The experimental remedial learning center includes 30 hours a week of literacy courses, with the objective of returning students (age 14 and under) to regular school. Course subjects include Arabic, French and computer science.

Artistic expression -- in the form of ceramics, painting, photography and drawing -- are integral part of the program, as are group sports, field trips, and recrational activities.

The shelter is open seven days a week for children from 7 to 17 years of age. It is designated for children who are completely cut of from their families, children who sleep in the street from time to time and are in conflict with their families. Basic needs are provided - eating, sleeping, washing and above all to being in security. They of course participate in all the existing programs provided by other countries.

The newspaper "News of the Young" was created as an civic education exercice. The paper is 16 pages long in French as well as Arabic. It is for children from 8 to 16. It embraces and encourages the democratic process through individual expression, curiosity of others. The paper is lively and fun full of inviting illustrations.





The Little Theater at Darna operates from Monday to Friday from 8:30 AM to 6:30 PM, offering workshops, readings, and theatrical productions and classes in the dramatic arts.

The Theater was developed to encourage childrens creativity and self expression, to develop collaborative skills by working in a group, and to let them experience the satisfaction and job of staging a theatrical production.

The Theater is also made available to other groups in Tangier, schools and musical groups, so the children of Darna have the experience of belonging, through their theater, to a broader creative community.