High Atlas Community Service

Asdaghs Community Service By Lamia Bouziane

In Asdaghs

students worked with the village association and three families to plant 120 new cherry trees.

Through this old village, the highest in the Atlas mountains, students walked to different plots of land to plant trees.

Carrying shovels and pickaxes students made it through the village on a foggy day.

People in the village warmly welcomed us as visitors.

Locals watched us planting trees.

Professionals in rural development, anthropology, environment, and medicinal plants, helped guide the tree planting process.

The local people worked as our partners in the process.

Through the course of the day students helped dig108 holes for the new trees.

The holes were about 3 feet deep.

The boy is holding the new cherry trees to be planted.

These trees were planted 2 years ago. We hope that our trees look like this in 2 years.

This was our host in Asdaghs. He was showing us a local primary school (newly constructed and behind him) the highest in the Atlas Mountains.

This is the son of our host working.

This is a picture of the host mom.

by globallearning on Oct 20, 2007

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