SCHOOL SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN CASABLANCA

Casablanca:

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

Volunteer project: Volunteer project: The aim of this project is to contribute to the education of children with
fewer opportunities. They don't have much chance of learning foreign languages either because the classrooms
are too crowded to deliver a good education, or because the education level in public schools is low and
teachers are not properly prepared to teach the language. Also, if the students want to take private lessons in
the summer to reinforce their competences, they would have to pay high fees that the parents cannot afford.
The help of volunteers coming from abroad would be indispensable for filling the gap for these children while
at the same time volunteers are getting international experience.
This summer school support project offers children the opportunity to strengthen their English and French
language skills in order to increase their chances to attend university after finishing school. At Moroccan
universities, courses are taught in French only which automatically bans children from public schools as they
don't have sufficient language skills.
The volunteers will help reinforce the language capacities of disadvantaged children and youth in Casablanca.
Both Moroccan and international volunteers will take part in the project. The volunteers will teach English or
French or both to local children and youth. Some additional free time activities will be organized with the
children.
Arabic courses will be provided for volunteers who will participate in this project to fully emerge with
Moroccan culture.

Language: English or 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 Magheb
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