Morocco Earthquake Appeal

On the 8th September 2023, a 6.8 magnitude earthquake shook Morocco, and has so far taken 3,000 lives and left many thousands homeless.

As a charity, we have worked for nearly 20 years helping in the aftermath of natural disasters and know how to get the much-needed aid right to the people. We work with partners in the country who are directly involved with the disaster-relief set-up. This is vital to making sure 100% of our donors' money is being utilised, and in the right place.

School in a Bag have pledged to fund 1000 SchoolBags for victims of Morocco's worst earthquake for over 60 years. These SchoolBags will enable children to continue with their education in the recovery phase of the disaster.

Our partners are a Moroccan team based in London, who we have worked with previously distributing SchoolBags to orphaned children. The Team, lead by Abdenbi, will take the first instalment of 200 SchoolBags to Morocco at the start of October, and the further 800 in February 2024. The team will take the bags to Taroudant, where they will be handed out to children in schools and orphanages.

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Why SchoolBags?

SchoolBags and the contents within them are of paramount importance for families and children displaced by disaster for two reasons: Routine and Therapy.

Routine: SchoolBags enable education and learning, which for millions of children worldwide is carried out in a structured timetable in schools. This environment creates routine and we know children maximise their potential when routine is the norm. With schools and their contents destroyed, education for the children will resume in. makeshift shelters with little or no resources. The SchoolBags will provide children with the resources they need to continue their education and make the role of teaching a much easier one.

Therapy: Children who have witnessed atrocities, lost family members and experienced trauma often find it very hard to communicate their feelings verbally. Through the contents of a SchoolBag, feelings and expression can be written or drawn providing an outlet for trauma and therapy assisting in their rehabilitation, post disaster.

In addition, for families who have lost everything, the provision of a brand new SchoolBag can provide a level of positivity and become one less item that burdened families have to try and provide for.

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Any help towards funding these SchoolBags would be an incredible gesture and on behalf of the recipient children, and their families, thank you.