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Welcome to our Mud house in Tagounite Morocco

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The experience

Marhaba to all! Our life is like A masterpiece of simplicity and expression, the clay buildings cleverly negotiates various pragmatic and emotive elements of the real desert experience. (The Berber’s) weren’t thinking about making something that looked a certain way, they were thinking, ‘Where is the sun, the wind? What is the structure’s purpose within its environment?’ That’s why their buildings have remained over time. Likewise, at Tagounite.

What you offer

25 hours of help per week

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

Kitchen Hand: Help prepare, finish and serve meals.

Building & Repairing: Help with a wide range of repairs or building.

Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens

Additional fee required

Amount: US$ 5 Per day

Fee pays for: Benefits for travelers

Description: We ask for 5€ for cover your daily food

What you get

2 days off per week

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.

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 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.

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.

Dance classes: Take free dance classes at our place.

Language lessons: Take free language classes at our place.

Holistic Therapies: You can take part in any of our therapeutic activities for free.

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

Certificate: Get a certificate of completion after you finish your experience.

Requirements

Fluent Arabic or Intermediate 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

Shared beliefs & core values
We believe that having strong values is very important as we want to
ensure everyone we welcome feels safe, happy and free to be
themselves.
We want to make sure that those values are respected by us and by
everyone in the house:
● Respect: we have no tolerance for any sort of disrespect towards
anyone and if anything happens, please report it to Mohamed.
● Open & clear communication: we want everyone to feel free talking
about anything. We know that with the language barrier, sometimes we
say and mean something, but the person we say it to understands
something else, that’s normal, be comfortable repeating it or say that you
didn’t understand :-).
● Positive vibe: we know life here is likely very different from what you
know and it can take some time to adjust. Feel free to have your own time
or talk to us or other volunteers if you need to.

Activities & Shift

Practical information
● Tagounite has one main street where you can find most shops.
● Tagounite has a few cafes that are very nice!
○ Cafe Belle-Ville: the owner is a friend, and his cafe has good wifi.
You can go and enjoy a fresh orange juice, a coffee or Moroccan tea
at the terrace!
○ Cafe La Gazelle: the owner is also a friend, so you can also go and
enjoy some nice drinks at the terrace.
● Tagounite souk is open on Thursdays and Sundays in the morning until
about 1pm.
● There is one hammam in Tagounite and others in its surroundings. In
Tagonite it is a really local hammam, great for the experience, but keep in
mind that it is basic with buckets of water and a really good scrub ;-).
● Mohamed can help organize desert excursions if you are interested, don’t
hesitate to talk to him about it!

Rules

House rules
Be prepared to forget about how you usually plan and organize your
days at home, because we do it very differently here!
A few things to keep in mind:
● Respect water: Water is a precious resource in the desert. Our farm requires a well for access to water, which is essential.
● No strict plan for the day: we are not used to doing to-do lists here of
what we want to do. We like to decide on the spot what we do during the
day but we are happy to plan ahead if you want to do something specific
:-).
● Work time: We are not strict about the total hours we want volunteers to