Childcare Program
Kids are the future of any society and need to be taking care of, especially in terms of education. Every month, volunteers passionate about working with kids join this program and provide their support and care to kids with restricted access to educational resources.
Volunteers in this project, assist the nurses and teachers in the center to do activities and games that help the kids to develop their cognitive abilities as well as learning capacities in order to be able to well understand the world around them.
Project’s goal:
- Assisting the nurses in taking care of the kids
- Doing activities and playing games with kids
- Volunteers get an experience in working with kids
- Volunteers practice their French and Arabic
Program Highlights:
Start dates: All year round
Duration: 1- 24 weeks
Minimum age: 18 years+
Programs are based in Rabat, the capital city of Morocco.
Volunteers work 5 days per week and 4 hours at least per day.
Volunteers are placed in local NGOs that are working actively to provide education and support to the people of the local community in order to improve both their personal and educational skills.
What a volunteer day looks like?
8.00 am: Breakfast time with the host family
8.30 am: The volunteer leaves the accommodation and heads to the volunteer workplace.
9.00 am: The volunteer join the facility and start preparing for the class.
9.30 am: Start of the morning session. The volunteer is supposed to teach and sometimes assist other instructors.
12.00 am: End of the classes.
2.00 pm: The start of the afternoon activities
4.00 pm: End of the afternoon activities. The volunteer is since then free. She/he can spend the rest of the day exploring the city and doing some sightseeings.
8.30: Dinner time.
GEM Volunteer testimonial:
I loved my placement at my preschool, felt very appreciated and my only regret is that I’ll never see the wonderful kids again.
Yisong, China, 19
The program’s cost
- One week ........................265$
- 2 weeks ...........................490$
- 3 weeks ..........................740$
- 4 weeks ..........................945$
- Extra week .....................+200$
What the cost includes:
What is not included:
- Airport pickup (From Rabat/Salé Airport)
- Accommodation with a local host family
- 3 meals per day
- Placement orientation
- Permanent fellow-up
- Travel assistance
- 24/7 support
- Volunteer Certificate
- Flight ticket
- Travel Insurance
- Extra-nights
- Airport drop off
Important to note that:
- There is no application fee upon registration
- Online pre-departure support from the program manager
- One week covers 6 nights and 7 days
- Extra-nights are paid directly to the local staff in the country.