Explanation of Placement for Kirsten

Protection of Moroccan Family Association
General Information about the Partner Organization

“The Protection of the Moroccan family” association is a national, cultural and social association, created in 1963 and has obtained the status of a public benefit organization by the Moroccan government in 1984.

The objectives of the association are:
1 To protect the family and its members
2 To protect the mothers and the children
3 To create a school for parents
4 To participate in development projects

Their main activities are:
1 Round tables, lectures, meetings about families issues
2 Literacy and hygiene classes for women
3 Explaining and discussing the Family Code
4 Making women permanently aware of their determining role within society contributing to their basic education
5 Sewing and embroidery workshops
6 Cooking classes and table etiquette
7 Computer classes
8 Organizing exhibitions for the beneficiaries crafts

Specific duties of the volunteers:
1 To teach English lessons and computer lessons
2 To plan games, recreational and educational activities for children.
(Always coordinate the activities for the children with a teacher or a staff from the association beforehand, so that they do not interfere with what it’s already planned).
3 To assist arts and crafts classes when needed
4 To teach cooking lessons
5 To teach music

Desirable attributes:
1 Initiative and creativity to transmit the educational contents to the women and the children when you are asked to take care of them
2 Desire of overcoming difficulties when working in a different language or in different settings
3 Ability to act reciprocally with love towards the children
4 Respect
5 Sense of humor
6 Productivity