The Junior CorpsAfrica Program is a service-learning opportunity for students interested in sustainable development and volunteer work. The program allows students to gain a wealth of knowledge and skills that will enable them to be successful in school as well as in their future careers.
CorpsAfrica/Maroc alumnus Mourad Abdennebi started the Junior CorpsAfrica (JCA) program in 2016. As a Middle School Arabic teacher at the Casablanca American School, Mourad worked with his school principal, Aimee Meditz, to launch this youth development program to provide the opportunity for students to work with CorpsAfrica/Maroc Volunteers and experience the amazing world of volunteer service from a young age. As part of the program, students fundraise for CorpsAfrica projects and engage in CorpsAfrica-facilitated activities, workshops, and trainings to enhance their personal and professional development.
Highlights of the JCA program:
CorpsAfrica/Maroc alumnus Mourad Abdennebi started the Junior CorpsAfrica (JCA) program in 2016. As a Middle School Arabic teacher at the Casablanca American School, Mourad worked with his school principal, Aimee Meditz, to launch this youth development program to provide the opportunity for students to work with CorpsAfrica/Maroc Volunteers and experience the amazing world of volunteer service from a young age. As part of the program, students fundraise for CorpsAfrica projects and engage in CorpsAfrica-facilitated activities, workshops, and trainings to enhance their personal and professional development.
Highlights of the JCA program:
- JCA students were featured at the CorpsAfrica All Country Conference reception in Casablanca on October 8th, 2016.
- JCA students participated in the CorpsAfrica Pre-Service Training where they learned the foundations of Monitoring and Evaluation, attended workshops on Human-Centered Design, and learned theories of international development and their applications in Morocco.
- JCA students travelled to remote villages to meet Volunteers and engage with the communities to better understand the Volunteers’ experiences and local perspectives.
- JCA students served as leaders for service-learning projects in their MS Explore Morocco groups.
- After finishing the program successfully, the JCA students were honored with a certificate of achievement and senior membership in the Junior CorpsAfrica Program.
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Featured Junior CorpsAfrica Project: Multifunctional Space in Tizi Zegaght
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Most recently, Junior CorpsAfrica contributed 100,000 Moroccan Dirhams to a CorpsAfrica Volunteer-facilitated project in to build a multifunctional building for women, children, and local associations in the village of Tizi Zegaght. Junior CorpsAfrica Volunteers made several visits to the project site. You can see some highlights of the project and JCA visitors to the right, and a brief video tour of the multifunctional space under construction.
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