"The believer to the believer is like a building whose parts reinforce one another."
Why Help Disadvantaged Families in Morocco from Abroad?
Living in France, Belgium or the United Kingdom does not cut Moroccans off from the reality of their country of origin. On the contrary, Moroccans Residing Abroad — the MRE — are often the first witnesses, from a distance, of the difficulties faced by their loved ones and vulnerable populations who stayed in Morocco.
According to World Bank data, Morocco has several million people living below the poverty line, largely concentrated in isolated rural areas, far from economic centres and public services. Entire families survive on incomes insufficient to cover basic needs: food, medical care, children's schooling, and dignity during major religious holidays like Eid Al Adha.
Faced with this reality, MRE & Generous exists to build a bridge between the generosity of the Moroccan diaspora and the families who need it most. Active on the ground in Morocco, the association offers MRE concrete, transparent and Islamically supervised means to take action.
"And spend in the way of Allah and do not throw yourselves into destruction. And do good; indeed, Allah loves the doers of good."
1. Donate for Eid Al Adha: Offer a Sheep to a Family in Need
The best-known and most anticipated form of engagement with MRE & Generous is undoubtedly the annual sheep donation campaign for Eid Al Adha. Every year, as the Festival of Sacrifice approaches, the association collects donations from MRE to fund the purchase of sheep distributed to disadvantaged Moroccan families.
This is an action with strong emotional and spiritual impact. For a struggling family, receiving a sheep on Eid day means regaining dignity, sharing the joy of the celebration with their children, and feeling they are not forgotten. For the donor, it means fulfilling a Prophetic Sunnah while practising solidarity with brothers and sisters in need.
The process is simple: you make your donation online at www.mreetgenereux.org, the association purchases the sheep locally from Moroccan breeders, the sacrifice is performed in full compliance with Islamic rules, and the meat is delivered directly to the beneficiary family on Eid day. A photographic report is then sent to you to confirm the impact of your gesture.
2. Become a Regular Donor: Support Families All Year Round
Help for disadvantaged families in Morocco should not be limited to the Eid period. Hardship doesn't take holidays. That is why MRE & Generous encourages its supporters to become regular donors, capable of continuously fuelling the association's actions throughout the year.
A monthly donation, even a modest one, allows the association to plan its interventions, identify the most vulnerable families well before holiday periods, and respond to unexpected humanitarian emergencies — drought, illness, death of the head of household, loss of income.
In Islam, the regularity of an act counts as much as its amount. Becoming a regular donor to MRE & Generous means transforming a one-off impulse into a lasting commitment, with an impact that accumulates and multiplies over time.
3. Sponsor a Family: A Direct Human Connection with Morocco
Beyond one-off donations, family sponsorship is one of the deepest forms of engagement offered by MRE humanitarian associations. It means supporting a specific family identified on the ground over the long term, regularly contributing to covering their basic needs.
This type of commitment creates a strong human bond. The donor is no longer a number in a fundraising spreadsheet — they become an identified supporter, a discreet "guardian angel" for a family that can then look to the future with a little more security. Children can attend school, medical care becomes accessible, and household stability is preserved.
MRE & Generous builds its field partnerships rigorously, selecting families according to objective vulnerability criteria and ensuring regular monitoring of their situation. The donor is kept informed of the progress of the family they support, with full respect for the confidentiality and dignity of the beneficiaries.
4. Mobilise Your Network: Become an Ambassador for MRE & Generous
One of the most powerful ways to help disadvantaged families in Morocco doesn't involve a direct financial donation, but rather mobilising your network. By telling people around you about the association — your family, friends, community, mosque — you multiply the impact of every action.
Word of mouth has always been at the heart of Islamic and Moroccan culture. A well-placed word, a sincere recommendation, a share on social media: these simple gestures can bring new donors to MRE & Generous and ultimately provide one more sheep, one more family, one more Eid celebrated with dignity.
Being an ambassador for the association requires no financial investment. You just need to believe in it, talk about it authentically, and share the link to www.mreetgenereux.org around you.
5. Donate in the Name of a Deceased: Honour a Loved One's Memory
The fifth form of engagement offered by MRE & Generous is particularly rooted in Islamic tradition: making a donation or sacrifice in the name of a deceased loved one. Whether to honour the memory of a parent, friend or departed community member, this practice is not only permitted in Islam but strongly encouraged by scholars.
"When a person dies, all their deeds come to an end except three: an ongoing charity (Sadaqa Jariya), beneficial knowledge, or a righteous child who prays for them."
Offering a sacrifice or donation in the name of a deceased person means creating a Sadaqa Jariya in their name — a charity whose reward continues to flow to them in the afterlife. It is a spiritual gift you can give to those who have left us, ensuring their name continues to be associated with an act of goodness on this earth.
Simply indicate this when making your donation on the association's website, and the MRE & Generous team will formulate the intention accordingly during distribution or sacrifice.
Why Choose MRE & Generous to Help Families in Morocco?
There are many ways to help disadvantaged families in Morocco, but not all offer the same guarantees. MRE & Generous stands out through several fundamental commitments.
The association is governed by the French law of 1 July 1901, which requires accounting transparency and clear legal responsibility towards its donors. Every euro collected is tracked, and donors receive a report on how their funds were used. Beneficiary families are selected on the ground according to strict vulnerability criteria, validated in coordination with local authorities and neighbourhood imams.
The association relies on trusted local partners in Morocco to ensure that aid genuinely reaches those who need it, without diversion or waste. And for donors residing in France, as MRE & Generous is recognised as being of general public interest, your donations qualify for a 66% French income tax reduction — your tax receipt (Cerfa form No. 11580) is issued upon simple request to contact@mreetgenereux.org.
How to Get Started Today?
Helping disadvantaged families in Morocco has never been more accessible. Visit www.mreetgenereux.org and choose the type of engagement that suits you — one-off Eid donation, regular donation, family sponsorship or donation in the name of a deceased. Complete your contribution in a few minutes, securely. Receive your confirmation and, depending on the type of action, the photographic report or the follow-up on the family you support.
Generosity doesn't wait. And for families in Morocco, your gesture — however modest — can change the course of an Eid, a year, a life.
Conclusion
Getting involved to help disadvantaged families in Morocco from France or abroad is not a complicated process. With MRE & Generous, a non-profit MRE humanitarian association under French law, you have five concrete and Islamically supervised ways to transform your generosity into real impact: sheep donation for Eid, regular donations, family sponsorship, mobilising your network, and donating in the name of a deceased.
Each of these acts, performed with sincerity, is a seed planted in this life whose reward surpasses any human calculation.
Article written by the MRE & Generous team — Non-profit humanitarian association — www.mreetgenereux.org