Education Morocco Project #46852

55 laptops for our underprivileged female students

by Stichting Moustaqbel

55 laptops for our underprivileged female students

Project Report | Aug 10, 2021
Happy being digital connected!

By Rachida Azough | Manager Dar Moustaqbel

We quickly understood that the way we dealt with this crisis would affect our beneficiaries to a degree unimaginable. What we had to do, despite the peculiar circumstances, was simply make up for study time lost in young student lives. The fact that all our students could make use of their own laptops was a blessing and ensured that they did not fall too far behind in their studies.

Not an easy task while maneuvering an ever-evolving pandemic. Covid-19 has wreaked havoc on the education of disadvantaged students everywhere in developing countries, pushing many millions of children into learning poverty. We took it upon us to prevent or repair any study delays among our beneficiaries, which is more ambitious than it seems. And to be able to realize this goal, as soon as possible bring all of our students back to their student home Dar Moustaqbel, with their faithful friend, their laptop for their inevitable long-distance learning periods!

So when we finally received permission to bring all our students back to our student home in springtime this year, we were able to get back to our normal routine. Extra tutoring and our activities program could at long last start as intended. Dar Moustaqbel as we know it was back, brimming with enthusiasm. Thanks to your help our students did not fall behind too much in their studies and they could continue their ever more wanting learning process.

Now they are enjoying a one-month summer holiday, till they will return to Dar Moustaqbel, in the beginning of September.

Links:

http://www.moustaqbel.org

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Mar 12, 2021
Little by little back to a normal student life

By Hanneke Ouwehand-van Hooff | founder of the foundation

Nov 16, 2020
Each of our students received their own laptop

By Rachida Azough | Manager Dar Moustaqbel

Imagine... you are finally pursuing your dream: a tertiary education. You are lucky enough to be one of the beneficiaries of the Moustaqbel Foundation, which grants you a safe and supportive home that values education and gives you the opportunity to develop yourself professionally. Course after course, module after module, you are passing exams, gaining credit points and making something out of yourself. All in the hope of attaining higher education and pursuing the career you always wanted. Then, COVID-19 arrives, seemingly to ruin your future.

All over the world people have been experiencing the horrid consequences of the pandemic. We are happy to share that none of the students at Dar Moustaqbel or their families has fallen ill with COVID-19. However, the effects of one of the strictest lockdowns in the world has been difficult to bear. Universities closed until further notice and the girls had to leave Dar Moustaqbel due to new safety regulations. Our students are strong and keep their dream alive, but they cannot wait to resume their lives in Dar Moustaqbel. Although distance learning has enabled many university students to continue with their studies remotely, the girls were not able to do the same from their homes in remote villages where they lack computers and internet.

Thanks to your contribution we raised sufficient funds to buy a laptop for every one of our students, 55 in total. We received permission to cross the town borders and drive to the different villages to deliver the laptops to the homes of the girls. We provided them with internet to guarantee access to distance education. Dar Moustaqbel also continued an important part of our regular activities program online.

The students are extremely grateful for their new laptops. To have a laptop allows them to resume their classes from a distance. This pandemic has only strengthened the determination our students have to pursue their education.

We all thank you sincerely for making this possible.

Links:

https://moustaqbel.org/marrakesh#darmoustaqbel

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