Educating Youth & Helping My Community
My name is Saad Jihad Urassa. After completing my secondary education, I went to school for early childhood education training, which I used to become employed as a nursery school teacher. I also started attending computer classes while I was working as a teacher. I then became a computer instructor. By this time in my […]
Teaching & Learning as a Volunteer
My name is Gema Patrick Shirima. I am a nursery school teacher and I am currently a volunteer with AVC. For the year of 2013, I am volunteering at Step Up Center, a nonprofit organization in the Majengo neighborhood of Moshi. At Step Up, I teach young children in nursery school. I also help the […]
Achieving My Goals
Lilian Mtui is a current volunteer with AVC. She works at Comfort Women’s Center, a nonprofit organization dedicated to assisting local women and children. My name is Lilian James Mtui. I am Tanzanian and I graduated from Moshi University College of Cooperative and Business Studies in July, 2012 with a Bachelor of Arts in Community […]
Making my dreams a reality
Rasheed Makamba was one of the first AVC volunteers and has extended an additional year. He teaches computers at Salama Center, a community center for orphans and vulnerable children in Moshi. Before joining AVC I was involved in various activities, some voluntary work and a few paying jobs. I got a diploma in Information Technology, […]
Congratulations to the first ever AVC volunteers!
The 2012 pilot group of Tanzanian volunteers has now finished their year of service. Of the 7, 4 have chosen to extend another year with AVC and 3 have gotten jobs. We are proud of them and excited for what’s ahead!
Shining a Light
I am Gema Patrick Shirima and I am a nursery school teacher by profession. In the beginning my focus was just to be employed as a teacher. Coming across Africa Volunteer Corps and the opportunity to volunteer gave me the opportunity to gain a wide range of experiences that have shone a light on my […]
The positive future of African leadership
My name is Martin Mwanyika, born in 1987 in Iringa, Tanzania. I am volunteering in teaching and marketing at the Step-Up Center. In the morning I teach small kids, the play-unit class, then after classes I spend my time at the internet café writing and publishing about the center on the Facebook page that I […]
Do Not Hesitate
When I finished university my main goal was to help Africa, to aid in its development in many different ways. I had the good fortune to discover Africa Volunteer Corps’ website where I read about who they are and what they do, and especially who they target. I was very interested in their work so […]
Do You Visualize Change?
If you make films or know someone who does, please consider the following call for entries. Deadline May 30th: Africa Volunteer Corps is accepting short films for our Visualize Change Film Forum annual fundraiser in partnership with AfriMETRO. Based in Tanzania, AVC is an organization dedicated to strengthening grassroots social change in Africa, and putting […]
Giving Hope
Before working at Jipe Moyo, I had no experience with people living with HIV/AIDS. I had heard about it, read about it in the newspaper, and seen reports on television, but I have never seen it for myself. When I started at Jipe Moyo, what I saw was almost indescribable. As part of my work, […]