Global Collaboration Project

During the past 3 months, participants in Casablanca, Morocco and the Bronx, NY focused their time in preparing for their final examinations and completing their college applications. Dounia Project in Casablanca became a space for only school curriculum review and baccalaureate preparation. Teachers, college professors and college students volunteered their time by providing high school seniors with academic assistance and support in Math, Arabic, French, English, History, Geography and Philosophy. In New York, we had wonderful news on a few college applications; actually one of our youth participants will be attending Baruch College at the City University of New York in the fall with a full scholarship.

We are now planning for the summer sessions in Casablanca and it seems that we will have a busy summer. The summer assignment for participants will be to develop different videos on the theme of Ramadan. Each group of three youth will be provided with a camera and will have to produce, record and edit a 5 min-video from July 1^st to August 7^th . Moreover, the great Moroccan visual artist Maria Karim will return during the second week of August to conduct a one-week intensive photography workshop with the participants.The goal will be to organize a screening of their videos and exhibition of their photos early September. 

Considering that all NY participants have graduated, we are currently in the process of seeking possible partnerships with local youth development organizations and enroll new participants to the program starting the fall 2014.

Finally, we are developing an online private platform to allow our youth participants to communicate, exchange and debate using a safe online space. We are still working on development specifics.