Africa Calling
“The mobile industry changed Africa.” — Mo Ibrahim, founder of Celltel What did you do with your cell phone today? Listen to music on your walk to work/school? Play sudoku while waiting for the train? Check your friends status on facebook? In Nigeria, a farmer uses his mobile phone to check daily market prices on […]
Call For Entries: Visualize Change Film Forum
Africa Volunteer Corps is searching for short films to participate in our “Visualize Change” film forum fundraiser. Chosen films will portray empowerment, positive images of Africa, or the importance of local initiatives to the development process and be approximately 30 minutes in length (minimum 10 minutes, maximum 60 minutes). We seek especially to showcase African […]
The Most Powerful Weapon of all: Education
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. — Nelson Mandela In the year 2000, the UN Development Programme set the following eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for developing nations: Eradication of extreme poverty and hunger Achieve universal primary education Promote gender equality and empower women Reduce child mortality […]
Pamoja tunaweza
Engagement and group participation are two concepts in development that have changed the lives of many people in Africa. When groups, communities, organizations, and corporations work together on projects, the results tend to be positive. A Nigerian man, Precious Emulue, was motivated to change the conditions in oil producing parts of his country. The oil […]
Let’s overwhelm the world
Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world. — Desmond Tutu There is a commonly held belief in the West that providing food and monetary aid to Africa will alleviate the continent’s poverty. Aid provides relief; however, it does not create sustainability. […]
People All Over The World, Join Hands
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. — Gandhi How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. — Anne Frank In my research I have recently come across two great organizations whose work is in the same spirit […]
Welcome to Africa Volunteer Corps!
Welcome to our first blog post! As Africa Volunteer Corps works to get off the ground and to make a difference in the world, we will be using our blog as a way to keep you updated about our work and our progress as well as issues relevant to Africa, international development, and NGO’s. First […]
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Africa Volunteer Corps is searching for short films to participate in our film forum fundraiser. Learn more!