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Summer and winter program enrollment is open.
- Summer 2014 Program: June 4th - June 17th 2014.
- Winter 2014/15 Program: December 27th 2014 - January 9th 2015.
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Summer Program Dates Announced.
Volunteer Morocco and the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences announce the VM Summer 2011 program dates of June 8, to June 21, 2011. For more information or to sign up for the program, please contact info@volunteermorocco.org.
Winter Program enrollment is closed.
Volunteer Morocco and the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences announce the VM Winter 2010.2011 program dates of December 27, 2010 to January 8, 2011.
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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/Walk for Morocco, Boston MA, 4/18/2010
5-K MCPHS RACE/WALK to raise money to send medical equipment to Morocco was a success! Thanks to everyone who made the day possible. Special thanks to the MCPHS Pre-Med Society, and to Hicham El Guerrouj and Khalid Khannouchi.
July 23, 2009. Agadir, Morocco. RURAL COMPUTER LITERACY PROGRAM LAUNCHED. Ayoub El Madi, shown here with younger brother Adam El Madi, prepares donated laptop computers for the Volunteer Morocco project: Rural Computer Literacy (RCL). Ayoub travels 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.
June 23, 2009. Ighil Village, Morocco. Anthony Liberti awards school supplies to top students in Ighil Village.
June 23, 2009. Ighil Village, Morocco. Sarah Daniels, Selma Zjakic, and Maeve Lyons join Ighil village children in a game.
June 22, 2009. Imsouane Village. Devika Nair checks blood pressure during a Volunteer Morocco mini-health clinic in the fishing village of Imsouane.
June 21, 2009. Ighaln Village, rural Morocco. Volunteer Morocco students and volunteers join the 12 pharmacists who helped fill over 1,000 prescriptions during the rural health clinic.
June 21, 2009. Ighaln Village, rural Morocco. During the rural health clinic organized by Volunteer Morocco, 1,116 Moroccans were able to see a doctor or pharmacist for help with their medical needs. Villagers walked for hours to see one of the 16 Moroccan doctors who volunteered their expertise during the day long (and first ever) health clinic in the village.
June 21, 2009. Ighaln Village, rural Morocco. Volunteer Morocco, along with several local associations, organized a rural Health Clinic for Moroccans in the Tamri region. Pictured here is MCPHS 6th year Pharmacy student Robert Arcott, working with translator Samia El Bousekri to fill prescriptions during the clinic.
June June 20, 2009. Ighaln village, rural Morocco. Volunteer Samrah Naseem arranges donated medical supplies in the Ighaln health clinic.
June 20, 2009. Ighaln Village, rural Morocco. Volunteer Bob Arcott, arranges a donated examination bed in the Ighaln clinic. Volunteer Morocco delivered an examination suite and supplies to the clinic during its preparation for the rural health clinic.
June 18, 2009. Hassan II Hospital, Agadir, Morocco. Medical students Sarah Daniels and Zubia Alam prepare for their volunteer work in the Hassan II maternity department. They delivered boxes of linens, maternity pads, gift bags for new moms, nursing cups, and other general supplies.
June 18, 2009. Hassan II Hospital, Agadir, Morocco. Volunteer Morocco delivers donated medical equipment to Hassan II Emergency room.
June 17, 2009. Agadir, Morocco.
MCPHS student, Samrah Naseem, puts on protective clothing before entering a pharmaceutical manufacturing complex. The students spent the morning meeting with Agadir's Moroccan Pharmaceutical Professional Association, were given a tour of a pharmaceutical distribution center, and toured a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility.
June 16, 2009. Hassan II Orphanage.
M PHS student, Maeve Lyons, greets children at Hassan II Orphanage during Volunteer Morocco's visit. VM had a party for the children and some students will be volunteering there throughout the week.
June 16, 2009. Hassan II Orphanage.
Volunteer Morocco volunteers help prepare the drinks, food, balloons and children for the party.
June 15, 2009. Mabrooka Cooperative, Agadir, Morocco.
Volunteer Morocco and Hassan II officials sort three suites of medical equipment for the hospital. The total value of the shipment is $295,000 and will be distributed by Volunteer Morocco and its volunteers throughout the summer.
June15, 2009. Agadir, Morocco.
Volunteer Julia Secker-Walker sorts medical supplies and equipment for Hassan II Hospital.
June 14, 2009
Volunteer Morocco sponsored a soccer tournament for 4 village teams in Riad Imsouane, Morocco. VM supplied soccer uniforms and balls for 4 teams, made possible by a grant from Futball Association.
June 12, 2009
Volunteer Morocco student volunteers arrive in Casablanca, Morocco.
IMEC and Volunteer Morocco load the shiping container, destination AgadirMay 1, 2009Our 40-foot shipping container of medical equipment was packed at IMEC in North Andover and shipped out on Friday, May 1, 2009. 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.Securing this equipment and raising money for the shipping has been a long process and we thank everyone for their help and support. The MCPHS pre-Med club, along with members of the Moroccan American community and private donors, raised money to pay for the shipping of this container. Volunteer Morocco summer program students will be in Morocco to help with unpacking and delivery when the container arrives.For more information or to donate to this project (we are still collecting money for the shipment) please contact jessicamasse@volunteermorocco.org.
Medical Equipment for Morocco Set to ship out, May 1, 2009.
April 28 , 2009. Dr. Sue Crawford and Zakaria Ibrahimi and Giovanni Dominique load the final supplies on the last pallet to be loaded in the 40ft shipping container. Medical equipment in the background is destined for Morocco.