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Introduction:

                    Hello guys, my name is LAYAT Abderazaq. I am a high school teacher of English at Oukba Ibnu Nafiaa in Assa, the south of Morocco. I am the coordinator of Assa MATE Circle, which means the Club of Instructional Resources for Culture and Language Enhancement. It is under the supervision of MATE (Moroccan Association of Teachers of English). We have been doing a lot of activities since its establishment last December 2015. 19  students from the Club are participating in this Online Global Teenagers Project. Some of them have already had the chance to participate last year. They got the first prize. So, everyone now is very motivated and excited to participate and discover new friends, and cultures. Here you are their introductions and some pictures of the Club’s activities: 

 

                                                

 

1)  Hi, My name is Najat TIHMOUTIN. I'm 16 years old. I'm from Morocco. I have three brothers younger than me. I study at Oukba Ibnu Nafiaa High School in Assa, Morocco. I speak Arabic and a little bit of English. My dream is to become an engineer, and I don’t have hobbies.

 

2)  Hello!! How are doing? I hope you are fine! I'm going to introduce myself. My full name is Fatimatou RAGHAY. I’m 17 years old. I study in Second Baccalaureate, Science Physics in Oukba Ibnu Nafiaa High School in Assa, Morocco. I’m an ambitious girl, active and sociable too. I’m interested in learning every language especially English, and I’m glad to participate in this Online Project: Learning Circle Children’s Rights for the second time to represent my country (Morocco) in general and my city in specific, and also I exchange information and know more information about other countries in order to create new friends. My hobbies are reading, and writing articles concerning social problems in addition to surfing in the net. Finally, I’m very grateful to Mr. Bob and Mrs. Natasha because they have given us the opportunity to participate again

 

3)  Hi, My name is Aabla BOUTAFSSOUT. I am 18 years old. I live in Assa, which is a small city in the south of Morocco. I study in Oukba Ibnu Nafiaa High School. I'm in the baccalaureate, Science of Life and Earth division. I like the English language so much and it's my favorite school subject. I have a goal in this project because of that I want to be active in this second project and I want to have new information with some knowledge.

 

4)  My first name is Aicha and my family name is BOUNAAMA. I'm 17 years old. I am a student in Common Core science. I want to participate in this project to know new people and develop my vocabulary. I wish to be in the future a fashion woman. My dream is to visit Turkey. My goal is to achieve my dreams. I am very delighted to meet you!!

 

5)  Hello, I want to introduce myself. I am Nouhaila BOUNHASS. I study in Oukba Ibnu Nafiaa High School. I live in Assa, which is a small town in the Sahara. My talent is reading books, and my dream is to be an engineer. My favorite school subject is Math.

 

6)  Hi, I'm Sara BARBARA. I'm 15 years old. I will be 16 this year. I'm from Assa, Morocco. I was born in Fes. I have five members in my family; there is my father who is a private employee. My mother is a homemaker, me, my sister and my only brother. I'm a student in Oukba Ibnu Nafiaa High School. My favorite school subject is Math and also I like English. My favorite sport is Gymnastics. I want to be a big engineer. I'm a friendly person, and good thinker. I can work for long hours without any break only if I'm interested in that... My life style is very simple. I'm interested in many things such as music, reading novels, watching movies. I love to read suspense thriller stories. I want to improve my English skills. My other hobbies including being with my friends as for now, I'm only focusing my attention on enjoying my time. I'm being my true self with the values, dreams and goals that I have.

 

7)  Hi, My full name is Amal AKSSASSE. I'm 16 years old. I'm a student in Oued Essafa High School. I live in the city of Assa and that is my first year in it. I study in the first level of Baccalaureate in experimental sciences division. I like studying natural sciences as well as scientific. And also English as a foreign language

 

8)  Hi everyone. I want to introduce myself. My name is Aaziza. My family name is BRIBE. I'm 16 years old. I'm a student in Oued Essafa High School. I'm from Assa, which is a small city in Morocco. My mother's name is Soukaina and my father's name is Mbark. I have three brothers and five sisters. We live in a small house but we have others. Concerning my hobbies: I like playing Basketball, listening to music especially classic music, and watching Indian films because they are full and drama and emotions. About the Future, I dream to be a famous doctor in order to help others and I believe that if we can dream it , we can achieve it.

