Moroccan orphanage

This is Sandra writing of her tour of an orphanage near Casablanca:
The orphanage is set up like a village; it is clean and quite lovely, with duplex one-story houses which have one “mother” for up to 8 kids. This “mother” takes a vow not to marry. And, the village has one “dad” figure. Within the village they had goats, chickens, a carpentry shop, blacksmith, and a school. One side of the village was for kids with mental illnesses.

There is great shame in the Moroccan culture to have a child out of wedlock. When it happens, the woman usually leaves her home town and goes to a city to have the baby, then she would leave it at the doorstep of a mosque.

Girl's room at the orphanage

Sandra with one of the orphanage kids