Camp Azrou

The past two weeks I have been very busy with spring camp and then a weekend trip. I will cover both here in back to back entries.

First spring camp:




For Moroccan Spring break the Ministry of Youth and Sport (the ministry that oversees all the youth centers in Morocco) runs about a dozen English camps all over Morocco. I was all set to coordinate a small camp in Mischlefin, a nearby ski station (that's right there is a ski station nearby it's that cold here), but because of snow covered road and a lack of funds the camp was relocated to Azrou and combined with the camp already scheduled there. Despite the change, which caused some over crowding, camp ended up going really. Most of the kids did not speak much English, but everyone learned something and everyone had a lot of fun.

I know for sure that the kids had a terrific week, because on the last night of camp after the talent show, almost all the campers, boys and girls, burst into tears. I knew the kids had a good time and would be sad to leave but I was not expecting the out pouring of emotion that ensued. A few girls were even passing out from their emotions, though I don't know how authentic this was since they were all fully recovered within a few minutes.

Camp was a busy and fun week. I got to hang out with a lot of Moroccan kids and work with several other great Peace Corps volunteers.