KEEP 100 MOROCCAN CHILDREN AWAY FROM ABANDONMENT

January to March 2014 Report – Keep 100 Moroccan Children away from abandonment.

During the last trimester, our new program coordinator has been visiting the families to know them better, understand their needs and establish the Family Development Plan. Different activities have been carried out:

• The youths had the chance to travel to Casablanca for the Youths Carrier Forum organized by SOS Children’s Villages. During two days, they attending conferences about carrier orientation, difficulties when looking for a job. They participated in the Jobs Forum where 14 of our corporate and associative partners welcomed them on their booth to give them some information about their company, the carriers available and the challenges in finding a job.
• School support is the main focus during this period of the year. A diagnosis has been established by two teachers specialized in school support, especially for Arabic, French and mathematics. A workshop with the children and one with the mothers allowed them to realize the importance of a good school support for the future of the children and youths. The mothers understood that they needed to help their children and ensure their attendance to the school support workshops that will be planned during the rest of the year. Then the teachers engaged themselves in supporting the children and youths from our programs, especially with planned school support workshops during school vacation in February.
• An orientation workshop took place in the Children’s Village to help the youths that in orientation level, along with a visit of Miramar in Al Hoceima in order to increase their knowing of professional environment.
• Health: a medical caravan visited the mothers to check their eyes and twelve of them got some glasses.
• The mothers got a training regarding family planning and importance of hygiene and of a good nutrition.

On the occasion of the New Year Amazigh, a solidarity campaign has been organized by the children of Herman Gmeiner school to the benefit of the mothers and the children of our program. They collected lots of toys and school supplies that have been distributed to the families.

Many thanks to all of you helping us continuously in bringing hope to these families!