RENOVATING A SCHOOL AND CREATING GREEN SPACES IN CASABLANCA

Casablanca:
First round : July 07 - July 31, 2025
Second round - August 07 - August 31, 2025

Volunteer project: The aim of this project is to contribute to the improvement of a school in a disadvantaged
area of Casablanca. Whilst Casablanca is known to be a cosmopolitan and vibrant city, poor areas like
Casablanca still don’t even have children parks. International volunteers will do gardening and improvement
tasks in public areas in order to provide facilities for the kids and prevent them from playing in the streets. We
extended this program to the maintenance of public schools (gardening and renovation) to provide these
children with a good learning environment.
The tasks of the volunteers include painting the school, both as a basic maintenance and also in a creative way
to bring life into it; cleaning the residence; creating green spaces, planting trees or shrubbery. Some additional
activities, such as outings, will be organized with the children.
Apart from the renovation and brightening-up of the school facilities, the volunteers will have the opportunity
to get in touch with locals and get involved in other activities related to Moroccan habits and way of life
Arabic courses will be provided for volunteers who will participate in this project to fully emerge with
Moroccan culture.

Language: English and French

Accomodation and Food: is provided by organization

Location: Casablanca, in Arabic Dar El Baida, is the biggest city in Morocco and actually in the Maghreb
region. It is the economic and business center of Morocco. Casablanca is one of the most important cities in
Africa, demographically and economically, being one of the largest financial centers in the continent. Its port is
one of the largest artificial ports in the world and the primary naval base of the Moroccan Navy.
Completed in 1993 after many years in construction, the Hassan II Mosque is among Africa's largest, with one
of the world's tallest minarets to boot. Thanks to its location on the waterfront, and the laser atop the minaret
that beams toward Mecca, it’s one of Morocco's most striking buildings. It’s also one of the few mosques that
permit non-Muslim visitors into its halls.
Casablanca’s central market is small and manageable. White-walled stalls with green clay tile roofs dotted with foliage make for all the Instagrammable backgrounds you’ll ever need. Vendors sell produce, nuts and
dates, and argan oil - the traditional Moroccan elixir for most everything. Linger long enough and eventually
you will see the vendors line up for the call to prayer, and then join them in a quick tagine lunch, served at
outdoor tables.
The Aïn-Diab coast, the seaside annex of the city, is the traditional spot for inhabitants of Casablanca going
out for the evening, especially at weekends. Trendy restaurants and popular pubs abound along the seafront.
Some of these establishments, with or without seawater swimming pools, have been there since the thirties,
like an unusual restaurant built on piles.

Terminal: Casablanca Airport