 

9)  Hello everybody, My full name is Soumaya KHOUDANE. I am 16 years old. I'm from Morocco, from a small town in the Sahara. Its name is Assa. My hobbies are playing football and surfing in the net. I hate so much in this life the liars. My favorite school subjects are Math and Sport.  My goal in this life is to learn and be educated to be a doctor in the future. The causes of my participation in this project are: to know a lot of information and to learn the culture of other countries, and to present my culture.

 

                                                       

 

10) When I ask myself who am I? I answer, I'm a great girl, I'm not from this universe, I'm the universe ^_^ .But when someone asks me "can you introduce yourself?" I say Assalamu Aalaikum, I'm Aafaf AGHARAS from Assa, Morrocco. I'm sixteen. I'm a student in 1st B.S.M in Oukba Ibnu Nafiaa High School. I wish to be an engineer. I like all the others and I don't have this word "hate" in my dictionary. I love peace and calm. I'm a simple girl with infinity dreams. It's better to say goals. I love cats and I think that all animals can talk like us. For me to change the world is a dream for innocents. I like politics and philosophy. In my leisure time, I love reading. I think that I tell enough information about Aafaf  ^^__^^

 

11) Hello!! How are you? I am Oumaima BOUMATA. I am 15 years old. I study in Common Core Science in Oukba Ibnu Nafiaa High School. My hobbies are: singing, listening to music, drama... I want to participate in this project Learning Circle children’s Rights 2016 to create new friendships and acquire knowledge about other cultures. My favorite sports are handball and basketball.

 

12) Peace be upon you, My name is the name of the mother of Jesus (peace be upon him) MERYEM. My friends call me Merry, and my family calls me MARIYA. My last name is MOUZRIK. My age is 5376 days, 3 hours, 5 minutes and 2 seconds. I am a student in Oukba Ibnu Nafiaa High School, 1st BAC-SM. I am a simple, Muslim, traditional girl. My dream is to help Palestinian’s children. My hobby is to write about the reality problems, and Quran recitation. My goal is to knock the door of knowledge, to understand all its secrets and to be the best example for a lot of people! I am one of my kinds said a lot. It is difficult to understand me. I don't know why? Maybe it is due to the way of my thinking. The important thing in my life is the principles and dignity. I want to participate in this program to take an experience and to communicate with the students in unlike countries. My favorite quote is "Between what is said and not meant and what is meant and not said a lot of things are lost”. I believe that we have all the components to make our dreams come true, just we should trust ourselves and never ever lose what we can do. I wish you all the best.

 

13) My full name is Hamadi SGHIR. I am a student in Oukba Ibnu Nafiaa High School. I am fifteen years old. I live in Assa, Morocco. I am in class 1 BAC-SX. My favorite school subject is English. My favorite sport is football. In my free time, I like to listen to music and read the holy Book (Quran). I want to learn from the English language many things such us, learn and benefit from more information.

 

14) In the name of Allah, the most gracious the most merciful. First, Hi, My name is Laila El-HARROUCHI. I am 17 years old. I am a student in Oukba Ibnu Nafiaa High School in class experimental science in Morocco. I Live in Assa city in a small house with my family. I have a father who is an employee, my mother is a housewife, one sister is a student in Middle school, and one brother is a student too. My best color is blue because it means life. I like to eat pizza, and drink fruit juice. I like to design so much because it's my best hobby, and I like doing it in my free time. My principal is to respect the other and change to the best. At the end, my dream is to become a big and famous person in the world inchaAllah (if God is willing).

