أكاديمية فتيات القرية

Girls Village Academy

A free learning hub for girls aged 6–18 in Johra Zoumi — coding, languages, entrepreneurship, and leadership and exchange programs.

Because every girl who is waiting deserves somewhere worth going.

30–250 Girls

Year 3 enrollment target

4 Tracks

Technology, Language and Exchange, Leadership, entrepreneurship

Free

Zero cost to every family

— THE PROBLEM WE ARE SOLVING

The girls of Johra and Zoumi are not lacking ability. They are lacking access.

Girls with morning or afternoon school shifts spend hours each day in unstructured time — not because they are lazy, but because there is nowhere to go. Opportunities exist — scholarships, exchange programs, competitions — that nobody in the village school systematically shares. Technology education, entrepreneurship training, and leadership development are entirely absent from the rural curriculum. Girls graduate with academic knowledge but no practical skills.

The Waiting Problem

The Visibility Problem

Girls spend hours between school sessions with no structured learning space available.

Scholarships and opportunities exist — but nobody in Johra and Zoumi tells girls they exist or how to apply.

The Skills Gap

The Role Model Problem

Coding, entrepreneurship, and leadership are absent from the rural school curriculum entirely.

Girls grow up without seeing women from their community who have built or led something beyond the village.

Four pathways. One generation ready to lead.

Girls Village Academy transforms girls' free time into opportunities to learn, create, communicate and lead.

01 — TECHNOLOGY & DIGITAL SKILLS
02 — LANGUAGE & EXCHANGE

From using technology to creating with it.

Learn the language. Find your voice. Open the world.

English, Spanish, German, and French conversation • Storytelling and role-play • International mentor conversations • Public speaking • Professional writing • Competition preparation • Scholarship communication

Computer basics • Scratch • Python basics • Digital safety • Google Docs / Canva / spreadsheets • HTML/CSS and digital projects

03 — ENTREPRENEURSHIP & LEADERSHIP
04 — ART, MUSIC & HANDCRAFT

An idea is the beginning of something real.

Create with your hands. Express what is within you.

Idea development • Climate change advocacy • Leadership • Teamwork • Conflict resolution • Financial basics • Community projects • Goal setting and confidence

Bracelet making • Traditional and contemporary handcrafts • Drawing and visual creativity • Guitar • Piano • Music discovery • Creative collaboration • Cultural expression

Girls Village Academy is a community hub that opens its doors to girls of all school ages during their free time — after school, on weekends, during school breaks. I want it to be a physical center located in Johra, run by local people whom the community knows and trusts, with the support of Moroccan and international volunteers.

A suitable space already exists and can be rented, but the main challenge is securing the monthly rental cost needed to keep the center open.

That is one of the reasons I am building this podcast and social media platform: to help generate a reliable source of support that can cover the center’s monthly rent and make the project sustainable over time.

Address

Johra, Zoumi, Ouezzane, Morocco

Contacts

+1 (218) 214-5805
connect@travelforoimpact.org

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