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Many Irish people have
travelled to Morocco in their own time and at their own expense to
help those resident in the country develop some exciting and
far-reaching projects in high mountain Berber villages. As
mentioned elsewhere, we are talking about remote and needy
villages where the only access is by driving on rough narrow dirt
tracks - often impassable in winter.
Perhaps
one of the most far-reaching projects (and yet to be fully
realised) is the building of a communal fuel-efficient bread oven.
Good on ecological grounds; good for reducing the wear & tear
on the women's knees as otherwise they would have to carry huge
loads of wood down to the villages from high forests ; more potential time for the women to be with
their families - and the bread that is baked in these ovens lasts
longer! All for €60 per oven.
Other projects have
included facilitating eye tests and glasses for school-children,
providing school supplies to children from needy families;
training some local men in basic emergency health care and
stocking First Aid cabinets in their villages. This is the first
time any medical supplies or "facility" has been
provided for
these villages.
Painting a local village
school with some murals on the walls has started many a
conversation!.....
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