Although COVID-19 has negatively changed daily life, many students have used the effects of this pandemic to benefit the people around them. In the case of Remi Levitt ’21, she used Staples’ period of remote learning to give back to communities overseas.
Last month, Levitt flew to Morocco to volunteer with Atlas Kinder, a village and organization home for abandoned children who are taken care of by the surrounding community.
“Everyone there was so grateful for any help they could get, especially in times as difficult as these,” Levitt said.
The village is located in Tahanaout and was started five years ago by a Swiss man named Hans Huber. “Mothers” come from mountains in the neighboring village to take care of the 154 children there.