encouraging empathy for other life

Looking back over the past two years, Mohammed reflects on what the MLP Short Story Competition has meant to him.

"We saw little kids caressing books, smelling them, reading stories, and looking at pictures."

Entire villages in Morocco were devastated by the earthquake on Sept 8th. We were able to help families in two hard-hit villages.

In this foreword to our 2nd MLP Short Stories anthology, Mohammed Hassim reflects on the power of reading and the creative mind.

We certainly hope not!! But is social media damaging young people’s ability and desire to read books and other long-form media?

Amazigh women and argan trees have a lot in common. They are precious, invaluable pillars of Moroccan-Amazigh life, culture, and identity.

People have been asking me for years how we choose books for high schools in Morocco. In short, it happens through close collaboration!

The Access Language Center opened in January and is already a beehive for the whole community.

In an ambitious collaboration, we supplied a network of school libraries on the edge of the Sahara Desert. Lahcen shares this retrospective.

We launched the OliveSeed Trees Initiative on Martin Luther King Day, with a united tree planting in California, Morocco, and Kenya.

Larbi tells us about his love of storytelling and how we're helping the tradition thrive in Morocco through our youth writing programs.

We're excited to be partnering with the innovative new Access Language Center in Biougra, Morocco, in support of literacy for all!

"I promised myself to encourage my female students to study hard at school and to be ambitious."

"Do you believe that books can affect us exactly as people do?" Ferdawss Ben Malk tells us about the lesson she's learned.

"Given the right opportunities and resources, Moroccans will and indeed do read books with enthusiasm."

Anne Siembieda-Wilson reflects on her time as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco.