In February 2018 I'm heading to Morocco for a few weeks to volunteer in Espoir Baby Orphanage. The orphanage is desperately understaffed and has very limited funds. Based in the Mohammed VI Hospital grounds, they care for babies, new born to 12 months, whose mothers are unable to care for them. The idea is that volunteers provide a physical closeness to these infants that is crucial to their development, help to feed and bathe and play with the babies in order to ensure they grow and develop normally. While I do not need help funding the trip, I would love you to be able to help me buy things for these children and the staff at Espoir that they so desperately need, things that you wouldn't think twice about listing as 'essential' for new borns in your own family. I would love to take some baby clothes, blankets, nappies, any little comfort toys and baby oil for them.