Gender Equality Morocco Project #47743

Help Empowerment Facilitators Reach 700 Teen Girls

by Project Soar

Project Report | Nov 21, 2023
Shout out to our amazing Empowerment Facilitators

By Victoria Di Gaetano | Communication and Development Coordinator

Dear Friends,

As we approach the end of the year, Project Soar is sending gratitude to You, our dedicated supporters: our facilitators could not carry out the incredible work they do without your generous contribution!

Now that the new academic year of our core PSB program - Project Soar in a Bag - has kicked off, old and new extraordinary facilitators have spread their wings and are successfully carrying out the mission of empowering more and more teen girls from rural Morocco.

As the years go by, we realize more and more how essential the figure of the empowerment facilitator is in the everyday lives of the beneficiary girls, and that is why we try more and more to organize events and trainings so that they can learn and share joys and difficulties, so that the path with the girls becomes more and more focused.

“The impact that I have seen from Project Soar on the girls is really clear, especially the girls who were shy and the girls who dropped out of school or were thinking about it. My friend facilitator and I went to about six of these girls’ houses. They learned from Project Soar important lessons such as the value of education, self confidence and resilience, thus we were able to get some of these girls back to school.” - Khadija, Empowerment Facilitator

It is safe to say that without Facilitators like Khadija, the lasting impact Project Soar makes would not be possible, and we are forever grateful for their enduring spirit. Stay tuned for more stories of these incredible women, and never doubt you are making a difference!

Stay tuned for more stories from these incredible women, and never doubt you are making a difference!

Warmest Wishes, The Project Soar Team

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Jul 26, 2023
Facilitators now ready to soar !

By Lila Bernard | Communication & Development Intern

Hi Friends !

We are sending our gratitudes to you, our dedicated supporters and we hope your summer is filled with excitement and joy - At Project Soar we strive to look back into ourselves and believe that continuously learning helps us better our programs and provide a better solution for Soar Girls!

To do so, we held a facilitator training at the end of June. The training was attended by 22 facilitators who were introduced to the new Soar Clubs system and got to partake in multiple activities put together to help them better the employability of the Soar Girls in their locations all across Morocco.

In this inclusive and supportive environment, our dedicated facilitators were able to share their experience, identify the difficulties that may arise and learn how to better communicate with their communities. Thanks to this training they will be able to better nurture Soar Girls’ community leadership abilities.

Now more equipped than ever, our amazing facilitators will be able to deliver even better programs, engage with their communities and inspire Soar Girls so that our goal of empowering teen girls can be achieved, one girl at a time.

Aya, who is a former Soar Girl shares her experience:

“When I started Project Soar I knew that it was a chance for me to be able to know my voice and my value, and know everything about my body and my path. As I then took part in the Soar Clubs, we started practicing everything we had been taught, and improved ourselves ! It also enabled us to give our individual power to other members of the group. Now as I have improved and am capable enough I thought why not share everything I learned with other girls ? and this is why I became a facilitator. That is why when I speak with the girls, I know their feelings. This training brings some change but here at Project Soar we are one family and every person is special.”

Stay tuned for more stories from these incredible women, and never doubt you are making a difference!

Warmest Wishes

The Project Soar Team

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May 11, 2023
Bouchra, Super Soar Facilitator in Guelmim

By Lila Bernard | Communication and Development Intern

Hi Friends,

Thank You for your continued support; our facilitators could not carry out the incredible work they do without your generous contribution!

We are fortunate to have so many incredible empowerment facilitators at Project Soar, and Bouchra is definitely one of them! Bouchra, 25 years old, has been an empowerment facilitator in Guelmim for two years now. She joined Project Soar after getting to know about it on social media and says that she wanted to be a part of it to contribute to the defense of girls’ rights and because “our society does not give real value to girls.”

Bouchra is studying to become a nurse and wants to volunteer in other countries once she graduates, to offer help where it is most needed. She is a very active member of her community as she is also currently volunteering in initiatives related to the cultural field and to children's education. She is passionate about science and strongly believes in the power of education and the empowerment of girls.

“Children and adolescents are the most important group to work with if we want to change society positively. We want a good society for the future !”

With regard to her work in the Soar Site in Guelmim, Bouchra was an integral part of last year’s community dialogue, which was a success as she was able to gain the trust of the families of the girls and of even some of the local stakeholders who attended.

“Last year, our community dialogue had an impact on everyone who attended.”

Bouchra continues to work on the problems the Guelmim site deals with and hopes that thanks to the efforts of the empowerment facilitators they will be able to better adjust the program to the girls. For example, as it is sometimes difficult for some of the girls to make the trip up to the Soar HQ, she plans on collaborating with the city’s responsible body that she met through the Community Dialogue, to find a more accessible location where to hold the workshops!

When asked about the impact of the program on the girl beneficiaries she says the program and guidance of the empowerment facilitators have had a lot of positive effects on the girls, especially in regard to studies: some of the girls have even found a new ambition and want to follow in her footsteps and become nurses. Bouchra is proud to be able to help them!

Stay tuned for more stories of these incredible women, and never doubt you are making a difference!

Warmest Wishes,

The Project Soar Team

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