Mission:

Africa Volunteer Corps’ mission is to nurture a generation of African leaders dedicated to strengthening homegrown development by providing opportunities for practical training and job placement.

The overarching goal of Africa Volunteer Corps is to harness the power of motivated, educated Africans and put it to use for locally-initiated development projects in Africa, opening doors for Africans to leverage their own resources and strengthening grassroots development efforts.

Creating a springboard for leaders and bolstering ground-up social change efforts, we position Africans to drive development on their own continent.

Local Volunteers Make Sense

January 21, 2015

Pauline is currently working as an accountant at the Brilliant Youth Foundation in Moshi, Tanzania. The below post was written during her time volunteering with AVC. My name is Pauline Gregory and I am volunteering at an organization in Moshi through Africa Volunteer Corps. My placement is a center that helps youth from different backgrounds by […]

Is ‘Voluntourism’ the Answer?

December 19, 2014

This post is authored by Kirsten Huntley Goode, AVC Board of Advisors member.  After graduating from university, I traveled to Moshi, Tanzania for a month of “voluntourism” at Kigongoni nursery school, and it absolutely changed my life for the better. My daily walk was past Martin’s house, and every day he ran up and walked […]