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Meet the Board
Meet the Board
MARA CONSERVATION
encouraging empathy for other life
MLP Team in Morocco
Advisors in Morocco
Global Youth Essay Competition
What are the main challenges facing your generation?
We asked this question to students at 9 rural high schools in Morocco and 9 in Kenya, along with their hopes for making the world better. In Morocco, the students were primarily from the southern regions; in Kenya, they were Maasai from Narok, Kaijado, and Samburu Counties. Their essays are honest and eye-opening. If you're a reader in the West, you may be surprised to learn that the world is smaller than you once thought, with mental health and social media anxiety high on the list.​ We held events in both countries in 2024 to honor the young writers and to give them a platform to speak to a wide audience of peers, teachers, writers, and community leaders. These young people deserve to be heard.
Many of the essays will be published in an upcoming book.​
“It is ironic that something created by humanity, the internet, has become one of the biggest challenges... Online communications make me feel distant from the people I see every day. It is hard to talk to them without using phones or emojis, just words do not feel enough.”
~ Meknes, Morocco, age 15
“Without getting close to them and showing them what should be done and what should not, there will be no Africa tomorrow because this generation are the tomorrow’s leaders... What if the government involve the youth in leadership? Won’t this lost generation be saved?”
~ Olololunga, Kenya, age 16
“The practices are so wrong, but we must endure them with tears in our eyes in order to be good daughters of our mothers.”
~ Maralal, Kenya, age 15