This is a dysfunctional non profit lead by a Founder/CEO in over her head. Staff churn is significant and staff morale in the dumpster. It’s unfortunate as the model is terrific.
The initiative of community led development by CorpsAfrica has not only lifted the image and will power of communities but built strong bond within the community and building peace conversations around issues that were difficult to even mention in time past
CorpsAfrica Volunteers are committed to uplifting every individual in the communities they serve, including those living with disabilities. Through skills training in liquid soap production, a 17-year-old girl living with the stigma of a birth defect called clubfoot, was able to secure an additional source of income to support herself and her mother. Despite having to drop out of school at an early age, this dedicated training from a CorpsAfrica Volunteer has helped her engage more with her community, uplifting her spirit and bringing fulfillment to her life.
En tant que alumni CorpsAfrica m'a gagner plus de confiance en moi et de voir de nouvelles opportunités de développement
J'ai eu l'opportunité d'être volontaire de CorpsAfrica au Sénégal et ensuite membre du staff.
De ses deux expériences, j'ai acquiert une expérience inoubliable et particulière qui m'a permet de me développer personnellement et professionnellement. CorpsAfrica est juste extraordinaire.
De mon expérience de Volontaire, j'ai pu organiser et participé à la réalisation d’un rêve communautaire qu’est d’avoir mis en place une mini ferme piscicole, et aussi mettre mes expériences en scoutisme au service de ma communauté, en mobilisant des jeunes en une union des associations pour le développement de Ndombo. Et grâce à cela, cette association a organisée cinq jours d’investissement humains et bénéficié d'une formation en esprit entrepreneurial.
De mon expérience en tant que staff, chargé du suivi et de l'évaluation au sein du bureau Sénégal. J'ai pu accompagner et former des jeunes sur les outils de collectes de données et de les aider à relever leurs impacts les plus significatifs.
CorpsAfrica is development work redefined with a human centered approach. Understanding the pivotal role that communities should play in their own development by leveraging local resources has been a winning approach for the organization. Through its youth volunteering program CorpsAfrica has been able to marry the need for personal and professional development of youth and communities' strive for development.
What I admire most about CorpsAfrica is its community-led approach, which empowers African communities to make their own decisions rather than having solutions imposed on them. Additionally, CorpsAfrica fosters a spirit of volunteerism among the youth, encouraging them to serve and contribute to the development of their own countries.
As a volunteer with CorpsAfrica, I had the privilege of fully engaging in the development of my country. During my time in the village of Djilacounda in Senegal, I collaborated closely with community members to identify their most pressing issues. Together, we developed sustainable activities and projects that addressed and solved many of these problems. By leveraging simple ideas and small-scale funding, we made significant contributions to the local community's development. The success of this initiative enabled me to further my international volunteering experience in Rwanda, where I gained valuable insights into cultural adaptation and enriched my skills and understanding.
My experience at CorpsAfrica has enabled me to develop my resilience and my willingness to serve my country, my continent and the whole world. It was the most beautiful and transformative experience.
I started volunteering for CorpsAfrica since 2017, During my coordination of several projects I have worked in, I have been doing several tasks at the same time which helped me first learn new skills in several elements of project management including budgeting, planning of activities, communicating with stockholders, reporting and designing activities. My extensive volunteer work has helped me to master that balance between being accountable for creating impact and creating opportunities for others to shine.
I take great pride in my service with the organization in Morocco back in 2015. The comprehensive experience, from the training phase to actively serving the community and networking with other NGOs, has profoundly shaped my life and significantly enhanced both my personal and professional skills. I had the opportunity to learn invaluable lessons in leadership and communication. These skills not only empowered me to effectively engage with the community but also equipped me to navigate various challenges with resilience and determination. Additionally, the experience cultivated a sense of flexibility within me, enabling me to approach situations from diverse perspectives and adapt to changing circumstances adeptly.
My time with CorpsAfrica was truly transformative. Working with a local community in the Marrakech region deeply influenced both my professional trajectory and personal growth.
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I really liked what I’ve read so far about CorpsAfrica. Having Africans lead the way is how to do development right. Everyone, staff and volunteers, are clearly passionate and committed to the work. Can’t wait to see a similar model replicated in all African countries.
With their recent initiatives, CorpsAfrica is doing invaluable work investing in the power and potential of African youth. It’s also clear how much their employees and volunteers dedicate themselves to promoting the unheard stories from Africa.
Great organization, great mission. I know the people involved really care about what they do. Looking forward to learning more!
I’ve heard and seen a lot of great things about CorpsAfrica. It’s exciting to see how far they have come as an organization.”
