#WorldChangers Podcast with AmickyCarol – Travel, Transformation & Global Good

#3. Rebuilding Hope: How One Charity Survived an Earthquake to Keep Girls in Education in Morocco's Atlas Mountain


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High in Morocco’s Atlas Mountains, a simple idea — safe housing for girls who live too far from secondary school — is sparking a cultural sea-change. 

In this episode, Education for All board member Juanita Folmsbee joins AmickyCarol in Marrakech’s storied La Maison Arabe to reveal how boarding houses are breaking the cycle of female illiteracy and rebuilding after a devastating 2023 earthquake.

  • Grew from 10 pioneering students in 2007 to 250 girls a year before the quake destroyed five of six houses
  • Tackles the root causes of an 80 % female illiteracy rate in mountain villages: distance, safety worries and limited family resources
  • Shows how alumnae now hold master’s degrees, run preschools and launch women’s craft co-ops, rippling impact through their communities
  • Details EFA’s rapid pivot to rented homes so learning never stopped—even while classrooms were closed
  • Charts Juanita’s vision for graduates to one day lead the organisation themselves
  • Shares insider tips for authentic travel in Morocco: camel treks on Saharan dunes, kasbah history walks, hammam rituals, souk bargaining and more

👉 Help get every girl back to school:
Website – https://www.efamorocco.org/
Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/efa_morocco/
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/educationforallmorocco/

 “My biggest dream is that we get to the point where our girls are such successful women that they now are on the board of EFA and they are running EFA for the next generation.” 



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