As in many other National Societies, young volunteers in Morocco Red Crescent constitute the bulk of the volunteer base and represent a highly trained repository of expertise. The youth involvement in disaster is impressive; around 500 of 700 trained volunteers are below 35. Rachid Yakoubi, Moroccan Red Crescent Youth Coordinator, explaines that initially 65 per cent of volunteers trained to respond to disaster were youth. This figure rose to 82 per cent in the year following the Housaya earthquake, the first disaster response that included a highly visible youth component.

For more information contact Darine El Sabeh, Youth Advisor, International Federation Regional Delegation in Amman.