I work for another nonprofit but have had the pleasure of networking and collaborating with members of CorpsAfrica. It has been truly inspiring to learn about their pan-Africanist work and mission. They are bringing together the African continent and promoting service and engagement.
It was a great and an awesome experience to serve as a CorpsAfrica Malawi volunteer from 2018 to 2019. By serving as a CorpsAfrica volunteer in a rural area I was able to give back to the community and made positive change whilst at the same time I was able to gain work experience for my career growth in the field of community. During my volunteering service with CorpsAfrica I was able to successfully implement a mini irrigation project which increased income flow among smallholder farmers hence reducing poverty at household level. E I would highly recommend young Africans to serve as a CorpsAfrica Volunteer.
L'expérience en tant que volontaire de CorpsAfrica fut très enrichissante pour moi que ça soit dans le plan social ou professionnel. Ce service m'a permis de développer des Soft skills et des compétences techniques qui font qu'aujourd'hui j'ai une vision très claire de mes convictions professionnelles et personnelles. C'est une aventure que je ne manquerai pas de conseiller aux jeunes du moment où ça leur permet de développer leur patriotisme et leur leadership transformationnel.
Being given the opportunity to serve as one of the first CorpsAfrica Volunteers in Malawi was such a life-changing experience. Not only was I able to be a catalyst of change in the community I was in, but I also learnt a lot both personally and professionally. I continue to use the lessons I learnt in 2016/2017 to date. The experience also allowed me to reflect on the path I wanted to take career wise, and has opened so many doors for me; the CorpsAfrica entrepreneurship Incubator program being the most recent one.
L’expérience avec CorpsAfrica/ Sénégal fut très enrichissante du côté professionnel que relationnel, une opportunité que tout jeune qui aspire de participer au développement de sa communauté devrait tenter. Ce sont des moments de découverte de soi, de son environnement mais aussi du vécu de l'autre et de sa culture. Le plus important c'est empathie qui se née, le sentiment d'appartenance à sa communauté d'accueil et le besoin l'accomplissement de sa mission pour tendre vers une résilience durable par l'observation, l’analyse avec la communauté de ses difficultés et essayer de les résoudre ensemble. Tel est le résumé de mon expérience avec CorpsAfrica, un exemple dans le renforcement du développement communautaire.
As a former CorpsAfrica/Maroc volunteer in a rural area, I had the privilege of working on a variety of impactful projects, including teaching kids and students, creating workshops, and providing daily support to the community. One of my proudest achievements was helping a rural school gain access to clean drinking water. Throughout my service, I was inspired by the resilience and positivity of the people I worked with, and I came away from this experience with a renewed sense of purpose and commitment to service. I highly recommend CorpsAfrica to anyone looking for a fulfilling volunteer experience.
Volunteering provided me with an opportunity of learning from the community. With service, I learned a sense of purpose and the impact of community empowerment.
I am very proud of creating meaningful bonds with my community.
Serving the community in need was my favorite moment. It allowed me to dedicate my whole self to the community. I am always delighted to see how my community adapted to finding solutions for their problems without external aid.
Volunteering in CorpsAfrica is my lifetime opportunity because it allowed me to be at the center of such an enormous impact. I am very grateful for CorpsAfrica.
I’m drawn to the sustainability aspect of CorpsAfrica’s mission. By leveraging existing community resources and buy-in they ensure that projects continue to be maintained and utilized by communities long after Volunteers leave. I hope other organizations follow their model. I look forward to keeping up their incredible work!
This charity is doing super impactful and important work! By helping connect volunteers to remote communities in need within African countries, this program is helping to create much needed projects and to give volunteers transformative experiences to serve and learn from parts of their own countries that they may not get a chance to experience.
CorpsAfrica is making an impact in developing communities across Africa. It uses a sustainable model that involves communities at the core of identifying solutions, developing implementation plans, and executing the project to address local challenges. This bottom-up approach makes communities the primary stakeholder in operating and maintaining the project which enhances future growth. What a refreshing approach!
CorpsAfrica is a model for the larger development community. Their work centers on community-led development from a grassroots level, building local leadership from the ground up. As a career development professional, CorpsAfrica is doing the kind of work larger international organizations are only now beginning to get behind. Excited to follow their progress.
As an African, I am inspired by CorpsAfrica’s mission and impact of development driven by and for Africans. And as someone who deeply believes in community service and giving backing, I know that simply wanting to help is not enough; initiatives have to come from local communities. This is the key issue in development, especially African-focused development, that is often overlooked. But CorpsAfrica understands that service is not about the individual but about finding the best way to serve the communities in a way that is needed and in the way that they want. Way to go CorpsAfrica!
