About Us
Thaqafat association aims at fostering cross-cultural dialogue worldwide through volunteerism, internships, and high school led programs.
It is dedicated to connecting diverse groups of people and individuals:
- to promote the exchange of ideas and perspectives,
- to raise awareness about stereotypes and prejudices,
- and to learn from homestay, service in villages, internships in local and international enterprises, language immersion and cultural orientation.
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Thaqafat offers soft skills trainings to young Moroccans in order to contribute to their employability.
Thaqafat partners with Moroccan and worldwide renown organizations that bear the same mission, vision and values.
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Our Motto
Sharing Cultures, Learning Differences.
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Our Mission
Bringing people together to make humanity one
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Our Values
- Holding strong belief that all are equal and deserve to be happy
- Celebrating diversity and offering equal opportunities for all
- Making a difference globally starts by acting locally: While volunteering or interning, our participants make an impact in the world
- Sharing lives and stories: experience, learn and grow as global citizens.
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Meet Our Board
Farah Cherif D'Ouezzan
President & Founding Member
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"What I love most about my job is meeting new people all the time. Learning from them adjusting my way of looking at things and doing things according to the new reality facing me"
Doha Lmachichi
Vice President
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"What I love most about my job is meeting new people from different cultures and having conversations about different ways of life."
Malika Lemdarsaoui
General Secretary
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"The country that pleasantly surprised me is the US. Everything was so organized and everyone was very respectful."
Farid Bendella
Treasurer
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"I would love to travel to Japan. I have a lot of respect for its people for their humbleness and discipline."
Badrdine Boulaid
Counsilor
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"I love the fact that I am always in touch with a generation I no longer belong to, a generation between 15 to 22 years old. It helps me learn about how we view same things but in diffrent ways. Which is not always amazing but interesting."
Abdelhay Moudden
Counsilor