Congratulations 2014 Trekkers!
On May 2nd 2014, five intrepid Trekkers met in the earlier hours of the morning at Gatwick airport. Two of our number were already in Marrakech and we were flying to meet them, ready for the next day when...
Karen and Iqbal – we will miss you!
The time our in-country team has been dreading has now arrived. We will soon say good-bye to Iqbal and Karen who have been part of the team for a long time. Iqbal, who joined the centre Afaq in 2011...
Volunteer spotlight: Francesca
This month, our in-country team welcomed Francesca to the team at Centre Afaq! Hailing originally from Milan, Italy, Francesca has spent the past 7 years in London for her studies, including a BA in International Relations from Queen Mary,...
New experiences in Ouarzazate
During the school holiday in mid-April, a group of the older boys and girls at Centre Afaq got the opportunity to explore another historic southern Moroccan city for the first time – Ouarzazate, at the entrance to the Sahara...
MCT in attendance at UN Morocco regional conference
Members of our team managing and implementing MCT’s Street Children Project and ID Paper Project in Taroudannt got the opportunity to attend and participate in a UN Morocco regional conference on the 3rd of April. Held in Agadir, the...
International Day for Street Children
The 12th April marks the fourth International Day for Street Children, a day which aims to amplify the voices of street-connected children around the world and to challenge misconceptions about them. The International Day has grown in strength since...
Andy Williams runs social work training in Morocco
Last month we welcomed Andy Williams to Taroudannt for a week long visit at Centre Afaq. Andy is President Emeritus and co-founder of Retrak, a street-child NGO based in East Africa, and a registered social worker in the UK....
Raising awareness of the importance of birth registration
As part of our identity paper project the team have been raising awareness in the community of the importance of birth registration. So far we have run events in both Ouled Teima and Taroudant, simplifying and communicating the process...
Volunteer Spotlight: Jenna
We are excited to welcome our newest member to the MCT volunteering team. Jenna Waniek, from Vancouver, will be with us in Taroudannt for the next two months supporting the preschool team and tutoring French in the homework...
Gala 2014: And the Amount Raised is…!
Saturday 1st February was a big day for the London team, who came out in full force to help make Gala 2014 a resounding success. The team worked hard to transform the Arch Gallery in Cambridge Heath into a...