CorpsAfrica is doing exemplary work. Their model is simple yet effective— sending African youth to listen, engage, and collaborate with local communities. It’s been inspiring to read about the impact they are having on rural communities and the next generation of African leaders.
It is with much excitement that, I am writing to express my gratitude to you for giving an opportunity to serve as a CorpsAfrica Volunteer. My interest in social change-related initiatives dates back to my early upbringing within underserved communities as an orphan. One of the main highlights of this experience of mine is that I realized that a lack of functioning social justice policies, institutions, and commitment consistently put people in those communities at the center of different global greatest challenges: Poor healthcare, poverty, hunger, and different forms of environmental degradation, especially in developing countries like Rwanda.
I strongly believe that volunteering is highly rewarding work if done with a willing heart. Through my volunteer work with CorpsAfrica, I was able to achieve one of my major life goals. One of my main objectives was to pursue a master's degree and my volunteer experience has enabled me to gain admittance to one of the most prestigious universities in East Africa. I was recently accepted with a substantial scholarship to the University of Global Health Equity in Rwanda.
I'd like to express my heartfelt appreciation to everyone at CorpsAfrica (staff, volunteers, and, of course, my community) for laying the groundwork for my personal and professional development. I will not take this for granted; instead, I will do my best to improve service delivery and provide high-quality health care in communities that need it the most. Thank you, Liz Fanning, for founding CorpsAfrica and providing young Africans with the opportunity to discover their full potential in serving and giving back to the community.
Great organization. I saw a video taken in Rwanda of a village singing and dancing upon the arrival of a number of goats, one for each family, that had been partially funded by the individual families but mostly funded by Corpsafrica. It’s not charity as much as partnering and facilitating.
I have been involved with non profits in Africa for the past twenty one years, both as a volunteer and a donor. All the organizations meant well and a couple of them have made had a real impact, but when I heard about CorpsAfrica I was thrilled. Finally people with expertise doing it right, with all the right ideas. This has finally happened, an organization that realizes Africans helping other Africans is the way. They have already proven themselves and now they are expanding. I support this effort wholeheartedly and look forward to the sustainable long term impact that this organization will have at a time when Africa needs this most. The support they will provide will enable so much change from inside African communities working with their own. I can't wait to see what they continue to do. Thank you CorpsAfrica.
I would highly recommend CorpsAfrica to any young person from Morocco, Malawi, Rwanda, or Senegal who wants to be the change they wish to see in the world.
CorpsAfrica's implementation of Human Centered Design and Asset Based Community Development ensures that projects are driven by the communities and will be sustainable long after the Volunteer has left.
I am so impressed by the dedication of the CorpsAfrica staff and the patience and skill of the Volunteers. CorpsAfrica is an excellent organization doing quality work.
I think CorpsAfrica is a fantastic nonprofit that is doing very innovative work in the field of development.
CorpsAfrica is a great nonprofit with a hardworking staff! They are redefining development across all of their projects.
Wonderful experience! As a summer intern, I loved my flexible schedule and the people that I worked with. They were all very kind, understanding, and encouraging. I also love their mission and how greatly the community has input in their projects. I look forward to (hopefully) working as a summer intern again!
CorpsAfrica is a very thoughtful organization that is creating a change in the way development is done in Africa. By giving young Africans the opportunity to Volunteer in their own countries, CorpsAfrica is turning development into the hands of local people, which is so powerful.
CorpsAfrica is a NonProfit that exemplifies what a NonProfit should be like. This organization is managed by people who truly care about the impact they can make, leveraging resources for meaningful impact. The projects completed here set off a ripple effect in communities by bettering public health, increasing resilience, and creating a new set of crucial skills for both communities served and volunteers alike.
CorpsAfrica's unique model as well as the passion and commitment of its volunteers and staff all make it a really special organization. The volunteers' work at their sites are bringing about tangible positive changes through projects that receive the full support and engagement of the local communities. I am confident CorpsAfrica will continue contributing to sustainable development in Africa and I'm excited to see the organization grow.
CorpsAfrica Volunteers are doing great work in their communities. I fully support their grassroots, human-centered model for development, and I feel their emphasis on building a local volunteer base (as opposed to Peace Corps' model of bringing in American volunteers) is sustainable and effective. Excited to see this organization grow!
CorpsAfrica is such an impressive organization. As a previous community health volunteer in Rwanda, I have seen the contributions and rapid response their volunteers have had in addressing lapses in sanitation, hygiene, and disease prevention. They promote capacity building and leadership and create opportunity among with local individuals and reach large populations in rural settings. The volunteers in this organization are taking on work that requires resilience and dedication to health development.
I am a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer and have became aware of this non-profit through other Peace Corps Volunteers. The organization does really incredible and sustainable work throughout multiple countries in Africa. They give opportunity to people who want to make a difference in their own communities the chance and resources to do so.
