Meet the Board
Meet the Board
MARA CONSERVATION
encouraging empathy for other life
MLP Team in Morocco
Advisors in Morocco
"Draw your ideas with those letters." ~ Hiba, age 16
Invitation to Be Heard
We provide platforms for young people to tell their own stories — whether essays about their lives and perspectives, creative writing in our MLP Short Story Competition, or oral tales inherited from elders.
This is a natural evolution of our library programs, amplifying and elevating unheard voices. When young people can express themselves, their bravery, confidence, and minds blossom; we've seen it happen again and again. And that becomes leadership.
We publish anthologies in printed books and in digital form to share with the world. The beauty of having libraries is that there's a place to put the books, inspiring more young people to engage.
"It became a matter of survival for all of us"
During the pandemic, students in the Maasai Mara were sequestered at home for 8 months, many in earthen homes without power or light. When they returned to school, we invited students to write about their time at home. We published a book of their essays and held an event to honor them, giving them a chance to tell their story to an audience of 100s.
This is Linda, age 13 from Aitong Primary School, interviewed on national television (Citizen TV) at our Student Voices from Kenya event.
"All the things that you feel"
What I’m going to say to all the people who want to write something and they still feel confused, just draw your ideas with those letters, because all that matters is that you put yourself in that text, and you put all the things that you feel and that you think about in those lines. So, what I’m going to say is, just keep writing and do whatever you want, because love and passion is all what makes us happy and proud of ourselves.
~ Hiba Bakertit, who placed 1st in our MLP Short Story Competition for her story about a boy with autism