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2021 Purpose Prize Fellow Highlight Liz Fanning Founder and Executive Director, CorpsAfrica Support CorpsAfrica Learn More CATALYZE MAGAZINE | 7
Liz Fanning Founder and Executive Director, CorpsAfrica “I always say I never knew what I wanted to do but I spent my career preparing for it. Also, don’t be afraid to fail. Just roll up your sleeves and get to work.” The Peace Corps sends Americans to African countries, but CorpsAfrica uses talent that is homegrown. We recruit, train and dispatch college-educated young Africans to remote villages in their own countries, where they facilitate solutions to problems identified by local people. So far, more than 300 volunteers have served in four countries — Morocco, Senegal, Malawi and Rwanda — impacting an estimated 150,000 rural Africans. Our approach not only benefits the villagers, it transforms the lives and life goals of our volunteers. The problem I’m trying to solve Some countries in Africa are among the poorest in the world. In several where we work, nearly half the population lives below the poverty line. Meanwhile, Africa is rich in underutilized talent, with hundreds of universities graduating educated youth who can’t find enough jobs to employ them. By tapping their idealism and energy, CorpsAfrica empowers these young adults to be part of the solution. Our volunteers spend nearly a year in a village, learning what the locals view as their biggest needs and connecting them to organizations with the resources to help. Our wideranging projects include wells, irrigation (including a recent, innovative solar-powered system), toilets, self-sustaining kitchen gardens (750 and counting), and even an NBA-sponsored basketball court to give kids in a refugee camp a productive activity. When COVID-19 broke out, our volunteers were perfectly positioned to educate residents on the best ways to protect themselves. CATALYZE MAGAZINE | 8
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