I am familiar with this organization through staff who were former Peace Corps volunteers. Corps Africa provides volunteers with the opportunity and skills to find solutions to issues that are affecting their local communities. By providing training to local volunteers, Corps Africa promotes a sustainable development practice. I believe their work will bring positive changes to the communities they operate in.
CorpsAfrica is a wonderful organization which promotes sustainable, grassroots development. Providing young people with opportunities for public service is in the best interests of the countries involved, and the world. I am excited to see where their mission takes them in the next few years.
CorpsAfrica does sustainable, important work for our world. This organization touches the lives of many people around the globe, and I am truly glad it exists.
I’m an Returned Peace Corps Volunteer and know this nonprofit through other volunteers and staff. The work being done by this organization is informed and passionate; I love hearing about the success they are seeing from their projects. I highly recommend getting involved and/or helping CorpsAfrica’s funding.
I am a returned Peace Corps Volunteer who was evacuated during the Coronavirus pandemic. I found this organization through hearing about their important work via a Peace Corps Magazine. They are doing sustainable work through passionate individuals who want a chance to give back to their countries and the world. Americans have so many opportunities to volunteer and give to the global community, whereas this isn't the case globally. Individuals all over the world have passion and want to volunteer to make the world a better place. CorpsAfrica gives them this opportunity.
I am a member of Rotary International and am leading a project to build an irrigation aqueduct in my former Peace Corps village in Morocco's High Atlas Mountains. We have engaged Corps Africa to provide the "boots on the ground" support in the village to help coordinate and oversee the project. Corps Africa volunteers Hamza Aboubaigi (second from left in first photo) and Mustafa Essalai (on right, in red) have been instrumental in developing the plan for the project. While I previously lived in the same village 20 years ago, I would not have identified the criteria for the project as Hamza and Mustafa were able to figure out shortly after arriving on site. Our success will be Corps Africa's success (inshallah!).
my story with CorpsAfrica began in 2016 as a volunteer; I spent one year serving in a remote village in the region of Eljadida/Morocco. It was such a great experience full of lessons and self improvement. with Corpsafrica i have had the opportunity to serve and give back to my country. currently, I am a volunteer support with CA/maroc; i am still learning alot of things and enhancing my capacities. CorpsAfrica is the example of NGOs that ones must go through.
The Corpsafrica is effected in my life , it's making you feel better to keep going in that field ,as well as it has a big role to develop the rural areas and change many things there.
During my time in Peace Corps Morocco, I engaged with a lot of Corps Africa volunteers who were doing really amazing work in their communities and being of service. I think Corps Africa does a really great job of harnessing local talent and training members to be in the best possible position to give back to others. Keep it up!
CorpsAfrica is an inspirational organization! As a former Peace Corps volunteer, I love seeing many of my host country national counterparts I worked with be able to volunteer in their country (similar to AmeriCorps). It is giving these young people the skills they need to be successful leaders in their communities. The staff at CorpsAfrica are hardworking and dedicated to the mission of the organization. The CorpsAfrica volunteers are inspiring, passionate, and changing their local and global communities. CorpsAfrica is constantly growing and expanding to new countries in Africa; this expansion and partnership among young African leaders is inspiring and the future of grassroots development.
As a CorpsAfrica Volunteer, I am currently having a life-changing experience. One which is not only helping me to grow professionally, but which is teaching me to become a more humane/empathetic and critical person. Also a more useful citizen of the world, and my country. Apply to CorpsAfrica!
I am CorpsAfrica Volunteer for 2018-2019 and My expérience justify a Great Work to involve Rural Developemnt ans to get rural people useful for there communities
CorpsAfrica gives me an opportunity as a young African to participate in the development of my continent. As a Senegalese, this is my second experience in Morroco after Senegal. What gave me the desire to come to Morocco this year is my satisfaction and my pride, after seeing the living conditions of my host community in Senegal improved thanks to CorpsAfrica's actions. In Morocco I live with a new community as a full member, I'am identifying with them their everyday problems and I am more than committed to improve them with the help of CorpsAfrica.
Excellent place to be a volunteer. I had a great experience at CorpsAfrica's event at the Moroccan Embassy in Washington D.C. They are doing an amazing job.
I first heard of CorpsAfrica from a former Moroccan volunteer, and I later became connected with the organization as a volunteer in Washington, DC. I've seen and heard the incredible transformative impact that CorpsAfrica has on its volunteers and the communities they serve.
CorpsAfrica experience has completely changed my life and helped me to grow up personally and professionally.
