PROJECTS
AREMD, MOROCCO
SISTERS OF THE MOUNTAIN Women’s Cooperative
Our organization is run by creative women working hard to improve their lives by selling high quality agricultural products from local resources. Help Soumya’s Journey bring a MUCH NEEDED Women’s Cooperative to the Atlas Mountains.
Our vision for the Women's Cooperative is to create economic opportunities and entrepreneurship-training for women in the Atlas Mountains, ultimately fostering positive social and cultural change. The foundation will be built on the principles of collaboration, sustainability, and empowerment.
We need your help to launch an agricultural cooperative assisting girls/women to gain independence, pursue their education and realize their dreams.
PARTNERING WITH THE MOONCATCHER PROJECT
We’re working to partner with THE MOONCATCHER PROJECT to help maturing young women in Morocco to understand menstrual and reproductive health. Soumya will be distributing reusable menstrual kits to the women of the Atlas Mountains during her Summer 2023 visit. Here’s how the Mooncatcher Project describes the work that they do:
“Since 2011 The MoonCatcher Project has been making reusable, washable menstrual management kits - "MoonCatcher Kits" - for distribution to girls around the world, along with a menstrual and reproductive health curriculum. We provide the information and supplies they need to manage menstruation with dignity and confidence, increasing their chances of staying in school. Every person should be able to participate in their education and community life every day of the year.”
CLOTHING DONATIONS FOR GIRLS
This is a collaboration with the Emma Willard School (www.emmawillard.org) and the Awsatakh Association for the Development and Conservation of the Environment. Emma Willard has agreed to host a clothes drive, organized by the students who will then sort, clean, and ship the clothes to Morocco. The Awsatakh Association is working with Soumya to help distribute them during her Summer 2023 trip. If successful, we expect this initiative to continue on an annual basis. We are still in need of funding to transport the clothes from Emma Willard campus to the Atlas Mountains.
Local woman returns home to the Atlas Mountains bringing earthquake relief Using her eponymous nonprofit as a fundraising platform, Soumya has endeavored to assist her village in meeting goals that run the gamut from supplying critical medical care and basic necessities to securing access to clean water and rebuilding the village of Armed. / The Berkshire Edge 9.28.23 Hannah Van Sickle