Sample Volunteer Abroad Projects — Morocco
There are a number of NGOs open to receiving volunteers in Morocco. Volunteer placements are made in collaboration with local partners, and we have selected some of the most active and trusted ones. Because host projects change frequently as needs and priorities are identified, your host project may differ from the examples described here. After you apply, we work closely with your Sending Country and our Host Project organizations to find an appropriate placement that best matches your skills, preferences and capabilities. Your project, responsibilities and host family placement will be confirmed before your departure. Volunteer projects are available in such areas as:
Education/Teaching - Social Welfare - Environmnent - Tourism
Education
While public schools in Morocco are free of charge and mandatory (but not enforced), it is still the case that many children do not receive an education. Volunteers are required to help with their informal education. You can assist in organizing language training sessions for instructors, teaching English or French, or teaching computer skills.
Sample Project
Placements are available in non-governmental organisations in urban areas as well as in the countryside. Volunteers with some language teaching skills are needed to assist children, disabled people and women - the ones who suffer the most from illiteracy. Volunteers can also organize informal English/French classes in local villages.
Social Welfare
You are needed in a wide range of very worthwhile projects, including caring for disabled and homeless people, orphans, abused women and street children. When you volunteer in Morocco, your skills will be needed in various aspects ranging from working in the field to administration.
Sample Project
You will be required to help women and children, victims of violence, poverty, and abuse who need social reintegration, formal and informal education as well as professional training. You will also be needed to help develop social awareness among women in the countryside, to include basic health-care, family planning and raising children.
Environment
In some areas of Morocco, periods of drought and lack of equipment for irrigation have made it extremely difficult for country people to make a decent living. Water management, pollution management, desertification management and tree-planting are projects aimed at protecting the environment, sustaining agriculture and developing the community. Illiteracy and poverty, as well as lack of infrastructure, information and equipment are some reasons behind the environmental crisis in Morocco. Help and support is needed for the NGOs who are motivated to improve their region.
Sample Project
Many NGOs have been able to carry out some important development projects. You can help with water supply, electrification, road building, and reforestation.
Tourism
Due to the importance of the tourism industry, many organisations work to develop cultural tourism based on understanding cultural, historical, religious and ethnic differences.
Sample Project
Non-profit organisations such as “Thaqafat” and “Tetuan Asmir” and others give opportunities to people to learn from the rich cultural and historical diversity of Moroccan regions and to develop approaches to the understanding and the appreciation of tourism within a cultrural framework.
