The Work of Education For All - A Different Life - the work of Education For All - Fourth Edition 2019

Aug 25, 2026

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The Work of Education For All - Fourth Edition 2019 follows Education For All’s mission in Morocco through lived stories and progress updates. It opens with a vivid day in Asni, describing families, housemothers, cooks, and young girls preparing for an outing, highlighting excitement and community. Later sections present a message from the UK ambassador, explaining the obstacles faced by girls traveling long distances to school. The book reflects on a charity’s tenth anniversary and continued support for girls’ education dreams.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryResearch & Report

FormatPDF

Pages76

Reading Time3 h 12 min

AccessFree to download

CHAPTER 1 • Introduction

Five years on

CHAPTER 2 • A Message from His Excellency Thomas Reilly

Her Britannic Majesty’s Ambassador to Morocco

The Work of Education For All Fourth Edition 2019 Contents CHAPTER 1 • Introduction................................................................ 5 CHAPTER 2 • A Message from His Excellency Thomas Reilly, Her Britannic Majesty’s Ambassador to Morocco ..........9 CHAPTER 3 • A Different Life – the work of Education For All ............................................13 CHAPTER 4 • Beyond Four Walls...............................................27 CHAPTER 5 • Seven Years On ......................................................33 CHAPTER 6 • The First Decade ...................................................43 CHAPTER 7 • Best Wheel Forward – the Marrakech Atlas Etape ...........................53 APPENDIX 1 • Dear Harry & Meghan – Education For All welcomes the Duke and Duchess of Sussex ..........61 APPENDIX 2 • Behind the Scenes – who is involved in EFA?................................69 3 CHAPTER 1 IntroduCtIon It’s just turned four-thirty on a cool morning in early June in Asni, a village in the foothills of the High Atlas Mountains. Around me a group of chattering young girls between the ages of eleven and sixteen are laying out baskets and plates of bread and biscuits, jugs of mint tea, milk and orange juice, bowls of honey and marmalade for breakfast. Some are still in their pyjamas while others are fully dressed for the day, but all of them are boisterous and bubbling over with excitement. In the kitchen, Latifa Aliza and cook Latifa Maatalla are busy packing hampers, tins and bags with everything they need to feed a crowd of hungry young girls on a long day out; blankets for sitting on are piled by the door, glasses and cups are carefully placed in boxes. As the clock drifts past five, a kerfuffle at the door, as another crowd of excitement surges in, the girls kissing and hugging the friends they haven’t seen for weeks. The clamour reaches fever pitch as Latifa shooshes everyone out the door, making sure nobody leaves empty-handed. A final check to make sure nothing and no one has been left behind, and she locks the door, and, with her colleagues Khadija Oukattouk and Mina Hadod, makes sure that everything is loaded safely onto the two buses standing outside, their engines ticking over to take the chill off the morning. As dawn warms the darkened silhouettes of the buildings into the rich salmon pink of the High Atlas landscape we roll; sixty-five girls, three housemothers, four cooks and helpers and me, as we set out on an Education For All adventure to the beautiful Cascades d'Ouzoud. For some of the girls the four-hour ride will be the first time they have set foot outside the High Atlas; for others it is another trip to discover their beautiful homeland. For everyone it will be a glorious day out, full of laughter, singing, chanting, dancing, drum-bashing and food – and I’m immensely proud to have been invited to share such a splendid day, and which I can say with hand on heart, has been one of my happiest experiences in Morocco. Five years on WHEN I UPDATED THIS BOOKLET IN 2014 I advanced the wish that I would be here for the next update, to report on the achievements of the Education For All ‘family’ – and here I am, three years later, celebrating the tenth anniversary of a small, independent Moroccan charity that has exceeded all expectations in providing the support needed to allow young girls from the most impoverished families of the remotest villages of the High Atlas Mountains to fulfil their education dreams. At the time of writing the original booklet and updating it in 2012 I was living in Valencia, Spain, where it was easy to nip over to Morocco and observe the growth in confidence of both EFA and the girls in its care, now amounting to almost three hundred excitable young ladies brimming over with the joy of learning. Since my move to Thailand in 2015 I’m no longer able to watch each individual’s development, the staff as well asthe students, but thanks t

FAQs

What challenges do girls face when attending school in the Atlas villages?

Many girls must travel long, steep, and difficult distances from remote villages, often before reaching any serviceable road, making schooling unpredictable and discouraging.

What does the book emphasize about Education For All’s role in Morocco?

It highlights sustained support for girls from the most impoverished families, enabling them to pursue education dreams through community involvement and ongoing updates.

Why is Education presented as important by the ambassador’s message?

Education is framed as essential for economic opportunity, social mobility, and personal development, and a foundation for government priorities and collaboration with Moroccan partners.

Aug 25, 2026

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