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Plant Peace, Not Just Trees, in the Sahara Wind

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The experience

Join us in Tagounite, on the edge of the Sahara, where nomadic traditions meet sustainable living. Help our local family protect the fragile desert ecosystem, support our animals, restore land, and preserve the Amazigh way of life.

This is a unique opportunity to live like a local, learn about traditional desert farming, and contribute to a community rooted in simplicity, peace, and purpose. Your hands, heart, and presence make a difference.

What you offer

20 hours of help per week

Painting & Decorating: Help with painting or decorating the property facilities.

Cleaning: Help clean the kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms and common areas.

Kitchen Hand: Help prepare, finish and serve meals.

Social Work: Help with volunteer work in local projects and communities.

Additional fee required

Amount: US$ 7 Per day

Fee pays for: Benefits for travelers, Materials for volunteer activities, and Donation to project

Description: We ask for a small €7/day contribution to help cover meals, water, Wi-Fi, and electricity. These essentials are limited in the desert, and your support helps keep the experience sustainable and comfortable for all. Thank you for being part of this journey.

What you get

2 days off per week

Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.

Shared Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.

Team Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other people.

Tent: You will sleep in a tent at a camping site.

Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.

Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.

Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.

Discounts on Restaurants: Get discounts at nearby restaurants.

Discounts on Tours: Get discounts for tours and excursions around town.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Free Tours: We’ll take you on tours and rides around town. For free!

Free Hiking Tours: We’ll take you on excursions and hikes around town. For free!

Get free drinks or beverages.: Drink up! Get free and tasty drinks for yourself.

Free Parties: Get free entrance for the best parties in town.

Free Events: Get free entrance for the best events in town.

Pub Crawls: Be a part of our pub crawls at local bars!

Bikes at your disposal: You can use our bikes any time you want.

Pick Up: We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.

Yoga classes: Take free yoga classes at our place.

Language lessons: Take free language classes at our place.

Permaculture Course: Take part in our Permaculture course for free.

Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.

Basic Internet Access: Basic speed internet for you to work remotely

Requirements

Fluent Arabic or Fluent English

Between 18 and 80 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

In the quiet edge of Tagounite, we live close to the earth and carry the stories of the desert in everything we do. This is more than volunteering—it’s a chance to reconnect with simplicity, purpose, and a way of life shaped by sand, stars, and tradition.

Join our family in preserving nomadic roots, sharing daily life, and building something real. Here, the journey is inward as much as outward.

Activities & Shift

At our kasbah in Tagounite, your days will move gently between hands-on tasks and soulful moments. You’ll explore the ancient kasbah, learning its stories and charm. You’ll visit real nomadic families, sharing tea and traditions, and gaining insight into a way of life shaped by the desert.

Evenings bring stargazing under a sky so vast it silences the mind. And through it all, you’ll experience the spirit of Wabi-Sabi—finding beauty in the ever-changing weather and the quiet imperfections of desert life.

We keep things flexible and natural. You’ll help around 3 hours per day, with plenty of time to rest, reflect, and be present.

Rules

In this space of discovery, there are no strict rules only the invitation to live freely and be fully yourself. Let your spirit wander, your curiosity guide you, and your creativity shape your experience.

The desert is your canvas. Paint it with kindness, awareness, and intention.

There’s just one rule here: respect all that surrounds you people, place, and self. The rest is yours to explore.