I remember gripping the microphone, the room suddenly too quiet, my heartbeat louder than the applause that had just faded. In that moment, it wasn’t just a pitch; it was everything. If I failed to...
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In the Mali community, rain is never just a season. For a long time, the rains here have never just been about water; they’ve been about loss. Each heavy downpour brought fear: homes swept away,...
In August 2025, when every volunteer chose their site, I was deployed to Huye-Ruhashya. At first, I worried about living in a new place without family or friends. I wondered how I could integrate into...
Most people think that impact has to be grand, loud, global, and impossible to ignore. As an international relations graduate, I once thought the same, that real change has to happen through high-level policies, global...
The morning I arrived in Kansoro, the air felt different, fresh, calm, and full of unspoken possibility. I didn’t know exactly what waited ahead, but I carried one thing with confidence: the desire to learn,...
February arrived with a quiet storm. Two weeks after the first physical PRC meeting, the rhythm of village life shifted again. This time, the visit carried weight: Mr. Mogaka, the Deputy Country Director, returned accompanied...
I still remember the mix of excitement and nerves I felt on September 24th as I set out for my assigned site in Zomba district, Malawi. As a CorpsAfrica volunteer, I was about to embark...
The most difficult conversations to have always surround finances. I had this assumption with me when I first started my service here in Tharaka-Nithi. I believed most of the community members had little to no...
There is a different kind of energy that comes with learning by doing. Throughout March, the Youth Skills Training Program at Namaindi CDC was in full motion. Sessions ranged from liquid soap making to yoghurt...
If you scroll the first picture you will see uninterested, bored youth. When I first met youth of Kamuwongo, they were just sitting in small groups, scrolling phones probably gambling? and complaining about “no...
