At a glance: Morocco

Real lives

A recipe for educating girls in Morocco
Aïcha is an 11-year-old girl living in Morocco who has done something no other girl or woman in her family has accomplished. She is the first female member in her family to attend school. She is in the fourth grade.

Young people rally for a high quality school
Inspired by the World Congress of Youth 2003, UNICEF and the ASSBI Association have sponsored a project that offers young conference participants the opportunity to participate in a concrete way in the realization of the Millennium Development Goals. The project focuses on the quality of the educational experiece at a school in Zoumi, a town in Northern Morocco, whose inhabitants have come together to change children’s lives.