Taking disabled kids surfing in Morocco
Take a bunch of surfboards, a group of kids and a beach cleanup event in Morocco, and you have what’s being titled “the coolest surfing pic on the internet”. It’s the one right here (to the right) and we bet you’re smiling right now.
If you’re a surfer, you know the feeling. The first time you catch the knee high whitewater right to the beach is amazing. You’ve seen it countless times, kids riding that wave so long the board is left stuck to totally dry sand, their laughs echoing downwind for miles.
This week a group of Moroccan guys held an event to clean up the beaches in the little town of Rabat, specifically Casablanca Beach. They invited some orphaned and disabled kids along for beach games and surfing lessons, including this guy in a wheelchair.
“We have an association of surfing here at Skhirat beach (Association de surf Skhirat Plage ), a small beach town south of Rabat, providing surf lessons and other watersports.” Adil Satyr explains.
“We and another association located in Casablanca called Bahri (“my beach”) who are focused on cleaning the Moroccan beaches and spread the awareness of keeping our beaches clean decided to organise a beach cleaning at the local spot and we called out all the associations taking care of the orphaned and disabled children in the area.
It was a big event, children and volunteers cleaned the local beach and the port too, and we organised some beach games for the kids who had a great time playing beach volley, football and dancing on music with the clown, but the best part was when we offered free surfing lessons for those orphaned kids who enjoyed and liked standing up on a surfboard. Even some of them who are mentally disabled had an amazing time and were screaming out of joy and stoke. They had the biggest smile ever which made us more motivated and happy like ever before.”
Nice work guys, and if you know of any events like this that you think should be featured, send us an email and let us know!
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