I've been a supporter of CorpsAfrica virtually since it's inception. I love its ideal of sending young volunteers, mostly from cities, out into rural areas, which are generally totally foreign to these young people. I think the practice of having/helping local people decide on what they most need that CorpsAfrica can help them achieve AND insisting that they provide significant input (venue, labor, material, etc) to the realization of the project is exactly what's needed to encourage development that is truly sustainable. I've also been happy to see young Moroccans volunteering to work in other African countries. This was one of the goals in the beginning, & I'm encouraged to see it working.
I have closely followed CorpsAfrica in Senegal. As a former Peace Corps volunteer and staff in Senegal I have seen how the CorpsAfrica volunteers exceed the expectations that we had of our Volunteers. Its an amazing program having meaningful impact on the communities where these dedicated volunteers serve. It gives one hope for sustainable development in Africa and pride in the youth of today
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CorpsAfrica is an amazing initiative and even more so movement in Africa. Based on the US Peace Corps model is has developed volunteer programs in Morocco, Malawi and Senegal ~ Africans helping Africans. CorpsAfrica started by a former Peace Corps Volunteer offers a similar transformative experience to emerging young leaders in Africa – giving them the chance to be a part of the solution for their own countries.
As a volunteer facilitator, I recently participated in CorpsAfrica's all~countries Conference in Morocco. It was a moving experience for me being a part of this Conference. Young Moroccan, Malawian and Senegalese volunteers came together to learn, participate, share, eat and experience Morocco together ~ developing lifelong friendships. I saw firsthand how their volunteer experience in African villages and small towns have transformed them into confident and compassionate adults that believe that they can make a difference and together can seek solutions for many of the pressing issues in their countries. Listening to their stories on the work they are doing and the impact that they have on the people they are serving, and even more the impact that their experiences have on them, was a hopeful opening into a world where many African youth are disenfranchised and hold little hope. These young adults give one hope for a bright future! CorpsAfrica is able to tap the idealism and energy of young people and give them confidence and optimism – while at the same time giving them the transformative experience similar to that of Peace Corps volunteers – helping to shape their view of the world and their own future.
My hat goes off to this movement and I hope that CorpsAfrica will be able to expand its vision into many other African countries. Its a NGO that deserves to be ranked as one of the best as its work developing its volunteer programs and alumni association is unparalleled. The impact this small NGO has had on Africa is already large and impressive!
Corps Africa is an organization that strives to meet a crucial need. Corps Africa operates from a belief that these countries and their citizens do not need the help of foreign aid or personnel to achieve their goals but that these countries already have the capable talent and simply need connection and access to resources. Corps Africa fosters dignified relationships and provides the skilled youth an opportunity to serve their country. Corps Africa's ambitious goals and skilled staff have the capability of making a strong and lasting impact to make this world a better place.
As a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer, it is inspiring to see an organization like CorpsAfrica providing the same opportunity to Africans that I had. Development in Africa should be led by Africans and that is exactly what CorpsAfrica is working toward.
CorpsAfrica is the right way to do development: empowering local communities to solve their own problems. The volunteers lead change by engaging people in conversations and facilitating community meetings to identify and address changing and complex local needs in education, health, small business development, urban planning, and infrastructure
CorpsAfrica exemplifies inspiration, motivation and passion. It focuses on the holistic impact that is made to provide sustainable resources within the communities in which volunteers work. It's refreshing to know that people have an intrinsic purpose to help empower leaders with the proper skills and perspectives to eventually lead their own communities.
CorpsAfrica is empowering emerging leaders in Africa with the skills and perspective to lead their countries out of poverty! It's impact is sustainable and wide-reaching across the continent
CorpsAfrica has a carefully considered, well-reasoned, and evidence-based approach for how to create positive, sustainable development in parts of the world where the need is most significant. Their priority on local partnerships and the realities of economic development makes them an effective venue for supporting human flourishing in Africa.
CorpsAfrica is a sustainable and innovative enterprise, leading change by working on numerous scales, from communities to international relationships. Rather than intervening and solving problems for struggling nations, CorpsAfrica provides the necessary resources and supervises rather than intervenes. CorpsAfrica is truthfully unique in its purpose and mission, separating it from any other non-profit doing work in Africa. Overall, CorpsAfrica is championing an important mission, empowering individuals throughout Africa and assisting them to lead their communities out of poverty and into success.
CorpsAfrica is on the path to becoming the leader in sustainable development across Africa. WIth the emergence of leadership development as a key component within the infrastructure of development, CorpsAfrica's human-centered design approach provides the training that emerging leaders need to create long-lasting and impactful change in their communities. This is a non-profit that, while having three programs already, is just getting started. I am excited to see what CorpsAfrica has to bring the the development sector in years to come!
