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Improving the Lives of the Nomads

Monday, January 25, 2010

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Improving the Lives of the Nomads

In the Sahara Desert, owning a herd of goats, sheep, or camels is the livelihood of nomads. On January 1, Sahara Children helped a young nomad couple in Erg Chegaga in south-eastern Morocco get a kick start to their new life together. Abelhamid and Khadija, around 20 years of age, have nothing and no means [...]

Sahara Children Initiates Animal Banking

Monday, December 21, 2009

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Sahara Children Initiates Animal Banking

Micro-financing is a way of helping poor farmers or small business owners by providing small loans to help them kick- start their businesses or make investments in the future.   But how do you provide start up capital to poor populations, such as nomadic groups, who do not deal with money? For the nomads in Morocco their herds of goats or [...]

Sahara Children Provides Supplies to Nomad Families

Monday, July 20, 2009

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Sahara Children Provides Supplies to Nomad Families

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 [...]

Providing Aid: Tamtattouchte and into Dades Gorge

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

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Providing Aid: Tamtattouchte and into Dades Gorge

(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 [...]

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