Volunteers' boost as firm gets Sh7.8b to expand in Africa

CorpsAfrica Kenya Country Director Patricia Kingori-Mugendi.

A volunteer organisation that deploys university graduates to poverty-stricken areas for a year, has landed Sh7.8 billion from the Mastercard Foundation.

CorpsAfrica recruits graduates to work with resource-constrained communities within their own countries for 11 months after a five-week pre-service training. The volunteers engage local communities in conversations and facilitate meetings to identify and address local needs in education, health, small business development, urban planning and infrastructure, agriculture and the environment.