In the Northern part of Morocco lives a Muslim unreached people group, known as the Rif Berbers. They are one of the original inhabitants of North Africa. They trace their roots to Spanish, Phoenician, Caraites Jews, Vandals, and perhaps Cananites who were driven out of Palestine thousands of years ago. The Berbers call themselves the Imazighen, which means "the free people".

The New Testament actually confirms their existence on several occasions: Simon of Cyrene (who carried Jesus' cross) was an Amazigh (singular for Imazighen), and one of the languages spoken on the day of Pentecost was Tamazight (the language of the Berbers). This people group numbers approximately two million today, and they are split up into 30 tribes – 18 of which speak Tarifit (a dialect of Tamazight). The Netherlands is home to the largest Rif Berber population outside of Morocco. Amsterdam is the third largest Rif Berber city in the world after Nador and Al Hoceima.

YWAM Amsterdam's Amazigh team desires to plant a church among the Riffians which will reproduce itself among other Imazighen living in Europe and in North Africa. Their strategies to accomplish this is based on the concept of friendship evangelism, sharing the Gospel with others after you have established a good relationship. The Imazighen that live in the city are very interested in their own alphabet, which has been forbidden to use by the Arabs for many years.

The team started a literacy project to help them learn their own alphabet. One aspect of this is the making a children's video with puppets based upon the the modern Riffi version of the parable of the Prodigal Son. The puppets through this story introduce the main characters in the Tifinagh Script, the Imazighen ancient Punic script.

The Amazigh team is also co-working with other agencies in the translation of booklets and videos for literacy purposes. God has touched some Rif Berbers already with this materials. Our team sees the need for a multi-function house in Amsterdam West so that Riffians can have a meeting place to worship God in their own cultural expression. Join them in prayer for this and for more staff to reach the Rif Berbers.