Mohammed Laghmari
MLP: The Experience of a Young Moroccan Writer in the Era of Everything Digital
Looking back over the past two years, Mohammed reflects on what the MLP Short Story Competition has meant to him.
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Meet the Board
Meet the Board
MARA CONSERVATION
encouraging empathy for other life
MLP Team in Morocco
Advisors in Morocco
Uplifting rural communities through equal access to literacy and quality education; sustainable livelihoods that empower women; and environmental stewardship.
We work in the Maasai Mara region of Kenya among people who live closely with wildlife. We develop Libraries, Science Labs, and other educational resources for the schools and villages most in need; run a solar-powered Women's Work Center, enabling women to earn an income for the first time in their lives and support their families; and develop Clean Water projects.
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Meanwhile in Morocco, our legacy English Library program for rural schools, active since 2014, has evolved to a national Short Story Competition for high school students.​​
This Fall... Build a Library, Transform 1000 Lives
And receive a gift made from beautiful African kitenge fabric for your donation.
Nairasirasa Primary is one of the most under-resourced schools we've ever worked with. A high-quality, relevant library will make all the difference for these students. The Maa Diaspora in the U.S. has funded a building for the library; now we're kindly asking for your help to buy the books, laptops, and other educational materials, along with capacity-building training.
Why Libraries?
Over 10 years ago, we began developing high-quality libraries in places that had never had them, and this is still one of our central pillars. Whether for a school in need or a village without light, we've seen that one great library changes the learning trajectory of everyone in it, opens eyes and opportunities, builds equity in access to knowledge, and becomes a treasure for a community to shape in their own way.
~ People Daily Newspaper (Kenya)
~ Maghreb Magazine
Stories from the Field
How we align with the UN SDGs
What does the Olive Tree have to do with the well-being of humanity?
A lot! The European Olive (Olea europaea) has been a symbol of peace and reconciliation throughout the Mediterranean and Western worlds since the time of the ancient Greeks and Romans; it also appears in the monotheistic religious texts in this way. In Maasai culture, the wild African Olive (Oloirien in Maa) has long been sacred as well, signifying both nurturing and strength and still used in ceremonies that honor community.
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