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February 10, 2010

Just how far your mony will go in Morocco....

People are often amazed at just how far their money will go in a developing country. The simple truth is that what you spend each morning for a fancy coffee can buy a dental exam for child in Morocco. What you spend in a modest dinner out for two can send a Moroccan girl to school for an entire year. What you spend on a new dress could help her family start a new business that means the difference between becoming self-sufficient and falling further behind with each generation. Here’s just a sampling of what From Morocco, With Love can do with the profits from your purchase…

Thuya Wood Chess & Backgammon Set: $95: This single purchase will provide a goat to a Moroccan family. Goats provide an invaluable source of milk, meat and leather to the local people. They also assist in argan oil production by chewing and removing the outer shells of the nut before processing.

Handcrafted Cedar BBQ Skewers: $35: This single purchase will feed an invalid for ten days. Moroccan hospitals provide limited nutritional support, relying heavily on patients’ families to supplement dietary needs. With these funds, we can provide ten days of nutritional support to a patient including milk, bread, eggs, cheese and fresh fruit.

Hamsa Brass Door Knocker: $55: This single purchase will provide ten dental kits to young children. With only one dentist per 80,000 Moroccans, dental hygiene is a serious problem in this developing country. Our dental kits are comprised of a toothbrush, toothpaste, and a pamphlet (translated in both Berber and Arabic) explaining the importance of oral hygiene.

Hammered Silver Tea Pot: $80: This single purchase will provide a year of education to a local schoolgirl. While the Moroccan government provides educational opportunities, families must provide books and transport for each child. In reality, these expenses often prohibit impoverished families (and especially young girls) from having access to education. This purchase will provide the books and transport needed for an entire school year.

Moroccan Camel Saddle: $195: This single purchase will provide a donkey to a Moroccan family. Donkeys are used to transport children to school and produce to market each week, helping a family provide for themselves moving forward. Donkeys also transport water and help work the fields, making the donation of this animal a life-altering, empowering gift impacting several generations.

Sequin Leather Slippers for Children: $30: This single purchase will provide two local Berber children each with a pair of tennis shoes. Many of these children walk several kilometers each way to-and-from school six days a week, so proper footwear is essential to their continued education.

Posted by Lela at February 10, 2010 6:51 AM

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