Improving School Attendance: FUJIFILM X-Photographer Zack Arias visits Morocco

In March, FUJIFILM X-Photographer Zack Arias (website) traveled to Ouarzazate, Morocco, teamed up with FocalChange and Morocco’s Center for Development  for helping  to provide better access to education through safe, accessible and affordable transportation

 We will use Zack’s imagery to design and implement a communications campaign to widely publicize a school-bus transportation system and attract individual and institutional donors. - text via focalchange.org-

#TBT @zarias led a video workshop for a very motivated audience in the High Atlas Mountains #schoolbusforOuarzazate pic.twitter.com/75qd8m5H5g

— FocalChange (@focalchange) May 21, 2015

This zone, situated in Morocco's High Atlas Mountains, haven´t  a transportation system Only a mere 20-30% of students who enroll actually graduate from secondary school. The rest drop out of school.Once the funds for a yellow school bus are raised, They’ll get started on a pilot school bus system.