A great organization; caring, responsible staff who truly know how to innovate! I look forward to seeing the growth of CorpsAfrica in the near future.
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my experience with volunteering was really a great experience and the were different,
because it made me visit a country different frome mine as well as knowledge of the costmos and traditions of senegal .
i also gained new friends and i was very happy to work with them. i am also happy to work with the villagers who have a good hospitality ( teranga senegalise )
i thank CorpsAfrica which gave me this wonderful and beautiful experience ..
Corpsafrica gives you an opportunity to change people's lives, including your own. it gives you the satisfaction of playing a role in someone else's life, helping people who may not be able to help themselves.
CopsAfrica is a very great way to experience other cultures and make a difference in people's lives. This volunteering experience opens people s eyes to the realities of their own country while providing them a chance to contribute and help a local community!
CorpsAfrica is an excellent way to engage young Moroccans in their country, particularly in the rural areas. This volunteering experience opens their eyes to the realities of their own country.
CorpsAfrica is a great organization that provides the opportunity to young Africans to be part of their own countries' development and empowers rural communities through sustainable projects. I highly encourage people to get involved!
As a fomer Volunteer, Corpsafrica was a life changing experience for me. It gave me the opportunity to discover new places, new friends and we become family.
Corpsafrica also gave my community the opportunity to change their own lives and develop their village through the implementation of a social project.
Incredible organization doing wonderful work on the ground with local communities. CorpsAfrica not only benefits its volunteers through this enriching, eye-opening experience, but gives the opportunity to local communities to have a say in their own development and lead their own projects!
On paper, this is a great organization that aims to do great good in the countries where it is working. However, as far as implementation is concerned, a lot could be improved. Micromanagement by the HQ is one aspect that hampers progress in country offices.
Great way to experience other cultures and make a difference in people's lives. You never stop learning!
CorpsAfrica is an innovative and sustainable non-profit that is tackling multiple social issues by promoting intercultural exchange, participatory community development, and grassroots volunteerism. As a Peace Corps Volunteer I have benefitted from CorpsAfrica Volunteers' know-how and presence in my region of service. I have seen firsthand how CorpsAfrica volunteers embody the talented, passionate, and savvy leaders who are eager to make positive impacts in their communities, countries, regions, and the world. With CorpsAfrica's locally-based, globally-minded volunteer approach, international development does not have to be a field plagued by paternalism and dependency. Instead, it becomes an embodiment of understanding and cooperation that starts with open-minded individuals and the communities they learn from and contribute to.
Corpsafrica gave a voice to underserved communities to fully understand their real needs and collaborate with each other to answer these needs. It also allowed young graduates to get a real sense of what is going on in the world before they start their careers.
As a former CoprsAfrica volunteer, I can say it's been a great and exceptional experience. CA gave me the chance to learn more about my own country and the tools to be more effective in dealing with the community's issues and needs.
CorpsAfrica is truly an amazing organization doing even more incredible work. Keep up the good work!
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I served with CorpsAfrica for almost a year, that was an amazing experience with its ups and down. It was the starting point that has involved me in my society's issues. Thank you to all who are involved.
Corps Africa is a wonderful way to make a dream a reality!
As its motto says, it is a redefinition of development.
The key to its success and its major innovation are empowerment of the young volunteer and the fact of making him/her a key actor of his/her development while serving his/her community.
Youth succeed to gain an extraordinary experience and thus overcomes their different fears.
"Il fallait y penser", someone should have thought of that and the Founder, always inspired by a simple approach the design thinking, dit it !
I'm very excited to be part of this great adventure. Being in daily contact with young students, this project gives hope and even goes further, it can realize dreams!
Well done!
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Corps Africa est une merveilleuse façon de faire d'un rêve une réalité!
Comme le rappelle sa devise, il s'agit d'une redéfinition du développement.
La clé de son succès et son innovation majeure portent sur la responsabilisation du jeune volontaire et le fait d'en faire un acteur complet de développement au service de sa localité.
Des jeunes parviennent ainsi à avoir une expérience extraordinaire et surmonte ainsi leurs différentes craintes.
Il fallait juste y penser et la Fondatrice, s'appuyant sur une approche simple de design thinking l'a fait.
Je suis très excitée de faire partie de cette très belle aventure. Etant au quotidien en contact avec les jeunes étudiants, ce projet donne de l'espoir et même va plus loin, il permet de réaliser des rêves!
Excellente continuation.
Africa peace corps est une organisation à but non lucratif qui offre à de jeunes citoyens l'opportunité de servir leur pays, d'aider les populations et d’œuvrer pour le développement de leur pays.
CorpsAfrica is truly redefining development through empowering not only volunteers but the communities in which they work. I have followed the work of CorpsAfrica volunteers and have been impressed over and over again with their passion, commitment, love, and leadership to making life better for the communities they serve.