 

15) Hello, My name is Saadia ESSAKHI. I am 16 years old. I am from Assa. It is a very nice city in Morocco. I have two sisters. One of them is a student in University and three brothers. They are students. My mother is a housewife, and my father is a garden man. I like the color “black. My favorite food is Couscous. My favorite drink is juice. I like to play football so much. My dream to become a policewoman in the future inchaAllah (if God is willing)

 

16)   My name is Maryam CHIBANI. I have 16 years old. I study in Oukba Ibnu Nafiaa High School in class experimental science. I live in Assa city. My favorite school subjects are Math and philosophy. My favorite food is pizza and favorite drink is juice. I like green color. Iwill be an engineer in the future inchaAllah (if God is willing). I have one sister; her name is Aya and three brothers; their names are Youssef, Youness and Moâd. My father is retired and my mother is a provincial Council.

 

17) Hi, everyone. My name is Elazza LAKTIF. I'm 18 years old. I study at Oukba Ibnu Nafiaa High School. I am a secondly year. Arts student in this school. I have many hobbies like singing, dancing, cooking and acting. My favorite school subjects are French and English, and you can say I have another language I like it so much, which is Spanish. My favorite sport subjects are basketball, and tennis. My favorite films are. Impossible Mission, Step Up, and Twilight.  My favorite film stars are Brad Pit, and Tom cruise. My favorite food meals are Tagine and Couscous. I have a small family; my father's name is Hassan and my mother's name is Ghlila. I have two brothers; they are Mohamed and  Hassan. Finally, I have one sister whose name is Salka.   

 

                                                                    

 

18)  Hi guys, My full name is Ismail SABIR. I am 16 years old from Assa. I’m a student in Oukba Ibnu Nafiaa High School. I have joined you to acquire some instructive competences in my daily life and to improve my skills. For me, it is an opportunity of a life time to challenge the other participants in all around the world. Finally, I wish this experience is going to be interesting and beneficial.

 

19)   Hi! I want to introduce myself. My full name is Lamya EL-MAKRAZE. I am 16 years old. I study in Oukba Ibnu Nafiaa High School. My favorite school subject is Philosophy. I like to read historical stories. I read as much as I can in order to improve myself at all level. This project looks meaningful in many sides. So I'm interested in its aim like exchanging information about different cultures, life styles, moral values with other countries.

 

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Contributions Challenge 1:

 

Assignment 1 - Research and report.

 

A development problem constraints and solutions by safe home

 

     No one can deny that wars and conflicts cause a big problem which is the difficulty of find a safe home. So, what are the effects and solutions of this problem?

   

     Due to the wars and conflicts in different spaces in the world especially Syria, many effects was appeared. To begin with, a lot of people lost their houses and their countries. Another effect is the growing of the number of the refugees that was estimated approximately 50 million. The last effect is the refugees also are living in urban and bad situations.

 

     We should take in consideration that our country Morocco is one of the received countries. We suggest solving this problem by creating national and regional strategies for managing mixed migration movement.  Second, we should institute offices which help the refugees gain access to housing, and basic social services and opportunities to become self-reliant. Third, we ought to establish national asylum systems consistent with international standards.

 

     In our opinion, it’s a very important thing to fulfill the peace in the world and develop urban programs in the countries with limited capacity to assist the growing number of refugees because these populations face difficult socioeconomic challenges

 

Written by:

• RAGHAY  Fatimatou

 

 

Assignment 2 - A poem or rap

 

Tell me why, I'm in the wrong way

As a homeless child stuck in a grid

Tenderness and humanity are gone

Nevertheless, I still struggle again

Tell me why, my safety doesn't stay

What do you mean by safety?

Safe home, safe environment

Health and enjoyment

Oh! I remember, it is my home where I got grown

But now it's all gone

Tell me why, I got to cry

No! No! I have to pray

What's my guilty? I'm a human being,

I did nothing. I'm someone who needs love,

Mercy, Compassion, and safety

Oh! Oh! Tell me why, Why...

