What we've been up to...
Hello from the Todra Gorge!
We apologize for our limited internet and communcation access these past couple weeks, but you'll be happy to hear we have been keeping busy exploring new (and sometimes remote) regions, meeting interesting people, participating in rewarding service work and learning artisanal crafts! Below are only a few of the many photos of amazing things we've been experiencing:
Hiking in the High Atlas mountains.
After making it through rain and hail to the Toubkal Mountain Refuge, the girls headed straight to their sleeping bags to warm up!
We planted and transplanted aromatic plants and trees at Dar Taliba in Ourika Valley. This is a beautiful boarding school for girls who live too far away to attend traditional middle school.
Playing basketball with the girls at Dar Taliba. Lexi's team rejoices after a great shot.
Katie G poses for a photo with her teammates.
The students all got a hands-on weaving lesson by the women of l'Association Menhal in a village outside of Tinerhir. They each got to take home the mini carpet they made!
We played games and sang songs with the youth sector of l'Association Menhal. In one game, Katie G (pictured) and Lexi had to step over and under ropes while blindfolded.
In the Todra Gorge the students had a Safran painting tutorial by Ibrahim (see Katie G's post).
