address and itinerary

march 4: Philadelphia, PA
march 7: Rabat, Morocco
march 10/11: Azilal, Morocco

email me at: t3rryruth@yahoo.com

or write me (for the next few months) at:

Terry Callan, PCT
s/c Corps de la Paix
2, rue Abou Marouane Essaadi
Agdal, Rabat 101000, MOROCCO

unfortunately, no packages can be sent to this address (not that you were going to anyway), once i have a permanent address, i will be able to receive packages.

azilal, morocco

my future training site.
i will be living with a host family in azilal, morocco for the first three months for training. here are some pictures from the area (taken from trekearth)

peace corps in morocco

t-minus 10 days.

peace corps in morocco:

Morocco was among the first countries to invite the Peace Corps to assist in its development and manpower needs. A group of 53 surveyors, English teachers and irrigation foremen first arrived in Morocco in 1963 at the invitation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 1963 to today, nearly 4,000 Volunteers have served the Kingdom of Morocco in more sites, sectors, and projects than can be accurately reported, but which have included such endeavors as lab technology, urban development, commercial development, education of the blind and deaf, rural water supply, small business development, beekeeping, and English training. Currently, Volunteers serve in the following sectors: Environment, Health, Small Business Development, and Youth Development.

overview of program - hygiene and santitaion:

In collaboration with the Ministry of Health, the Health sector addresses community health problems such as adverse living conditions associated with poor water quality and inadequate sanitation facilities. In order to do so, Volunteers are assigned to small communities and villages where they work to:

* Increase safe water supplies, and community access to health facilities and services

* Promote hygiene and sanitation practices

Hygiene education is a major component of their activities. Volunteers participate in the implementation of the national campaigns (vaccination, family planning, diarrhea, trachoma), develop hygiene awareness campaigns, and construct water supply systems and sanitation facilities for elementary schools.

Volunteers and their Moroccan counterparts develop informal health and hygiene lessons for their communities, as well as activities for school-age children outside of school hours. Efforts in pit latrine construction, water sources improvement and other community-based projects have produced considerable results, including skill transfer to local leaders in project design, management, and funding.