 

Written by:

•  Ismail SABIR  
•  Aafaf AGHARAS  
• Meryam MOUZRIK

 

 

Assignment 3 - Make a cartoon

 

 

 

Assignment 4 - Compose a part of the Learning Circle song.

 

Every child has the right to live this life without fright

To sleep peacefully through the night

Without fear for their precious lives

 

Every child’s kingdom is their life

Adults are guardians

Guarding their rights

To a full and trouble-free existence

Spared from the madness of war where life is insignificant

 

Every child needs the fullness of peace

To develop and grow with ease

Children are the future

It’s their rights we need to please

May they forgive those who are bringing them to their knees.

 

Written by:

•  BARBARA Sara
•  AKSSASSE Amal

 

 

Check out our video on Youtube: 

 

 

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8_HKVSXXmA  

 

 

 

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Feedback Challenge 1 from: (Colegiul Economic Buzau, Romania)

    Costin

Hello! I looked over your post and I was pleasantly surprised. I really enjoyed the poem and the picture, these were made by real masters. Your opinion was a good one, we all need to fulfill the peace in the world.

     Ioana

I like a lot your poem, it gives me a feeling that some people actually care about this world. It really inspires me. I also like the cartoon, your really have the talent to draw. I like the fact that you drew the flags that the women wear at a scarf on her head. It was a good idea!  Good job!

     Robert

I believe that the initiative to go to a company that uses child labor is a very good idea. This makes the company owners to be aware that people around know that children in the company are used in various work. Congratulations for your article!

     Andrew (2)

    Hi guys!

     We want to tell you ‘congratulations’ for all that work you have done in this first phase of the project .It was cool to watch photos of you and of your posters . Good job and we wish you the best .

 

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Contributions Challenge 2:

 

Assignment 1 - Design your own school of learning environment.

 

In our opinion, we strongly believe that we are really satisfied with our school. Our rate is based on the quality of a lot of things we learn from our school. However, our school needs many basic things as some libraries. But we adapt easily with this problem. For me, the nicest place in our school is some quotations and sayings we have recently drawn on the walls of our school. So, I consider them the beautiful thing in my school because they always encourage me to do the best. My school in 2020 would look like as a five star hotel.  I can learn best in my school if I have some natural areas as green trees and flowers.

 

1) Wh at  makes you want to learn something new?

My curiosity to gain more knowledge and my ambition to create and make change in my city and my country is what make me want to learn something new.

 

2) Where did you learn something to remember?

Thanks to my curiosity to know more, I always go to the library and I choose some suitable books. But I prefer to sit in silent places with a low light to concentrate more, and also to remember many pieces of information about many different topics.

 

3) Should your teacher explain to you what you need to know for the future, or do you learn to make choices in school, to learn HOW you learn best?

For me, I have learnt to make choices because I am responsible and I know how I can learn best and what I want to do for the future without the need for clarifications of my teachers, but only some of the instructions.

 

4) Do you decide yourself WHAT you learn, HOW you learn and WHEN?

For sure I feel strongly that everyone has the opportunity to choose whatever he/she wants. Moreover, me too I have the chance to do whatever I want to do.

 

5) What are the conditions for learning in a way that suits you best?

My conditions are learning in nicest places and silent can make me learn more and gain the knowledge that I need.

 

6) Can you become who you are at school?

Yes, I always behave in my school as I am and a lot of friends consider me as a model for them because they doubt that I have special relevance to guide them to the right way thanks to my optimistic and ambitious personality.

 

 

 

By:  * RAGHAY Fatimatou

 

 

 

Assignment 2 - Research - Check your belongings.

 

Report about children labor in this world

 

We find many children who work in different companies. Every day, we see them working and all that make us aware of children labor because the suitable places of children is not at work, but there is a better place which is school to study and learn .

