How you can help Moroccans affected by the earthquake

We were heartbroken to hear of the earthquake in Morocco and have been reaching out to all our family and friends to check on them. We are relieved to hear that they are okay. We are stuck here in the US and want to provide help to organizations working on earthquake relief in Morocco. We have built a short but vetted list of organizations doing work in Morocco right now. We are using this to inform our own donations, but we thought you might also want this information. The lists are organized into Personal Fundraising Campaigns, Moroccan Organizations, and International Organizations.

Here is a list of places accepting donations for Morocco earthquake relief. Many of them are already on the ground and actively working to help those affected. There may be others, but these are the best right now; we are adding more as we hear about them. Please share this with your networks. Mektoub Henna is not affiliated with any of these organizations in any way; this is just a list of organizations we know are working in Morocco.

If you are in Morocco and want to/are able to offer in person help, please take a look at this map for most affected areas. Also join the Morocco subreddit to connect with others.

Personal Fundraising Campaigns

These are smaller fundraisers run by people we know personally and are donating to.

Donate to help Abdoul’s village rebuild (a friend of Mektoub Henna) - 100% of the donations go to Abdoul to help him rebuild his village, Aït Ourir, in Morocco’s High Atlas mountains, 30 minutes southeast of Marrakech. Portions of the house collapsed in the earthquake, and the remaining part of the house is unsafe with substantial structural damage. The family is sleeping outdoors along with others in the village. Abdoul has begun constructing a small room away from the house for his parents to have shelter over the winter and is helping others in the village.

Donate to Samir’s GoFundMe Samir is collecting and delivering goods from Agadir to villages in need. He has started a GoFundMe to collect donations to keep their work going. Samir Langus is a friend of the Mektoub Henna founders, and we are so happy to help him with his work. Samir Langus and his team have established a distribution network that is based in Agadir, only 1.5 hours away from the affected villages. They are working with a tent manufacturer in Agadir who will build 10-person tents, which can sleep one family per tent. Their goal is to make and distribute 50-100 tents + provide food and blankets to those in need. 100% of your donation will go towards providing these supplies and resources in these remote villages. DONATE

Follow us on Instagram for the latest updates about these campaigns.

Moroccan Organizations

Banque Alimentaire (Moroccan Food Bank)  — they are already on site and very active  — DONATE 

General Treasury of the Kingdom Morocco — this site allows you to make a donation directly the the Moroccan government’s Solidarity Campaign for Earthquake Victims — DONATE

SOS Villages d’Enfants Maroc  —works with Moroccan children, they don’t have a fund for the earthquake yet, but you can give to their general fund — DONATE 

Rif Tribes -The Rif Tribes Foundation is a Moroccan, youth-led impact-driven indigenous charity that promotes traditional Amazigh art and culture while creating a better future for the youth of the Kingdom of Morocco. They have started a fund for Moroccan earthquake assistance - DONATE

Jarjeer Mules - This is a Moroccan organization providing sanctuary to working animals, and they are raising money to help animals injured in the earthquake - DONATE

Amis des Ecoles - A Moroccan NGO providing youth education and promoting women’s empowerment; they have an Earthquake Relief fund to help the worse affected communities - DONATE

Amal — Amal Center is a safe and loving  space for women on their path to empowerment. They provide a cooking skills training program for Moroccan women, and also have a restaurant and cooking school for tourists. They don’t have anything earthquake specific but they are a great organization to support — DONATE

Education for All Morocco (EFA) – Local charity providing boarding houses for girls to attend school in the remotest areas of the High Atlas Mountains, running an Earthquake Crisis Appeal to repair their boarding houses, which were damaged by the quake, as well as to provide ongoing support for the girls they work with and their families who come from areas surrounding the epicentre. - DONATE

El Baraka Angels – This organisation based in Rabat is organising the collection of donations and aid convoys to transport them to the areas hardest hit by the quake. See their Instagram account for more info about how to help. - DONATE

Marock Jeunes – This Moroccan NGO is working to deliver vital supplies to those affected by the quake in the areas surrounding Marrakech and Al Haouz - DONATE

International Organizations

Give Directly - Their Cash Relief for Morocco Earthquake Survivors fund donates money directly to impacted families to meet their most immediate needs in the wake of this disaster - DONATE

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies — donate to their Morocco Earthquake fund — DONATE 

World Central Kitchen — this is the oganization started by Chef Jose Andres; their team arrived in Morocco within hours of the earthquake providing food to the affected even in remote areas — DONATE

Islamic Relief has a fund for Moroccan earthquake response — DONATE

Global Giving — A very reputable organization that has started a Morocco Earthquake Relief Fund that will provide emergency relief and long-term support to affected communities. — DONATE

Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders — MSF teams to respond to disasters at a moment's notice with lifesaving care, medical supplies, and support for local hospitals and partners. They are currently mobilizing teams in the affected areas of Morocco — DONATE

UNICEF - A UN organization working to improve children’s health and education; they have a fund for Moroccan earthquake relief - DONATE

CARE - a US-based development organization; you can donate to their Morocco Earthquake Emergency Fund - DONATE

Global Diversity Foundation - an organization that has been working in the High Atlas mountains for years; they have started the Morocco High Atlas Earthquake Relief Fune - DONATE

High Atlas Foundation — plants and monitors trees for carbon offset units as a financial catalyst for water infrastructure, women’s cooperatives, education, and other community-designed initiatives to ensure long-term well-being. HAF also implements programs with partners in the areas of intercultural dialogue and preservation, family literacy, and youth development in response to the defined priorities of local communities. — DONATE

Red Cross in Europe — DONATE

Donate for Libyan Flood Relief

Many of the international organizations listed above are also working in Libya to help with the aftermath of the flooding in Derna.

This crowd-sourced wiki is collecting information on the crisis and relief efforts in English and Arabic, including a register of missing people.

This initiative is compiling crowd-sourced information about on the ground relief efforts, from food distribution centres and blood banks to shelter locations and details of passable roads. You can edit the Google document and submit any additional information you may have. 

Islamic Relief Worldwide | Libya Appeal – This humanitarian aid and development charity has launched an Emergency Libya Appeal and is working on the ground to provide food, water, blankets and other urgent aid. 

International Rescue Committee – This global non-profit has been working in Libya since 2016 and is working to deliver aid, healthcare and emergency supplies to the areas in the east of the country affected by the floods. You can contribute here.

Libya in the UK – Libya in the UK is working in tandem with the Red Crescent to provide emergency shelter, food and other vital supplies. They have launched a Libya Storm Daniel Emergency Appeal to fund their relief efforts. 

World Food Programme USA – The World Food Programme has sent up 16 emergency distribution centres in the east of Libya to respond to the flooding and has so far provided emergency assistance to over 5,000 families. You can find out more and donate to support their work here.

International Medical Corps - has an on-the-ground team in Libya helping to provide shelter, health services, water, sanitation, and hygiene services to those impacted by the flood. DONATE.