Instinct whispered that I needed to step out of my comfort zone and resolve to lead a life worth remembering.

I decided to follow the enthusiasm sparked within me and explore. I discovered a passion for volunteerism, service to humanity, and causing meaningful change in the lives of less advantaged people.

This led to the revolutionary beginning of my CorpsAfrica Journey on the 18th of August 2024. I have gone through a transformative series of activities resulting in finding the person called me – understanding who I am, challenging myself to think out of the box, building the spirit of empathy, actively listening to people and sharing in their sentiments, and collaborating with other people in a shared spirit of team work to effectively undertake problem-solving activities. The intensive Pre-Service Training was, frankly, six weeks of unleashing the dormant potentials within each of us – the trainees – and refining us into leaders and agents of change – to go forth into the rural communities to make a positive impact on the local people and help them lead their development and champion their independence. This is exactly what I was officially sworn in for, as a CorpsAfrica Volunteer, on the 27th of September, 2024.

Sooner than I thought, deployment day crept in like the downy wings of sleep. On 4th October 2024, I was successfully deployed to a rural community – more beautiful, welcoming, and friendlier than I thought – in the KEEA Municipality in the Central Region of Ghana.

I have settled in peacefully and enjoying my stay here already. I thought to myself, “My faith was larger than my fears, and my daring was stronger than my doubts.” I have a burning desire, fueled by positivity and enthusiasm, to lead the life of an African Volunteer immersed deeply in the culture of African Communities to create a Lasting Impact.

Not oblivious to the reality that the journey will be very challenging along the way, I keep saying to myself rhetorically, “If improvement does not feel difficult, it’s not a real improvement, is it?

Invariably, one statement I keep repeating to myself when the going gets tough is that “the great tragedy of life is not death but what we allow to die inside of us while we live.”

To the one who has read up to this point, I know you want to find the person called you – you desire to unleash your God-given potential, refine your gift, and serve it to the world. Do you want to live full and die empty? Listen to this, Robin Sharma once said, “Always trust your intuition over the cool and practical reasoning of your intellect. Your possibility, mastery, and genius do not live there!”