This weekend the local youth volunteer put together a winter camp for middle school youth from the surrounding area. 6-8 cities were represented with the kids traveling from their home villages, some more than 2 hours away, with their local PC volunteer. For some of the kids it will be the only time they leave their village the entire year. The program is a one day 9:00 AM- 5:00 PM event including informative classes, games, singing, music, lunch and an award presentation. Four stations worked by a PCV and Moroccan counterpart discussed Seed Planting, Health (tooth brushing, hygiene), Art from trash and exercise.
My booth was the seed planting where two local farmers discussed sun, water, the sprouting and growing process, environmental concerns and why we should protect the environment. The response was actually great and the kids were interested, did not fall asleep or shoot us with spitballs, and ask questions. They used old yogurt cups to plant seeds for home.
Lunch was chicken BBQ Morocco style. Grilled brochettes with vegetables. I spent two hours cutting pieces of chicken for the skewers. Unfortunately it took 10 times longer than it should because the butcher we got the chickens from, who was suppose to provide us chicken pieces, chopped the chicken into pieces including the bones. A leg and thigh was cleavered into three pieces each, the breast was cleavered into 4-5 pieces. This made it impossible to remove the chicken from the bone then dice the chicken. The bones were shattered into the meat. 80% rule applies again. lol. Inshallah. Many PCVs helped with the skewer process while the Moroccan crew grilled the meet.
Over 60 participants came not including 11 PCVs and about 15 Moroccan adults. That meant a lot of cooking. The meal was great and included, a chicken brochette hogie, oranges and cookies. No food fight erupted which made cleanup a lot easier. Thank God for that.
At the end there was an awards presentation where each participant got a certificate, toothbrush, toothpaste and a bar of soap. A lot of smiles were evident and the event was considered a great success. A long day but a great event.
Some of the kids got an extra prize for their trash art. I liked the pool table.
Nexy Blog-Azrou for PPST. Everything in the Peace Corps uses initials. I know about 10% of them.
Talk to you soon. :)
My booth was the seed planting where two local farmers discussed sun, water, the sprouting and growing process, environmental concerns and why we should protect the environment. The response was actually great and the kids were interested, did not fall asleep or shoot us with spitballs, and ask questions. They used old yogurt cups to plant seeds for home.
Over 60 participants came not including 11 PCVs and about 15 Moroccan adults. That meant a lot of cooking. The meal was great and included, a chicken brochette hogie, oranges and cookies. No food fight erupted which made cleanup a lot easier. Thank God for that.
At the end there was an awards presentation where each participant got a certificate, toothbrush, toothpaste and a bar of soap. A lot of smiles were evident and the event was considered a great success. A long day but a great event.
Nexy Blog-Azrou for PPST. Everything in the Peace Corps uses initials. I know about 10% of them.
Talk to you soon. :)
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