Mohamed El Allaouy is a primary education teacher who has been affiliated with the Moroccan Ministry of National Education since 2010. He is a graduate of Ibn Zohr University, Department of Earth and Universe Sciences. Mohamed serves as president of the Tizzigzoute Association for Environment and Development and works as an activist for the Peace Corps Life Skills Program. He has also worked at the Environmental Club at the Tazarine Youth House since 2018. Mohamed currently works at the Ministry of National Education, Primary Education and Sports.

IVLP Impact Award Project: Environmental Youth

This project equipped 60 young people with knowledge about environmental threats and viable solutions at local, national, and global levels. Through a series of workshops covering topics such as recycling, water conservation, ecological diversity, desertification, soil degradation, and environmental journalism, participants gained a comprehensive understanding of pressing environmental issues. Cleaning campaigns and tree planting events also were organized, resulting in the planting of approximately 200 trees and fostering a sense of responsibility and stewardship among participants. Environmental murals were created to serve as visual reminders of the importance of environmental preservation within the community.

"The beneficiaries of these activities will be messengers for their families to protect the environment." - Mohamed El Allaouy

IVLP Exchange Experience 

Mohamed participated in the IVLP Project Engaging Youth through Performing Arts, organized by the U.S. Department of State and World Learning in partnership with the U.S. Department of State Office of International Visitors program branch in New York City, GlobalPittsburgh, Global Ties Akron and World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth.

Mohamed's exchange experience led to the development of his IVLP Impact Award Project: "[IVLP] gave me the opportunity to see the huge amount of work being done by governmental and non-governmental institutions in the United States in order to fight all the causes of climate change, whether by raising awareness or by making decisive political and economic decisions."

U.S. Communities Visited

Washington, DC; New York City, NY; Akron, OH; Pittsburgh, PA; Dallas, TX

Country: Morocco 

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