On Sunday, April 24th, 2016, we went to a cloth company in Assa city. Its name is Aâqaqir Yabssa. It's a company that buys and sells different products. We asked the manager of the company many questions. We had interview with him. In the beginning, he didn't give the possibility for us to do the interview with him but at the final he agreed to give us what we wanted.

 

We asked him many questions about his company like:

~ Where their goods are manufactured and are they from places where child labor might exist?

~ Does the company take measures to combat child labor in their production lines? If so what are they?

~ Does the company experience difficulties in combating child labor? If so what are they?

 

He answered: “ In my company, I help the children who don’t have a family and also who have it. They are not rich that’s why the children are working to get money to help their parents and to finish study.

 

We know that it is the truth because the parents are poor. They send their children to work and get money because they don't know the better places for their children. The answer to justify the questions is that my company needs a lot of work to be finished. So, it has an importance in the child life.

 

By:   * BOUNHASS Nouhaila

        * ELKTIF Elazza

        * BOUTAFSSOUT Aabla

        * CHIBANI Meryam

 

 

 

Assignment 4 - No education for children in refugee camps?

 

Here is our contribution about Child Labor:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cR49lOyIzbs

 

By:  * BARBARA Sara

 

 

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Feedback from: (Colegiul Economic, Buzau, Romania)

 

Hello,

We would like to say that we have some things in common, we also need a lot of things in our school. We like the fact that you mentioned simple things, basic things. Then , we liked the fact that you would like to change something in your town or country. We also want to make changes about our country.

Your investigation was extremely interesting. So there are children who work in your area...We understand the reasons behind this..Unfortunately...

Congratulations for your work!

All the best!

Teo

I really like what you have written, I wish we could draw on the walls of our school .

Eddy

Hi ! I would like to say that I enjoyed reading what you have done.

Cristina

 Hello! Everything you guys wrote there is so deep and unfortunately true. The poem left me

speechless; we can't wait to see more photos and videos of you!

 

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Completion:

 

A letter to the jury of GTP:

 

Hello,

        My name is Abla BOUTAFSSOUT. I am 18 years old. I live In Assa. It is a small city in the south of Morocco. I am very happy because I participate in this project with you. It gives me a lot of information about the children’s rights, and it helps me to have experience in my life.

        I want to write about one of children’s rights. I want to see every child with the possibility to do this right. It is the right to have good health and safe home. I have chosen to write about this right because in our society, we see many social problems like: street children, child labour…etc. Many children don’t have this right because they don’t have family to give them health care and home. They just work and people practice violence on them.

        For me, I want to make all the associations aware of children who don’t have health care and home because every child has a dream to have this right. The suitable places of children is not at work and live in the street, but there are better places which are schools to study and learn in, homes with their families to give good health care.

 

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Evaluation:

 

In this project, I have learnt a lot of information about how to work in a group with friends in order to share many different ideas beacause every one has the freedom to give ideas and to express opinion about the work but what is important in this project is how to give every one the right to say his or her point of view. The difficulty is when we don't have only idea to work with.

 

            By: BOUTAFSSOUT Aabla

 

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As you know, I have the honor to write to you what I have learned from your nice project. But let me first thank you for giving me the opportunity to participate in it. So, without any doubt I learnt many information especially the ones that are concerned with children's rights. Also, I enjoyed working on your different assignments. Really, it was an unforgettable experience for me. Thanks to your efforts to develop working in this project. So, thank you again

 

             By: RAGHAY Fatimatou

 

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This project is really good for us because we have required many things. We did many interesting things in that project and that is with pleasure to me and all my friends who participated in it. Thank you for that. In my opinion, I think that the project is wonderful and amazing this year and the year before. I am so proud to participate in that project.

 

             By; ELKTIF Elazza

 

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I think that every thing in this project is very good and I have enjoyed it very much and also I acquired many things like how I work in groups and to participate in any thing. In my opinion, this project is really good and thanks for my group because they did great work all together.

 

            By:  BOUNHASS Nouhaila