

Integration does not just mean becoming one of the community members, but coming to understand them. For you...

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LEARNING TO SERVE WITHOUT POWER

When I first arrived in my community as a CorpsAfrica Volunteer, I thought I was prepared. I had...

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