moroccoworldnews.com - Rabat – 

Eleven volunteers from around Morocco will showcase their work with women’s associations and cooperatives on Saturday in Rabat. Their work will be presented by the U.S. Embassy-ENACTUS Young Social Entrepreneurs Program.

The volunteers are recent college graduates and current university students from Morocco who spent eight months sharing their skills to support women’s cooperatives in their regions: Tiznit, Marrakesh, Azrou, Ain Chegag, Oujda, Chefchaouen and Ouarzazate.

Providing mentoring for the volunteers were: two U.S. Peace Corps volunteers, Dan Driscoll, also founder of The Anou and Rahama Wright, also founder SheaYelee, as well as ENACTUS’ Country Coordinator, Adnane Addioui and Program Manager, Touria Benlafqih.

The program is organized by the U.S. Embassy Morocco’s Public Affairs Office in collaboration with ENACTUS. The eleven volunteers were selected to help support women’s NGOs in remote areas and assist them with developing their civic work.