Written by Mona Badri

“Being a former Peace Corps volunteer in the High Atlas, Liz Fanning feels the Moroccan drums beat so hard in her heart, bringing her back to a land that earned her love and respect. In 2013, she launched the first pilot year of CorpsAfrica in Morocco, modeling it after the American Peace Corps volunteering program.

The notion of volunteering has always been associated with Americans who come to Morocco and serve for two years in remote villages and high-poverty communities. Despite the amazing work that Moroccan language and culture facilitators do to help integrate these volunteers into Moroccan communities, the language and cultural understanding has remained a barrier to implementing the volunteers’ projects. CorpsAfrica reshapes this idea among Moroccans, choosing Moroccan to serve in their own country for a period of one year…”