Sahara Children has collaborated with Loyola University and Mugamara Expeditions to provide funding for a new mission designed to offer healthcare instruction and medical supplies to nomad families of the Sahara Desert. Medical students from Loyola's Stritch School of Medicine met in Morocco on June 14 to set up a five-day camp [...]
The fascination with Moroccan cuisine has taken off—both in the United States and around the globe—epicures and chowhounds are flocking to the ancient ochre-hued city of Marrakesh. Foreign-led food tours are sprouting. Homegrown cooking classes are multiplying. And high-end restaurants run by European hotshots are opening alongside the city’s nonpareil street food and old, home-style [...]
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 [...]
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
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