Lalla Amina Orphanage Disabled Unit
- come and help Abdellah build!
Volunteers work in one or two of the institutions listed below. As far as possible, they have a choice in where they work and in the roles they carry out. In this way, work programmes suit each individual volunteer’s strengths and interests as much as possible.
The typical timetable will involve around six hours work a day, plus two hours for lunch. Volunteers work five days a week.
The Lalla Amina Orphanage
In the orphanage, you could work caring, washing, feeding and playing with the twenty or so babies the orphanage caters for at any one time; or you could spend time helping the disabled children of the orphanage, setting up activities for them. In addition, you could also organize sporting activities or support lessons for the school-age orphans.
The Al Wifaq School
You could be teaching basic IT to the children of the school. There are twelve 10-12 year olds in each class. Those who usually do not have access to computers are chosen for participation in the course, which takes place in the school’s IT room, furnished with the help of AfricaTrust.
There is also the potential for teaching English/French support lessons to the children of the school.
IT teaching at the Al Wifaq school
The Mansur Addabhi School
The school caters for a class of deaf and dumb children. Its teacher has a great amount of experience in the domain and works ceaselessly for their rights. Volunteers act as assistants in the class, help to teach the children, and carry out manual activities with them.
A programme of basic IT teaching, in parallel with the one taking place at the Al Wifaq school, takes place. Classes are small and work with Microsoft Office, Paint and digital photography is done, equipping children for their future schoolwork.
Alongside work placements, which last four days a week, volunteers dedicate their fifth day to setting up an activity of their choice for GMH’s members, who are normally between seven and eleven years old. Volunteers carry out their activity with the help of a GMH organizer. Activities as diverse as painting, touch rugby, dance, or recorder playing- to name but a few- can be set up. Volunteers are given much support to realize their chosen activity, and having fun is the most important thing!