Rural Health Clinics, Village Improvement Projects
RURAL HEALTH CLINICS
Telilt Village, 2011
Riad Imsouane Health Clinic (6/2008)
Riad Imsouane Health Clinic (6/2008)
Pharmacy volunteers sort medicine during Telilt Health Clinic, 2011
Assaka School Health Clinic, VM volunteer gives eye exams (1/2009)
Assaka School Health Clinic, VM volunteer weighs Assaka student
(1/2009)
Assaka Health Clinic (1/2009)
Assaka Health Clinic (1/2009)
VOLUNTEER MOROCCO ARGAN ENTERPRISE/COOPERATIVE IN RIAD IMSOUANE
Argan fruit on argan tree
Traditional processing of argan nuts into argan oil
Volunteer Morocco Argan Enterprise/Cooperative in Riad Imsouane will generate income and:
1. Introduce existing technologies that increase processing efficiency of Argan Oil
2. Establish quality standards and standard packaging for Argan oil
3. Establish fair wage standards with a commitment to improving the financial and social status of Moroccan women in Riad Imsouane
4. Develop a distribution network to bring locally produced Argan oil to international markets and stable domestic markets.
5. Return profits to programs in the village that support the Volunteer Morocco mission of developing and encouraging economic self-sustainability in the rural village region of Riad Imsouane, with a particular emphasis on the empowerment of women.
WATER DELIVERY
Donated by Volunteer Morocco student volunteer, JULIA SECKER-WALKER, IN MEMORY OF HER GRANDFATHERS in collaboration with RIAD IMSOUANE ASSOICATION AND JAMAAT IMSOUANE. In total, 48 tons of water was distributed to three villages during the summer drought of 2008.
Water from the Resevoir, Prince Moulay Abdullah Damn
Village Eda Ouhowa, water delivery
Village Riad Imsouane, water delivery
Village Riad Imsouane, water delivery
Ighil Village, water delivery
Ighil Village, water delivery
TREE PLANTING PROJECT - RIAD IMSOUANE, ASSAKA VILLAGE
Volunteer Morocco has planted over 1000 trees in the Riad Imsouane area since 2007.
Tamint sits by his donated olive trees
Volunteer plants trees in Assaka ('08)
2007 distribution of 700 olive trees in Riad Imsouane (2007)
Riad Imsouane Association (2007)
Assaka student "Toufik" marks his tree to care for (2008)
VM volunteers and Assaka school students plant 200 trees (2008)
DRIP IRRIGATION PROJECT
During August 2008, Volunteer Morocco began a drip irrigation system project in Riade Imsouane, a rural Moroccan village 80 km north of Agadir.
The drip irrigation system was demonstrated by MIT graduate student Zahir Dossa, a PhD candidate in the MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning and Chris Hudgens, a recent graduate from Brown University.
Southern Morocco, like many other parts of Africa, is challenged by desertification and a semi-arid climate that limits crop production.
Volunteer Morocco has sponsored a community trial plot to determine the best small plot farming method for the region.
Riad Imsouane farmer uses drip irrigation system.
Riad Imsouane farmer uses drip irrigation system.
SCHOOL SUPPLY PROJECT - DONATE A LAPTOP PROGRAM
Volunteer Morocco has donated school supplies to over 1000 students in the Riad Imsouane and Assaka Village since 2007. Volunteer Morocco is also in the process of setting up a "Sister School" with Assaka school and a high school in the Boston area.
RURAL COMPUTER LITERACY LAPTOP PROGRAM
July 10, 2009. Rural Computer Literacy Program Launched! See Computer Literacy Program for details.
VM participant gives school supplies to Riad Imsouane student (2007)
School supplies awaiting distribution in Riad Imsouane (2007)
VM volunteers preparing school supplies for donation (2008)
VM volunteer hands out school supplies to Assaka school girls (2008)
Orphanage
VM volunteers in Hassan II orphanage
VM volunteers in Hassan II orphanage