The coming of CorpsAfrica in Malawi has created a unique platform for young people like myself to give back to my very communities. Especially the fact that CorpsAfrica hinges more on Locals helping Locals which in fact is a more fertile ground for sustainable development.
And through a tailor made and intense intense training in the Human Centred Design HCD, I'm able as a volunteer to put the people in my community at the centre of everything. We observe together, discover needs and community assets together and design sustainably solutions giving birth to lifetime projects together, this way community ownership is embedded right in the blood of our projects. See, I wouldn't have been able to write and share this of not for CorpsAfrica.
I'm more proud to belong to this amazing family, our communities will never be the same because CorpsAfrica is indeed redefining community development!
Viva CorpsAfrica, viva real community development!
Corps Africa is Doing a really remarkable work in communities. Malawi is one of the countries whose communities have benefited from Corps Africa's work through the selfless efforts of its volunteers. Its amazing how the volunteers work so well with these rural communities. Kudos to Corps Africa for the remarkable projects in the communities!
I have been on the receiving end of Corps Africa in Senegal as I was assigned a young volunteer to my women's group in Baba Garage, Senegal. I have been impressed with the high level of motivation, dynamism and determination to make things happen that this young woman brings to her work. I know the supervision and followup by the director has helped make her work a reality . I really appreciate her willingness to stay with the job. Mrs. Mary Diop
I've followed Corps Africa and its initiatives with volunteerism and community development closely. The organizations activities and voluntary spirit has me greatly inspired, the world needs more organizations and volunteers like Corps Africa for effective and positive change
I've known Corps Africa Volunteers to be selfless and hardworking people. It really is great to see such commitment towards community work, especially from people working in rural areas.
As an African,
All those projects are helpfull for our sustainable development.
My wishes is to let this wonderfull organisation CorpsAfrica, to come to us in Cameroon, my native Land.
Many greatest peoples are welcoming you there with all our diversities.
Deep succeed and many more things.
Lydie Biby MEGHUIOPE, Bafoussam-Cameroon
CorpsAfrica 11/16/2016
Hello Lydie - thank you so much for this lovely review. It means a lot to us. Did you mean to give CorpsAfrica the lowest star rating? (One star means poor; five stars means great.)
CorpsAfrica is a non-profit that becomes part of my life. I volunteered two years with CorpsAfrica; the first year was in my country_ Morocco, and I am in my second year, in Senegal. Being part of CorpsAfrica makes me learn manythings about myself and my abilities, such as my ability to live and integrate in a different culture, my ability to learn a new language and communicate with local communities using it, also the ability to be flexible and open to change, and etc.
In addition to that, CorosAfrica brings new philosophy to community development using creative methods that is the community is the core of the development and the volunteer is the facilitator.
Thus, supporting CorosAfrica means giving the youths the opportunity to know themselves and the communities to think about their difficulties.
Adnane,
Corps Africa, you who always have the will to help, who assign so much time to the deprived population and who share your know-how and your good advice with a great team spirit, we offer our most sincere thanks today. Thank you for listening to needs for the children, the young people and the women and acting always according to their capacities. Thank you for your altruism and your support, your commitment and your dedication with this population. Thank you for your involvement, your creativity and your participation to offer them the better future. Your presence will be always precious to us!
Volunteerig with CorpsAfrica has redefined the way i think of giving power to the people and community led projects. Am forever grateful for the opportunity to serve as a CorpsAfrica volunteer and cant wait to see it grow
hoooo my God vote for CorpsAfrica something which is great i'm really exited to say all my story .. listen:I can not start without thanking those who created CorpsAfrica. This is great for us ,young African to serve time as a volunteer in our own country, to help our own brothers and sisters who live in corners back .corpsafrica offer you this chance to serve, to make a change but above offer privileges .in the world ahead by being voluntary and CorpsAfrica playing its role as it should.THANKS CORPSAFRICA To all team
Being a volunteer with cotps africa has made me look at life in a whole different way, its the little things you do , that touches and makes people's life better. Through the projects I am working with my community , I have learn working together as unit is more worth while than working alone. Cheers to corps africa for the great experience. Thank you
CorpsAfrica was a partner organization for my old job, and it was an honor to work with Liz and Hiba! As a Peace Corps Volunteer I've met some current CorpsAfrica volunteers, and they are so inspiring, talented, and driven. This organization is an example of using innovation and community-building for sustainable development and impactful exchange. Their continued growth and success benefits the countries they serve, empowers the volunteers, and makes our world better off overall. I hope that CorpsAfrica is recognized as a "great" nonprofit because its staff and volunteers already exceed this title in real life.
