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2010 Summer Volunteer Morocco Program Concludes
June 21, 2010. The 2010 Summer Volunteer Morocco program concludes today as the students board their flights back to the US. The students spent nearly two weeks experiencing both rural and urban Morocco and volunteering in health clinics, schools, and Hassan II Hospital. Volunteer Morocco and their volunteers sponsored a rural rural health clinic, a road race, and a tooth brush clinic to encourage good health in Moroccan youth.
5K Race was a success!
On April 18, 2010, Olympic Double Gold medalist Hicham El Guerrouj and 4-time Chicago Marathon winner Khalid Khannouchi joined Volunteer Morocco and the MCPHS Pre-Med Society 5K "Race for Morocco" to help raise money for the medical equipment for Morocco.
Volunteer Morocco would like to thank all of the volunteers and runners who made the day possible.
Men's Division Winner: Yassine Zaimi, age: 21, 1st place with a time of 15.58.
Women's Division Winners: Monica Alters and Milly Chatman, tied for 1st with a time of 22.25.
Thank you for joining us.
Date: Sunday, April 18, 2010 Time: 2:00pm - 5:00pm
REGISTRATION BEGINS AT 1:30 PM. To meet Hicham El Guerrouj, please arrive by 1:30 as the race starts at 2:00 pm. Khalid Khannouchi will arrive at 4:00 pm.
Location: Artesani Playground Street: 1255 Soldiers Field Road City/Town: Brighton, MA
5-K MCPHS RACE/WALK to raise money to send medical equipment to Morocco.
Date and Time: Sunday, April 18, 2010, 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM, on-site registration will begin at 1:30 PM
Location: Artesani Playground, 1255 Soldiers Field Road, Brighton, MA
Registration is $15.00 and payments can be made on the day of the race. Acceptable payments are cash or check, which can be made payable to MCPHS. If you would like to make an additional donation, those checks can directly be made out to IMEC.
Please see our 2008 Summer video!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upcsGNQv5vY
News:
MCPHS Pre-med club announces 5K race to raise money to send medical equipment to Morocco. The race is planned for April 18, 2010. Please register to race/walk . https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dFczdWZWWU1SRWo2VXk2cGFHVmFXa1E6MA
Summer Trip planned for June 9-21, 2010. Orientation to be announced. Accepting applications now. To request an application, please contact Jessica.masse@mcphs.edu.
Winter 2009/2010 Trip planned for December 27 - Jan 8, 2010. Orientation to be announced. Accepting applications now. For more information, please contact jessica.masse@mcphs.edu.
July 10, 2009. Agadir, Morocco. RURAL COMPUTER LITERACY PROGRAM LAUNCHED. Volunteer Morocco has established a Rural Computer Literacy (RCL). 13-years old Ayoub El Madi has been chosen as the program's youth leader. He will travel to various rural villages in Morocco - Assaka, Ighaln, Ighil - to teach elementary through high school aged youth how to use current operating systems, Microsoft Office, and internet browsers. These youths can in turn promote computer proficiency to their families and friends. Volunteer Morocco is collecting used laptops to be used in the program. If you would like to donate a laptop, please contact jessicamasse@volunteemorocco.org.
June 2009 Program has concluded successfully. Please see "Latest Update" tab for pictures and updates.
Friday, May 1, 2009
Congratulations everyone, our 40-foot shipping container of medical equipment is going to be packed at IMEC in North Andover and shipped out tomorrow. It will pass through the port in New York and travel across the Atlantic over the next 3 weeks to arrive in Agadir, Morocco. 3 villages in Morocco will receive life-saving medical equipment worth $295,000.
International Medical Equipment Collaborative
1600 Osgood Street North Andover, MA 01845
Volunteering in Morocco
- Gain experience as an International Volunteer within a structured program that focuses on improving health care access, educational access, and improving farming techniques for rural Moroccans.
- Learn more about health care delivery, in both urban and rural settings, in the context of developing nations.
- Cultivate leadership skills and global perspective that prepare participants for future work in NGOs and as health care workers.
Moroccan communities visited by the volunteers
- Volunteer Morocco develops and encourages economic self-sustainability in the rural village region of Riad Imsouane, with a particular emphasis on the empowerment of women.
- Volunteer Morocco supports Moroccan Associations and Cooperatives that provide education, healthcare, and sustainable farming to the Agadir-Riad Imsouane region.
