Who do you call when things have gone amiss? Who do you talk to when things don’t go as planned? Who do you tell about your failures and still not feel judged or ashamed? Who is the one person who will appreciate your work and not show that they are jealous and in competition with you? The answer is CorpsAfrica/Kenya Volunteers, Kenyan youths who have a heart for giving and are united by their willingness to surrender themselves to society and give their all to people who barely know them or their roots.

This spirit of togetherness has been felt by all volunteers, and personally, in moments when I was more than worn out and exhausted and was looking for someone to lift my morale so I could serve my community, my fellow volunteers were present, and in the days one of us is not feeling well, you can see the concern in all Volunteers and the willingness to be there for each other, not because it is the humane thing to do but because that’s just how this family is.

Cohort 2 is specifically filled with youths of tremendous knowledge and unmatched skills full of dynamism amongst themselves.
To Cohort 2, volunteering is not just going to under-resourced communities but a way of life. These noble and brilliant people have chosen volunteerism as a culture and a way of life, which they do wholeheartedly.

And like any other family, ours is filled with laughter and pain too, but the Volunteers know very well that any difficult encounter is a challenge to grow and outdo yourself, so that is why this family keeps on winning. 

It has only been three months since we started this journey, and the bonds we have formed are unbreakable. We will continue sticking together because we have each other’s interests at heart, as we are so similar yet so different. It doesn’t get better than this.

And it is with this heart of giving that these people unite and bond so easily, and you will often hear them call each other “ndugu yangu” and “dada yangu”. 

We laugh together and learn together.

THIS IS THE KIND OF FAMILY THE CORPS AFRICA/KENYA COHORT 2 IS!