There are no words to describe my intense gratitude for what I have learned and gained from my experience as a volunteer with CorpsAfrica/Maroc. A professional platform where I found my Trueself, where my mind and heart served others in the spirit of achieving good causes. I will always be indebted to CorpsAfrica!
When I joined CorpsAfrica in 2014 I had no ideas what I was getting myself into. Today I would say that CorpsAfrica is simply a life changing experiment and adventure. As an alumni of the organization I would like to pay it forward and spread the word about CorpsAfrica as a leading NGO in Africa with so much potential for great successes in community debelopmebt.
CorpsAfrica is a noble experience that makes a remote village open its eyes and bring light themselves by the guiding of CorpsAfrica volunteers. It is a non-profite organisation that changes the lives of million people by giving the opportunity to young youth to volunteer in thier homeland in rural areas. it is a chance for them to know thier own country and to make positive change in it.
CorpsAfrica volunteers build the capacities of future role models and great leaders in thier communities through thier direct skills transfer and trainings. also, implementing sustainable projects is the secret behind the secret of its success and make it a redefined-developement.
CorpsAfrica is a unique and wonderful organization. Taking the best parts of the Peace Corps and translating that model into an opportunity for Africans helping each other was a stroke of genius. The CorpsAfrica program is a win-win: inspiring volunteers and providing concrete aid to their fellow Africans. I can't recommend it more highly.
CorpsAfrica is a unique organization that works with not just for the countries and citizens where it currently operates--in Morocco, Malawi and Senegal.
It is truly Africans helping Africans. In the short run the volunteers work within their own countries to learn the needs of rural communities and facilitate projects. In the long run it develops youth as leaders within their own countries who will make lives better for themselves and their fellow countryman.
CorpsAfrica is a great organization with a fantastic group of hard-working, capable, and creative employees/volunteers. Obviously, CorpsAfrica does superb work; what sets the organization apart from the many other non-profits I have observed, however, is an ability to effectively channel passions into clear results for so many communities in Morocco, Senegal, and Malawi.
I had an unforgetable experience during my intervention in a Project Development session as an Internationa Expert strategic Planning M&E Specialist in All Countie CorpsAfrica Conference 2016 in Casablanca Morocco .
I had so much emotion, positive energy and warm welcome from all Corpsafrica Staff and Volunteers from Morocco, Senegal,Malawi And USA, specialy during the volunteers projects presentations and their commitment to serve their communities.
The cherry on the cake is the birth of CorpsAfrica Morocco Junior, Moroccan Kids that are ready to put a smile on every face this is CorpsAfrica I know and wish you all the best.
Lhassan Boutejdir
International Expert
This is an amazing organization with great, hard-working staff. It helps people to work on development within their own countries and the staff does everything they can to empower the volunteers. It is fantastic in theory and in execution.
Corpsafrica is a NGO with new approaches that can help Africa to develop by its own sons.
As a younster i think its a mean that permit me to be debtful to my country which has done many things to make me someone today.
I met the founder of CorpsAfrica, Liz Fanning, at its inception in 2011, and I was immediately drawn to the enormous potential such an organization could have in a continent that dwells on understanding and cooperation. I admire the sense of ownership CorpsAfrica gives to its volunteers and its commitment to empowering communities in need by giving them a chance to be a part of the growth and evolution of their very own countries.
As an African myself, I am honored to see CorpsAfrica's work in action in high-poverty communities in Morocco that are in dire need of assistance in education, small business development and basic infrastructure.
Liz Fanning had a veritable vision of the potential for growth for Morocco and the African continent at large, a vision that would highlight the wealth of our communties and allow for considerable development, stability and sustainability.
CorpsAfrica is a phenomenal organization with a wonderful vision: training and placing locals in high-poverty areas within their host country to empower communities.
Having host-country nationals train and teach their own people is the most impactful way to truly providing sustainable development within local communities, and CorpsAfrica does this tremendously well.
I highly recommend any person interested in giving back to their own communities to apply to be a CorpsAfrica volunteer!
CorpsAfrica is a phenomenal organization! As a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer from Morocco, I love seeing firsthand the amazing work they are doing to instill the spirit of volunteerism and community development in Morocco and now Senegal and Malawi. This organization is the future of youth and civic engagement and working to make our communities better. The staff motivates the CorpsAfrica volunteers to serve and work to make a positive change in their country. The caliber of the volunteers selected is first rate and the short term and long term impact that they are making is exceptional.
CorpsAfrica 11/16/2016
Hello Patience - thank you so much for this lovely review. It means a lot to us. Did you mean to give CorpsAfrica the lowest star rating? (One star means poor; five stars means great.)