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Visiting My First Project
August 12 turned out to be an important day for this tour. After I woke up and
washed, I asked the rector if I could leave my gear in the room and see if Save the Children
Fund had a project in the town. He said that STC did not work in Agadir but offered to take
me to visit a crèche that was run by a Swiss organization called
Terre des Hommes
.
We went by car to the site and for the first time I saw children benefiting from a
western aid agency. Up until this point in the tour, the only children I saw where in various
NGOs' brochures. The children here were abandoned by their teenage mothers or by pros-
titutes. It was a joyous moment to see these bright-eyed kids running around playing…like
childrenshould.Itwasalsowonderfultoseeallthevolunteerswhofed,changedandwashed
them.
When I returned to the church, I was in a slight euphoric daze. As I did the Stations
of the Cross, I reflected on what I saw at the crèche and prayed for those who helped those
children. The door to the church swung open with light spilling in from the doorway. The
priest who greeted me from the day before (the non-globetrotting one) stared at me in si-
lence. I nodded slightly to acknowledge him and continued to pray. He then left me in si-
lence. The next morning the same priest happily greeted me at the breakfast table. After
sharing some bread together, he hopped on his mountain bike and escorted me to the proper
road for Laayoune. I hugged him and thanked him and his community for their hospitality.
Imade my way south as the temperature began to rise and stopped forlunch 15kilo-
metres from Tiznit. The road was very quiet and in excellent condition. I rested for an hour
and then made my way to Boutizakan in 42° Celsius (I knew this for I asked at my first
police checkpoint.) I climbed the mountain pass (1060m) of the Anti-Atlas Mountains and
came across another police checkpoint. The officers asked me for my passport, the reason
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