Handing them a screen is easy. Giving them Morocco is Nawrass.
A non-profit team running holiday camps in Morocco for European organisations since 2015. Quiet, careful work — and one pediatrician on-site 24/7 with every group.
It started with a seagull.
I found it on the beach with a scratched wing, barely able to stand. A young seagull. I took it home, fed it, kept it warm, and watched it learn to fly again over a few weeks. Its name in Arabic is nawras. That's where the name of the association comes from — not a logo workshop, just that bird.
It taught me something I keep coming back to: a child needs the same thing. Warmth, a safe place, real food, time outdoors, and adults who pay attention. After that, they fly on their own.
Years later, I walked into an elite school in Seoul, for the children of diplomats. I expected screens on every wall. I asked the director where the devices were — genuinely confused. He sat me down.
He said: "Digital, IT, computer science — they'll learn every bit of that the moment they step into society. What society will not teach them is how to truly feel the other person. How to work as a team. How to take initiative. How to solve a complex human problem. How to understand and manage their own emotions. How to build real connection inside a group." They had voluntarily removed every device, to train the children in exactly the things society wouldn't give them.
That conversation confirmed what the seagull had already told me. A few months later, in 2015, I registered Nawrass in Morocco. A non-profit. Every euro goes back into the camp. The Kingdom of Morocco granted us its approval — every site we use is inspected and certified by the Ministry of Youth and Sports.
From the very first group, a pediatrician has slept under the same roof as the children. Every night. Every group. Not on call from a hospital somewhere — on-site, with us. That has not changed in eleven years.
I started this because I wanted my own children to know Morocco the way I did — through its land, not through a screen. Eleven years later, that's still the only reason it exists.
I started this because I wanted my own children to know Morocco the way I did — through its land, not through a screen. Eleven years later, that's still the only reason it exists.
Four things we don't compromise on.
A pediatrician on-site, 24/7
Every group travels with a medical professional sleeping under the same roof. Not on call from a hospital — on-site. This is not optional and never has been.
One staff member per eight children
The Moroccan ministry mandates one per twelve. We hold to one per eight, with the supervisor in the same room as the children every night.
Approved by the Kingdom of Morocco
Each camp site is inspected and certified by the ministry of youth and sports. We provide the certificate to every organisation we work with.
Insurance from the first to the last day
Every child is covered from departure to return. Comprehensive third-party and personal accident insurance — included in the price, not an upsell.
A small team, on-site, all year.
Nawrass is run by a year-round team of seven in Morocco — operations, safety, programmes, families, and accounts — joined every season by 60+ camp staff (counsellors, lifeguards, instructors, nurses, the pediatrician).
We don't list our team's names and faces on this page on purpose: most of our partners are public bodies or family-owned employers, and we honour their request for discretion.
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