Tasks include running sport practices, trainings prepare kids for local sport competitions, support local trainers and assisting them during games and practice.
This volunteer program is especially suitable for:
Sport and physical activity are becoming increasingly popular within Moroccan culture, as locals have begun to recognize the value it has in personal and physical development. In addition to fostering teamwork and building social skills, the involvement in physical activity helps to alleviate delinquency among young Moroccans in developing communities.
On the Sports Development project, you will contribute to the growth of the sport in Morocco through education and coaching of sports, such as rugby, basketball, volleyball, handball, soccer, and athletics. You are also encouraged to introduce new sports and games to the centers in which you are placed. If you have a preference to teach a particular sport please include this in your application when you apply.
Typical Schedule: This project usually active on the afternoons rather than mornings. Given the physical energy that this project requires, working hours range between 2 hours and 4 hours a day. Volunteers usually work either in the mornings or in the afternoons only.
- 8:00 Breakfast at the host family
- 9:00 to 12:00 starting warming up and playing sports with kids/ or free time.
- 2:00 to 14:00 Lunch at the host family
- 15:00 to 17:00 Starting warming up playing sports with kids/ or free time.
- 20:00 Dinner at the host family.
Note: Working hours might differ slightly depending on placement and season.
After work or during the weekends, volunteers have spare time and usually just relax or take the opportunity to explore other parts of Rabat and Morocco. Besides sightseeing and visiting different historical places like Tour Hassan, Kasbah des Oudayas, the archaeological museum, Mohamed VI Modern and Contemporary Art Museum, Rabat as a coastal city, volunteers can also go swimming or surfing at the nearby beach downtown, or engage in other water sports like canoeing and jetski at the beach and in Bouregrag river in Rabat or the neighboring city of Salé.
Weekends and long weekends can be taken to travel further afield to destinations, such as Marrakech, Merzouga (Dunes), Tinghir and Ouarzazat (Kasbah), Fes, Meknes (imperial cities), Chefchaouen (the blue city), Volubilis (Roman), Tangier, and south of Europe (Gibraltar, Andalusia, Portugal, south of Spain).