Many nomadic families in Morocco live in difficult conditions in remote areas. In the mountainous area close to the Dades and Todra Gorges in the High Atlas live a group of around twenty nomadic families. Sahara Children is supporting these families with care packages intended to help them live a bit more comfortably in the [...]
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
(Journal by Liz Williams, July 2009) Part One We drive along the Todra Gorge to Tamtattouchte, north of this traditional Berber village to leave the paved road and cross a new piste (off-road) that leads up and over the mountains to Msemir and Dades Gorge. Along this route we expect to meet several nomad families. Approximately 10km from [...]
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
(Journal of Liz Williams, July 2009) Part Two The last family we visit welcomes us with a great show of hospitality: Grandmother Khadija, a lively and talkative character with a sparkle in her eyes; Mohammed, her grandson, who lives over the hill with her son Lahcen; Aysha, her teenage daughter who runs everywhere laughing; Saida, her daughter-in-law, who looks barely 18-years [...]
Friday, November 28, 2008
The Children of the Sahara Foundation visited a nomad school in the Iriki region of the Sahara Desert on Sunday, November 23. The school location is ninety minutes by car from the nearest town of M’Hamid and is connected to a nomad camp where five to six families live during large parts of the year. [...]
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
The foundation’s November field trip to Morocco proved to be successful in reaching its two-fold aim: to speak with representatives from both governmental and non-governmental sectors with specific knowledge of Amazigh culture and their needs, and secondly, to meet nomadic peoples and witness firsthand, their living conditions and state-of-being. In Rabat, the Sahara Children Foundation met [...]
Friday, October 24, 2008
The directors of The Children of the Sahara Foundation have planned to meet in Morocco beginning November 15 to strengthen their affiliations with other NGOs and meet with embassy officials. Destinations include Marrakech, the capital Rabat, Zagora, and Ouarzazate. We will spend time with the nomads of the Sahara and visit the school tents in [...]
Monday, July 20, 2009
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