A summer full of volunteers at MCT!
For the first time in years, the volunteer house in Taroudant was full of volunteers who got involved in various areas of our work. MCT is very grateful to each and every one of them for their dedication and...
Spotlight on Hajar, Moroccan volunteer and buddy
Testimonial of ‘Amie officielle’, Buddy to International Volunteers, Hajar Korda ‘Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one’ C.S. Lewis The friendships I have made...
Kind words from recent volunteer Verity…
Verity’s Volunteer Report Oct. 2016 Just over a month ago, I returned to a chilly England after a very rewarding and challenging 6 months in Morocco, volunteering with Moroccan Children’s Trust, a small UK-based charity which aims to provide...
Summer Activities in Centre Amane
This summer has been jam-packed full of activities! We’ve had two volunteers working with us, Shukria and Verity, who have worked hard alongside the team of social workers to ensure the children and women’s group have had a fabulous...
Exciting new PenPal Project!
Salam alaikom! I have some very exciting news! Drum roll please…I have organised a penfriend project between children in the centre (and a neighbouring school, where two of FAPE’s directors, Hicham Ouaha and Abdellah Lamine teach) and a Diss...
Volunteer Spotlight: Verity Roat
Salam alaikom! My name is Verity and I’m a student at Cambridge University, reading French and Arabic. I’m currently in my third year, which for language students at Cambridge involves a year abroad to provide an immersive environment in...
Volunteer Spotlight: Yvonne Feeney
Hi there! My name is Yvonne, I am a library worker in Bath, England. Before that I have done various jobs working with children of different ages such as preschool, after school clubs and school holiday playschemes. Having worked and studied...
Christmas in Morocco for our Intern, Sophia
Dragging a suitcase containing 23kilos of children’s clothes and supplies, donated by the children, parents and staff at St Mary’s School (my fulltime occupation) for the children of Centre Amane – I arrived in Taroudannt on the 21st December....
MCT Welcomes Back Star Volunteer
This month MCT is very pleased to welcome Lynette Swanson back to Taroudant, where she will be assisting the Centre Amane in jump-starting its social work programme. Lynette left us in June, admittedly to escape the hot weather, but...
Volunteer Spotlight : Laura Piggford
“I cannot believe it hasn’t even been two weeks since I arrived in Taroudannt. I have been completely overwhelmed by the kindness of all the people I have met here, and have been made to feel so utterly welcome...