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The 212 Society supports cultural and educational projects in Morocco,
with a special focus on the city of Tangier. The Society is a
non-profit organization incorporated in New York State, and takes its
name from the 212 telephone codes of its home city and adoptive country.
February, 2008>>> David Shadrack-Smith and Charlotte Mangin's film TANGIER TREEHOUSE, about The 212 Society's Tangier Treehouse Workshop, led by Roderick Romero, and the boys from Darna who took part, will be airing on PBS television stations in coming weeks. For more information and a 3-minute trailer, you can visit the Wooway Films website: here. May, 2007 >>> On May 30th treasurer Jacquetta Wheeler and the 212 Society hosted a gala QUIZ NIGHT to raise funds for Darna. The newly opened Gramercy Rooftop in New York was the arena in which 12 Quiz Teams competed in a battle of wits for the Grand Prize: a week long trip for 8 people to Tangier, Morocco, which went to the team from Goldman Sachs... thanks to everyone who attended and took part, the event was a huge sucess. See Vogue's covereage of the fashionable event here... September, 2006 >>> A New York-based family foundation has made a $20,000 grant towards the 212 Society's fundraising for the Darna Center for Girls with an additional $20,000 towards Darna emergency operating expenses. July, 2006 >>> Our Tangerine Bikes Project, a two-week bicycle mechanics workshop for 10 students, took place at the Darna Farm this July, and will lead to the opening of a Darna Bike Shop. PHOTOS by instructor Niko Tavernise here. January, 2006 >>> The Como Foundation has made a grant of $12,000 towards the salary of the director of the new DARNA Center for Girls. December, 2005 >>> The nonprofit Tamaas has made a $5000 gift to DARNA and a gift of $25,0000 to the Cinematheque de Tanger. November, 2005 >>> Jacquetta Wheeeler and the The 212 Society team made the Nov 14th Darna Girl's Center "Quiz Night" fundraiser a roaring success and a very good time for the New York crowd who turned out to support us and raise almost $200,000 towards the Center for Girls! Some press from the gala event: Fashion Week Daily The London Evening Standard Style.com WireImage Party Photos  Darna means "our house." For the population of street children and women in need that the organization serves, those words have a special resonance. In the houses of Darna, children and women at risk find a safe and stable temporary home, learn their rights as citizens, and reintegrate into the mainstream of Morocccan society -- through stable learning and living environments, skills training programs, and career-building initiatives. [more...] The 212 Society's Jacquetta Wheeler is leading a fundraising campaign and gala New York "Quiz Night" dinner planned for November 2005, to benefit Darna and support the construction of a new 50 bed CENTER FOR GIRLS. The Center for Girls: The Plan Jacquetta Wheeler at Darna Photos  Our ongoing sister project is the Cinematheque de Tanger. In 2005, the CDT will open in its permanent home, the Cinema Rif, on the historic Grand Socco plaza. Today, as one of a handful of active cinemas in Tangier, the Rif shows mostly B-rated Bollywood films. The CDT's ambition is to transform this beautiful old theater into Morocco's leading movie house for independent cinema and repertory programming. [more...] March 1, 2005 >>>  Tangier Treehouse Project PHOTOS HERE! The Treehouse Project, which took place in Tangier the second 2 weeks of April, was a resounding success. The 10 boys from Darna's Woodworking Program were enthusiatic and focussed throughout the two week intensive workshop, at the end of which they had observed and worked on the Showroom Treehouse which will be used to show future clients, and built a smaller house on their own. Roderick Romero led the workshops backed by master carpenters Bubba Smith, Daryl McDonald, by 212 Society founder Sean Gullette, and surprise special guest Pete Nelson (the founder of Treehouse Workshop, who dropped in from Barcelona) led the workshops. Mornings at the workshop began with warmup yoga on the roof with Roderick, and then a trip to the classroom for a high energy review of the 14 steps of the treehouse project, starting with 1. Phone call from Client. Make appointment to view trees. 2. Arrive at appointment on time. Tour trees. 3. Select tree. Climb tree and spend time getting to know the tree. 4. Take First Measurements of tree. and so on... Veteran documentry filmmakers David Shadrack Smith and Charlotte Mangin shot extensive footage for a documentary film which recorded the workshop and explored the lives of three of the boys in more depth. (We are seeking finishing funds for the film...) Next, the Darna Treehouse Team will present to their first proper client, a prominent Tangier citizen with a couple of great oak trees... Thanks to the Supporters of the Tangier Treehouse Project: 
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