I Dreamed of Working in Tourism
Hassan Mpanda volunteers as a tour operator through AVC at Rau Eco & Cultural Tourism Enterprise: a community-based, sustainable tourism enterprise that offers farming and market tours, forest hikes and village visits. Their goal is to promote eco-friendly tourism by involving local people, raising awareness about environmental conservation and supporting community projects. My uncle is […]
Helping to Employ My Neighbors
Peter Mwita volunteers through AVC at Kilimanjaro VICOBA Network (KIVINET) – a non-governmental organization that provides capacity building and advancement of VICOBA (Village Community Bank) groups in the Kilimanjaro region. He started volunteering in January 2015. In university, I decided to study entrepreneurship and microfinance because I knew I wanted to start my own business […]
Teaching Kids to Care About Their Communities
My name is Jackline Bonaventura Ngowi. Since January of 2014, I have been volunteering through AVC at Amka Center in Njoro, Moshi. At Amka Center, we teach children. I teach 28 kids between ages 3 years to 5 years old. I have been volunteering for about a year and I have seen the children learn […]
Is ‘Voluntourism’ the Answer?
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 […]
Doing Development Differently
This post is authored by Ilunga Kalala, AVC Board of Advisors. When people ask me why and how I became involved with Africa Volunteer Corps, I usually start by describing the first time I met Caitlin Kelley, one of the organization’s founders. I had recently returned to New York from the Congo and my return […]
Helping Students at El-Shaddai
My name is Catherine Saria and through Africa Volunteer Corps I volunteer with an organization called the El-Shaddai Center. El-Shaddai provides help to 300 students who are living in poverty. The center provides students with school fees, clothes, food, spiritual guidance, and other things they need. All of the money to fund the center comes […]
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 […]
Visualize Change 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 […]
Only $449 to go!
Our crowdfunding campaign ends FRIDAY, APRIL 13TH. It is ALL-OR-NOTHING so if we don’t reach our goal, no one gets charged, we don’t get any of the money, and those who have pledged don’t get their rewards. If you have not yet pledged, HELP US REACH OUR GOAL OF $5000 to cover the living stipends […]