Library for 5000 Moroccan Berbers
Help rebuild library in Morocco
Summary
This project provides four remote Moroccan villages a library through the restoration of an historic building. Literacy & knowledge are increased through cultural preservation.
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
Illiteracy prevents a majority of rural Moroccans, especially women, from integrating into the modern marketplace. With increasing influence from foreigners and very little development support from their government a conflicted youth is emerging in the Zawiya Ahansal region of the Central High Atlas Mountains of Morocco. Library access in this remote region will prepare the children for a successful life in the globalizing world increasing literacy, knowledge, and adaptability.
Activities
Restoring their cultural icon, the Igherm (kasbah), into a library will boost cultural pride while library access will educate many future generations; increasing literacy, global understanding, and tolerance of other cultures.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $25,113
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $43,087
Total Funding Goal: $68,200
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
The project will provide access to books, newspapers, and magazines to four villages and over 5000 people, increasing literacy and tolerance. Knowledge leads to cross-cultural understanding and the ability to function in the modern world.
Project Message
Where is there a place (in the world) where demand will not be on the knowledge of reading,writing, and following the news? Demands of life were different. Now there is sentiment on studies.
- Tahir, Elementary Teacher, Zawiya Ahansal, Morocco
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Cloe Medina Erickson
Project Developer/Manager
103 North 5th Street
Livingston, MT 59047
United States
4062222071
Email:
Project Sponsor
Organization
Erickson Creative Group
103 North 5th Street
Livingston,
MT
59047
United States
406-222-2071
http://www.ericksoncreativegroup.com
Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
Morocco
and can also be found under 
Education.
For more information about Morocco, read the Human Development Report on Morocco or the Wikipedia entry for Morocco.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on August 15, 2007
Latest Update from the Field
13 Computers Donated to Library
By Cloe Medina Erickson - Project Manager, October 27, 2009 10:53 AM
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