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 […]

Visualize Change 2012

August 10, 2012

Please join us Tuesday, October 9th for Visualize Change 2012, 5:30-9:30 pm at Macaulay Honors College, City University of New York. Visualize Change is an event to change the conversation about Africa, to create opportunities for nuanced and informed dialogues based on reality rather than stereotypes, to emphasize local voices in the conversation about African […]

Now accepting applications for 2013

July 2, 2012

Africa Volunteer Corps is now accepting applications for the 2013 class of volunteers. For more information please read the section Thinking of Applying? on our website. IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ ALL APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE APPLYING. WE CANNOT CONSIDER INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS COMPLETELY. We highly recommend writing the questions down or […]