This week was good; there is another volunteer at my
organization now. She is getting maters is HIV program design and is fluent in French,
so having her here has been helpful. At work we have been going out around
Rabat and talking with Migrants about HIV prevention. Additionally we have been running statistics
on the migrants who come into the office. We have been trying to figure out the
average age of the migrants, their gender, what services or products they want
to help the organization tailor their campaigns to the needs of the community.
This week was also fun because I got to travel around
Morocco. It was my first time traveling outside of Rabat (expect trying to get
from the Casablanca airport to Rabat). We went to Casablanca, saw the beautiful
Hassan II Mosque and ate at Ricks Café (which is based off the Café in the
movie Casablanca).
We also went to Fes. Fes was great! We had an amazing tour
guide so we got to see the tanneries, traditional Moroccan carpet weaving, silk
weaving, women making oils and spices.
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| A woman making the famous Moroccan hair oils |
Alyssa,
ReplyDeleteThat's really great that another volunteer has joined your efforts. It's even better that she is fluent in French- very helpful! When you go around the community are you easily "accepted" by who you are speaking with? Have you run into any problems?
A few interns have posted about Rick's cafe. I'm not familiar with the movie, so I looked it up online. That's awesome! Fes looks very interesting. I heard it smells bad at the tanneries. Do the oils smell good?
Looking forward to your next post. Don't forget to include some pictures of you at work (if possible!).
Best,
Tammy