Ending Poverty Through Community Development

I am James Kirima. I hold a Bachelor of Arts in Community Economic Development (BA-CED) from Moshi University College of Cooperative and Business Studies. I decided to join AVC because I want to use my skills, knowledge and experience to help my community identify challenges and find ways to address them. In my future, I […]

Why is Volunteering Important?

As a mother, it seems unlikely that I would be able to take time out of my busy schedule to volunteer, but I truly believe that volunteering is a part of my civic duty. In 2012, I joined AVC as a Volunteer. I wanted to work with people living with HIV/AIDS because I knew they were […]

We Have The Resources: Village Empowerment Through Community Banks

My name is Laurent Fanuel. I am a Volunteer at Africa Volunteer Corps. I volunteer at KIVINET a local organization that was established for the purpose of monitoring and coordinating Village Community Banks (VICOBA) in the Kilimanjaro region. KIVINET provides capacity building support to different groups of entrepreneurs by providing the groups with skills training […]

Service and Solidarity

My name is Daniel John. In 2013 I interned with AVC as an assistant to the Program Officer and in 2014 I joined AVC as a Program Officer. I wanted to work with AVC because I was attracted to AVC’s vision of working directly with the community and local grassroots NGOs. I like working with […]

Happy International Youth Day!

International Youth Day “is an annual celebration of the role of young women and men as essential partners in change, as well as an opportunity to raise awareness of the challenges and hardships facing the world’s youth.” To celebrate International Youth Day the AVC Volunteers discussed the challenges facing youth today and what people should […]

Paradigm Shift: Talking about possibilities instead of problems

AVC Founding Director Caitlin Kelley reflects on her time at the 2014 New York Forum Africa.  I recently got back from Libreville, Gabon, where I attended the New York Forum Africa, an annual conference for business, political, and thought leaders to discuss African issues and the future of the continent. It was an honor to […]

The new Volunteers have finished Orientation & Training!

Congratulations to the new AVC Volunteers who have just finished their Orientation and Training! On Monday, they will begin working at their placements sites all over Moshi. For the last 3 weeks, the Volunteers have participated in workshops on entrepreneurship, leadership, counselling, business planning, HIV/AIDS awareness, education, and more. These training sessions teach the Volunteers essential […]

Working to Make Our Society Better

Florence Meena is a 2014 AVC Volunteer. She is currently teaching at Step Up Center in Moshi.  I signed up to Volunteer with AVC because I wanted to develop my skills in teaching and early childhood development. I am also inspired that being a Volunteer answers my longtime dream in life of working to make […]

Development Starts with Us

A blog post from Founding Director Jafari Msaki Before I founded Africa Volunteer Corps with Caitlin Kelley, I was a volunteer. Through that experience, I realized that the culture of volunteerism is not well-practiced in Tanzania and that we need to work to change the negative mindset towards volunteering. I want to show people that […]

What I’ve Learned with AVC

Lilian James Mtui is the Office Manager at AVC’s office in Moshi. She volunteered with AVC in 2013 at Comfort Women’s Center as a teacher and social worker after graduating from Moshi University of Cooperatives and Business Studies with a Bachelor of Arts in Community Economic Development. AVC’s work is valuable because it empowers local […]