Programmes
VOAC does not design programmes in a meeting and then look for somewhere to put them. Every programme here started as a problem a community named out loud, in a story on this site — and each one names the problem it came from.
Running now
Programme · Media
Story Lab
Training African storytellers to record their own communities properly — consent, audio and all.
Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Benin · since 1 September 2026
Programme · Education
The Mentorship Circle
Every member mentors the generation behind them, in their own discipline, on real work.
Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Benin · since 1 September 2026
Not started yet
Published anyway, because the problem behind each one is already real. Each says exactly what it is waiting for.
Programme · Agriculture
Operation Sow a Seed
Putting agronomy where farmers already know the problem — starting with the seed that actually grows in their soil.
Benin, Liberia, Nigeria
Programme · Enterprise
Power & Enterprise
Small traders lose more to unreliable power than to any other cost. This programme treats that as an enterprise problem.
Nigeria
Every programme is run by volunteers, unpaid, around day jobs. The roles each one needs filled are listed openly.