Multimedia

Hafsa is an eighth grader at Mohammed V Middle School in Marrakech, Morocco. Unlike most students her age, when she is not studying and doing her homework, Hafsa is working to save the planet.

When she founded Iminouzreg in 2019, Najia used old-fashioned sewing machines that she had inherited from her mother and grandmother to instruct the women from Douar Ait Radi in the art of making traditional clothing. As the cooperative grew, it became clear that in order to meet demand, it would need new, upgraded machines that would allow them to work more efficiently and produce higher quality products.

In 2017, USAID/Morocco launched H2O Maghreb, a program that aims to address Morocco’s water scarcity crisis while simultaneously training youth in the technical areas required to develop successful careers in the water sector.