El Hajeb is a town situated in the middle Atlas at 25 kms to the southeast of Meknès. It is famous for the snowfall during winter and mild temperatures in summer. The middle Atlas big summits: Michlifen, Hibri and Habri are at height of 2000m. The area is also covered with tremendous forests. It’s known by its panoramic natural views and authentic monuments: “Ksour Ifkern” at 1700m high.
Work:
Chantiers jeunesse Maroc is organizing a workcamp with the collaboration of the Education ministry. The work consists of gardening and painting in the high school in El Hajeb town. The duration of work is 5 hours a day.
This project will give you an interesting opportunity to discover cultural reality and habits of the local population.
Accommodation:
Volunteers will be lodged in Ibn El Khatib high school. Meals will be prepared by the volunteers.
Leisure activities:
Volunteers will have to setup their own programme of leisure activities. There will be some tips to help you setup this programme. Volunteers have the choice of hiking in the mountains of the Atlas (Ifrane, Azrou, Immouzer, Michlifen, Habry and Hibry); Meknès: Bab Mansour, Saarij Guanaoua, Volubilis (Roman cite very close to Meknès).
Requirements:
Please bring working clothes, a sleeping bag, and anything which could contribute to the good progress of the workcamp (game sets, musical instruments, cooking recipe, etc….).
Meeting point:
The campleader will wait for you in El Hajeb coach station.
« We did a lot of conservation work, building hiking paths, tidying up wooded areas, removing weeds, planting trees, etc. The work was extremely successful and I found it very rewarding. »
