Meet the Board
Meet the Board
MARA CONSERVATION
encouraging empathy for other life
MLP Team in Morocco
Advisors in Morocco
Oliveseed Team
We are a diverse team united by a desire to plant seeds of literacy, critical thinking, peace, equality, sustainable livelihoods, and environmental stewardship in this world. Headquartered in California, with grassroots teams in rural Kenya and Morocco.
Founder & Executive Director
Executive Director, Kenya
Director, Youth Writing
U.S. BOARD
Board Member
Board Member
Board Member
Founder & Executive Director
ADVISORS
Environmental Education
MLP
Nonprofit Governance
Strategic Planning
U.S. VOLUNTEERS
Scholarships Manager
Intern, Girls & Women
Editor, Emerging Voices
Youth Writing Coach
Communications
KENYA
We set up the grassroots nonprofit Oliveseed Kenya Trust as the base for our local community work, with headquarters in Emarti village, Maasai Mara
Executive Director, Oliveseed Kenya
Manager, Women's Center
Accounting
Educational Resources
Kitango Karia
Trainer & Lead Seamstress
Sosio Koriata
Caretaker & Guard
Kitare Kipeen
Caretaker & Guard
MOROCCO
We have worked with Moroccan English teachers all over the country on school libraries, and now focus on small libraries and writing competitions for youth
MLP WRITING COMPETITIONS
Moulay Larbi Arbaoui, Manager & Reviewer
Barb Mackraz, Manager & Reviewer
Philip Brebner, Judge
Mohammed Hassim, Judge
Mouhcine Abdechchafi, Reviewer & Judge
John Hockenberry, Writing Coach & Judge
Alice Calaprice, Editor
Khrouch Hafid, Book Designer
Zakariaa Tmalah, illustrator
Hajar Azizi, Illustrator
MOROCCO LIBRARY PROJECT (MLP) PARTNERS
Lahcen Ait Ahda
Basma Association, Zagora, Drâa-Tafilalet region