Every Élanoura retreat includes a volunteer and donation opportunity.
Global Founder’s Retreat Morocco 2022
NONPROFIT PARTNER
Project Soar
ACTIVITY
Élanoura volunteers spent a morning leading an activity and connecting with the local young women of Project Soar, inspiring each other despite language barriers. With College Moxie founder Lizz Clark, we put together an “Empowerment Word” bracelet activity where each participant selected a power word and beaded a bracelet with it — either in English or Arabic.
We worked in teams and despite language barriers, were able to help each other with creating our bracelets in both languages together. We all learned a little more about ourselves and one another, deepening our connection to the larger global impact we each have the power to make.
IMPACT
In order to provide enduring impact long after we returned home, we made a collective donation of $3208 USD towards Project Soar’s Stop Period Poverty campaign to provide a menstrual solution that will keep 255 girls in school for three years helping to end child marriage. Project Soar will provide sustainable period supplies to teen girls across Morocco. Having access to period products allows girls to stay in school, leading to reduced child marriage and teen pregnancy. With support of this project, Project Soar can provide eco-friendly, shame free, hygienic period supplies to 600+ teen girls each year. We do not use reusable pads but sanitary, healthy period underwear that can be completely cleaned, doesn’t stain & doesn’t embarrass girls when hung to dry.
See more photos: “Women Founders Volunteer to Help End Child Marriage in Morocco with Project Soar”
Global Founder’s Retreat Morocco 2023
NONPROFIT PARTNER
Project Soar
ACTIVITY
Élanoura volunteers spent a morning leading an activity and connecting with the local young women of Project Soar, inspiring each other despite language barriers. With Marisa Perry Atelier founder Marisa Perry, we put together a “This is Me” art board activity where each participant wrote her name in English or Arabic on a painted canvas board, and passed it around to her peers who added words to describe each girl. They then had the opportunity to personalize their boards using stickers and pens, and they were each given an easel to take home to display their board.
IMPACT
In order to provide enduring impact long after we returned home, we made a collective donation of $2304 USD towards Project Soar’s Empower Syria’s At-Risk Teen Girls campaign to provide emergency relief supplies and support. Having faced war + trauma, internally displaced Syrian teen girls are at high risk of gender-based violence + child marriage. Project Soar empowers these girls to understand their Value, Voice, Body, Rights + Path using our 25-workshop award-winning teen girl curriculum. With your help, Project Soar will help displaced Syrian girls to speak up, advocate for their rights + set future goals.
See more photos: “Day-by-Day Experience: Global Founder’s Retreat Morocco”
Global Founder’s Retreat Spain 2023
NONPROFIT PARTNER
Fundació IRES
ACTIVITY
In September 2023, Élanoura volunteers will lead an art therapy activity with vulnerable women survivors of violence in Mallorca, Spain with Fundació IRES. Through this activity and through one-and-one contact with the women business owners of the Élanoura Collective, we hope to inspire and empower each other, as well as share our own stories of challenge and resilience.
IMPACT
10% of retreat fees will be donated to Fundació IRES’ impact efforts throughout Catalonia and the Balearic Islands to provide local women and families in vulnerable situations with the tools to transform their experiences into opportunities for change to build better futures.
