Travels With Cara

VSN Training

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February 26th 2006
The reason I got to travel over to this other side of the Atlas is for a weekend workshop to train me as a VSN counselor. The Volunteer Support Network is a group of PCVs who are trained to counsel our peers. We are not professionals (three days of training cannot work miracles) but when we are out in our sites it is sometimes not very feasible to go to get professional counseling in Rabat. Peace ... read more

Africa » Morocco » Meknès-Tafilalet » Tinjdad

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In 788, about a century after the Arab conquest of North Africa, successive Moorish dynasties began to rule in Morocco. In the 16th century, the Sa'adi monarchy, particularly under Ahmad AL-MANSUR (1578-1603), repelled foreign invaders and inaugurate... ... read more