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Four kilometers from my town is this lone house. It sits above a floodplain, and for a very specific reason: whoever lives there is responsible for alerting my city (and, by extension, the communes inside of it and the duwars and qsars inside of them) that the floods have arrived. The man living here now was elected by the community, and the job rotates throughout the different tribes in the community. Though he is not a government employee officially, he does receive payment via a mutually-agreed-upon tax system that also ensures every household with fields has equal access to the irrigation canals. It is an elaborate and unique system that doesn't scream for attention, but it's a critical one. I plan to learn more about it in the upcoming years. #pcmorocco #peacecorps #errachidia #canals #irrigation #flood #commune #staj98

Peace Corps Trainee --> ☆☆Peace Corps Volunteer☆☆ Huge thanks to everyone who was part of the process: friends, trainers, staff, host families, and community members. #pcmorocco #peacecorps #staj98 #pcv (at Meknes, Morocco)

7shuma: shame I got sick over the weekend so I've been burping real nasty burps all day. I won today's 7shuma! #pcmorocco #peacecorps #staj98 #shame

River, palm trees, AND mountains??? I finally know where I will be working for two years! And I'm already in love. For security reasons, I won't post the name of my site on social media. It's a mid-size town of 20,000 in central eastern Morocco, only about 50 miles from the Algerian border. I will also work in a few of the outlying duwars (sparse neighborhoods along a main road). I have a pseudo site mate who will live an hour's bike ride from me. She will focus on her duwar community much like I will on mine, but we will share work in the town. This week is just a preview of my site. I will return in December after I finish training in Tiflet. #pcmorocco #staj98 #peacecorps #morocco #atlasmountains #Sahara #oasis

My community-based training (CBT) group, our language teacher & friend Majid, and how we learn about body parts. More about language training here - http://wp.me/p7qzhO-fB #darija #pcmorocco #peacecorps #arabic #staj98 (at تيفلت Tiflet)