Mornings with the kids
Four mornings in a Rabat kindergarten: songs, games, first English words, art, and planting seeds with the children.
Rabat & Rif — 2-Week Volunteer & Discover
Two weeks in Morocco. A kindergarten, a family, and a river in the mountains.
Spend your first week volunteering in Rabat and living with a Moroccan host family. Spend your second in the Rif mountains above Chefchaouen, cleaning a river, swimming in the Mediterranean and doing yoga at sunrise.
- €450 all-inclusive in Morocco
- 2 weeks · 15 nights
- Ages 18–30
- 10–15 volunteers
Why this programme
Short enough for a summer. Real enough to matter.
Most short trips show you a country. This one puts you inside it: a family table in Rabat, a classroom of five-year-olds, and a village in the mountains that welcomes you as a guest.
It is run by CSM, the Moroccan national committee of ICYE, which has hosted international volunteers since 1963.
What you will do
Volunteering, family life and the outdoors — in one trip.
A Moroccan family, not a hostel
You live with a host family and eat three home-cooked meals a day — including Friday couscous.
River day at Oued El Kannar
A clean-up of the river below your mountain host. We weigh every bag, so you leave knowing exactly what you removed.
Four nights in the Rif
A host family high above Chefchaouen, a beach day on the Mediterranean, and a morning of sunrise yoga.
Exchange, not just volunteering
A skill-swap workshop with young Moroccan volunteers and dinner together at the CSM office.
Casablanca for a day
A guided visit of the Hassan II Mosque, then the Corniche and the Habous quarter.
Day by day
The full schedule.
Week 1Rabat
Live with a Moroccan host family, learn survival Darija and spend your mornings in a kindergarten.
- ArrivalSunday
- Morning
- Airport pick-up
- Afternoon
- Settle in with your host family
- Evening
- Welcome dinner at home
- OrientationMonday
- Morning
- Orientation at CSM: safety, culture, child protection
- Afternoon
- Darija class 1 — greetings, numbers, shopping
- Evening
- Host family
- Meet the kidsTuesday
- Morning
- Kindergarten — meet the teachers, observe
- Afternoon
- City tour: Kasbah des Oudayas, Hassan Tower, the medina
- Evening
- Host family
- KindergartenWednesday
- Morning
- Kindergarten — songs, games, English and colours
- Afternoon
- Darija class 2 — taxis, food, directions
- Evening
- Mint tea lesson with your host family
- Exchange dayThursday
- Morning
- Kindergarten — art and crafts
- Afternoon
- Skill-swap workshop with young Moroccan volunteers
- Evening
- Dinner at the CSM office
- Green FridayFriday
- Morning
- Kindergarten — planting seeds with the children
- Afternoon
- Darija class 3, then Friday couscous at home
- Evening
- Host family
- CasablancaSaturday
- Morning
- Train to Casablanca, guided visit of the Hassan II Mosque
- Afternoon
- The Corniche and the Habous quarter
- Evening
- Back to Rabat
- Free daySunday
- Morning
- Free
- Afternoon
- Free
- Evening
- Briefing for the mountain week
Week 2Oued El Kannar, Rif mountains
Four nights with a host family high above Chefchaouen — nature, a river clean-up, the beach and yoga.
- Into the mountainsMonday
- Morning
- Minibus to Chefchaouen (about 4 hours)
- Afternoon
- Walk up to your mountain host — plants, birds and water
- Evening
- Dinner with the family under the stars
- Beach dayTuesday
- Morning
- Day trip to the beach at Oued Laou
- Afternoon
- Swim and picnic by the Mediterranean
- Evening
- Back in the mountains
- River dayWednesday
- Morning
- River clean-up at Oued El Kannar — we weigh every bag
- Afternoon
- Swim and picnic by the river
- Evening
- Bread baking with the family
- Yoga dayThursday
- Morning
- Sunrise yoga and meditation in the mountains
- Afternoon
- Slow afternoon, journaling, a last walk
- Evening
- Farewell dinner with your mountain family
- ChefchaouenFriday
- Morning
- The blue medina of Chefchaouen
- Afternoon
- Minibus back to Rabat
- Evening
- Host family
- Free daySaturday
- Morning
- Free
- Afternoon
- Free
- Evening
- Free
- FarewellSunday
- Morning
- Free
- Afternoon
- Free
- Evening
- Group farewell dinner and certificates
- DepartureMonday
- Morning
- Airport drop-off
Price
€450
Everything inside Morocco, for the full two weeks. The only things you arrange yourself are your flights and your travel insurance.
Apply for a placeIncluded
- 15 nights with host families — Rabat and the mountains
- Three meals a day
- Airport pick-up and drop-off
- All transport inside Morocco, including the minibus to the Rif
- Orientation and three survival-Darija classes
- Kindergarten placement with materials
- Casablanca day trip with the Hassan II Mosque visit
- Beach day, river day and yoga day
- Dinner at the CSM office and the farewell dinner
- Local coordinator and 24/7 emergency contact
- Volunteer certificate
Not included
- Flights to and from Morocco
- Travel insurance (required)
- Personal spending and souvenirs
10 to 15 places per group.
We keep groups small so everyone has a real role at the kindergarten and a seat at the mountain family’s table. Apply now and we will confirm your dates with you.
Apply for the Rabat & Rif programme