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    • Zahra, Mouhou, and Terra

    • Zahra, Mouhou, and Terra

    • Traditional dress; Food and meals; Counterparts

    • As a small business development Volunteer, I worked with carpet weavers in developing their organization. I also worked with cave dwelling nomads that lived in the hills surrounding the village. This is Zahra, one of the nomads who is a weaver,...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Zahra Baking Bread

    • Zahra Baking Bread

    • Food and meals; Cooking

    • As a small business development Volunteer, I helped develop the local weaving association. Zahra was one of my host sisters and one of the most dedicated weavers. I spent a lot of time with her in her house as she baked bread every morning before...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Zahra at Cave Door

    • Zahra at Cave Door

    • Artisans; Terrain

    • As a small business development Volunteer, I worked with carpet weavers in developing their organization. I also worked with cave dwelling nomads that lived in the hills surrounding the village. This is Zahra, one of the nomads who is a weaver....
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Zahra and Terra weaving in her cave

    • Zahra and Terra weaving in her cave

    • Artisans; Crafts

    • As a small business development Volunteer, I worked with weavers in a rural village in Morocco. The hills surrounding our village were filled with cave dwelling nomads. I became very close with one of these families, the Lahcen Eshu family, and I...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Yemena Weaving

    • Yemena Weaving

    • Artisans; Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD)

    • June 2011- Yemena from the Cooperative Chorouk in Tounfite, Morocco weaves a traditional carpet.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • World AIDS Day 2011

    • World AIDS Day 2011

    • HIV/AIDS

    • This photo was taken December 3, 2011 during an event to mark the observance of World AIDS Day. This little girl attended the event, which included a candlelight vigil, a skit competition and informational session on SIDA. A group of young people...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • World AIDS Day 2011

    • World AIDS Day 2011

    • HIV/AIDS

    • The women at the literacy association where I worked made this cake as part of the World AIDS Day celebration that we held on Dec. 1, 2011 in Morocco. The event featured a SIDA skit competition, a candlelight vigil, and informational session about...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Woman's Association

    • Woman's Association

    • Women and Development (WID)/Gender and Development (GAD)

    • Some woman attending a workshop in Kaala Saraghna, posing in front of 'Hotel Kaala' before lunch, Association Amal Developement, July.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Where will the road take you?

    • Where will the road take you?

    • environment

    • I took this photo on my walk home, after having tea with the head of one of my villages. This photo was taken at the top of the Ait Bazza valley, in Fes-Boulemane Province, Morocco. The moment took my breath away, with the broken trail, the village...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Watching on

    • Watching on

    • Host community; Education

    • A bunch of kids from school were watching the Moroccan men (all volunteers) work on the elementary's school's new bathroom (June 2011) in Elkassaba El Khir, Tata, Morocco.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Walking with my midwifery mentor

    • Walking with my midwifery mentor

    • Maternal and child health

    • Aicha Boulmahuahib was the midwife at the local hospital at Ouled Berhill, Taroudant, Morocco where I lived for 2 years. The day I met her, we automatically started developing health workshops for women in the community. Also, I assisted her on...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Waiting on mom

    • Waiting on mom

    • Children; Community development

    • This picture was taken right outside the health clinic where I teach women health lessons. Some of the children were waiting on their mom while she talked to the nurse and listened to one of my health lessons.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Village Women

    • Village Women

    • youth; food and meals; traditional dress

    • I took this photo in Toufestelt village near my site in Ain Leuh, Ifrane Province, Morocco during the July 4, 2011 celebration that I shared with them. I was working with a group of 12 lakeside high school students from Seatle, Wa. who were there...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Village Dinner

    • Village Dinner

    • Animals; Celebrations

    • In this photo, I am with the mother of the family who took good care of my when I was working deep inside Tazekka National Park. Here we are getting ready to prepare this goat for the Aid L'Kabir celebrations held about a month after Ramadan. ...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Trask Pick-up

    • Trask Pick-up

    • youth; environment

    • Zakaria placed the collected trashes into the garbage can from an environmental trash pick-up activity in Ait Ben Haddou. This activity enhances the youth awareness and helps promote a cleaner and healthier environment.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The new sign

    • The new sign

    • Artisans; Volunteers

    • PCVs Sharon Keld and Brian Kremer present a sign to the Azrou rug cooperative president, Azrou, Morocco. Also in the picture is a metal artisan at the Azrou Ensemble Artisanal.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The meeting

    • The meeting

    • Counterparts; Volunteers; Business Development

    • Khadija, treasurer of the Ain Leuh cooperative in Morocco, with PCV Sharon Keld. October 2008
    • Volunteer Photos

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