Causes: Children & Youth, Economic Development, International, International Economic Development, Job Training, Microfinance, Philanthropy, Voluntarism Promotion, Youth Community Service Clubs

Mission: CorpsAfrica recruits, trains and sends college-educated Africans to live in remote villages in their own countries to facilitate small-scale, high-impact projects that are identified by local people, along the lines of the Peace Corps model.

Target demographics: provide a leadership and participatory community development opportunities in Africa

Direct beneficiaries per year: 120 Volunteers and 120 rural, high-poverty communities in four countries

Geographic areas served: Morocco, Senegal, Malawi, Rwanda, Ghana and Kenya

Programs: Sustaining CorpsAfrica's first offices in Morocco, Senegal, Malawi, Rwanda, Ghana and Kenya, building partnerships with government, NGOs and universities, recruiting Volunteers, identifying and placing them in communities, and beginning community projects.