Plan a responsible trip to Morocco.
We are travelers, not mere tourists.
We decided a few months ago that we would go to Morocco in 2020.
A destination that for us is special. We know that it will be the first trip that will break the cultural patterns of our children.
Until now, Anna and Arnau have not left Europe. And this year they will have to cross more difficult borders: cultural and social ones.
We really want. And we want it to be a special trip for the whole family. We are travelers, not mere tourists, and this is clear in all our trips.
In our trips we seek learning, awareness and open-mindedness. That is being a traveler, living it, learning, feeling and integrating.
And the good traveler gets involved, gets involved wherever he goes.
So, a little over two months ago, we decided that our trip to Morocco had to have a purpose beyond mere tourism . It had to be a responsible trip in every sense. Being a traveler meant that.
Therefore, we started looking for associations and NGOs that could help families in Morocco, like ours, in some way.
It was then that we discovered this great association: IMA, Friends of the Children of Morocco.
IMA not only helps children from Morocco to be adopted by Spaniards , but also helps to break the silence surrounding single mothers in Morocco.
Mothers, who suffer a dramatic situation of total social, legal and institutional exclusion in Morocco.
Single mothers in Morocco
Single mothers in Morocco are completely rejected by their families and ostracized by friends, neighbors, and the community. They are fired from their jobs and harassed by the police , as sexual relations between unmarried people are punishable under Moroccan law with sentences ranging from one month to one year in prison. And worse still, they are subjected to abuse and sexual and labor exploitation.
The precariousness of these women in many cases makes them run away from becoming pregnant and abandoning their children at birth, fearing what comes next from their Society.
Since 2015, Amics dels Infants del Marroc (IMA) has been working closely with the Association Solidarité Féminine (ASF) on a comprehensive project that promotes the rights of single mothers and their children, preventing child abandonment.
It supports them comprehensively through a comprehensive care and guidance center with accompaniment, through literacy and vocational training workshops, through job placement, through the prevention of unwanted pregnancies among young people and through raising awareness among the population, society and advocacy in institutions.
This project has undoubtedly made a lasting impression on us. And ever since we first encountered it, we've wanted it to be part of our purpose for the trip to Morocco we're planning.
We will reveal everything we will do with them shortly, but for now we want to ask you for support for this cause.
How? By supporting their current crowdfunding campaign to reach the €3500 they need to keep the center for these single mothers and their children in Casablanca running for a few more months. At this center, these women find refuge from hardship until they can integrate into the workforce through a restaurant and hammam they manage themselves, which we'll visit when we're there. If anyone is in the area, you can find them at these addresses: https://solfem.wordpress.com/locations/
There are less than 20 days left and they haven't reached their goal of 3500 euros, will you help us help them achieve it?
Bring your grain of sand here
Because we are travelers, not mere tourists. Let's help these families.
Moroccan single mothers
Breaking the silence against the social exclusion of these women and their children
2018 data in Morocco
Amics dels Infants del Marroc ...
Wing that last more interesting trip.
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