CorpsAfrica/Maroc

Volunteers:

CorpsAfrica/Maroc volunteers will be a diverse group of people – both genders and all ages, income levels, types of expertise, etc. After being selected through a rigorous screening process and attending an intense three-week training program in the capital city and onsite visits, CorpsAfrica/Maroc Volunteers will move to their sites, where they will live with host families, learn local dialects, participate in day-to-day activities, and become trusted members of the community. They will engage local people in conversations and facilitate community meetings to identify and address changing and complex local needs in education, health, small business development, urban planning and infrastructure, agriculture, the environment, and more. The volunteers will help communities determine their priority needs, design and implement “piecemeal” projects to address those needs and then perform comprehensive impact evaluation analyses.

Training:

Volunteers undergo an intensive four-week pre-service training program, which includes on-site visits, presentations and discussions led by academics and NGO leaders. We teach the art of facilitations, the variety and work of NGOs in the country, and the importance of monitoring and evaluation. Pre-service training also includes a weeklong trip to a typical host community to experience a remote, high-poverty area and see first hand the issues and potential projects they will work on. Each trainees receives certification in the first aid and CPR.

Service:

After an elaborate swearing-in ceremony, the CorpsAfrica volunteers move to their sites for the remainder of the year, where they live with host families, learn local customs, participate in day-to-day activities, and become trusted members of the community. They lead change by engaging people in conversations and facilitating community meetings to identify and address changing and complex local needs in education, health, small business development, urban planning and infrastructures, agriculture, the environment, and more.