Experience berber life in a traditional nomad house in a gorgeous oasis, Sahara desert, Tagounite, Morocco

Infos

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  Description

  Hi there,
  
  We are Lehcen and Hassan. We grew up in a little traditional village 11 km from tagounite. We lived with our family here. Unfortunatly our family moved to tagounite because of the waterproblem. But we love it here so much, we came back 4 years ago to live here. So we are looking for people who want to help us build the house. We live in a traditional house (Kasbah), it has bedrooms, living room, kitchen, toilet, garden and enough space to relax.
  Now we need help with making bricks, carry stones, building a new kitchen, fixing walls, carry sand for the bricks, carrying water, help with cleaning dishes toilet and the house, give water to the plants and animals, picking dades one time in the year.
  We have chickens, dogs, a cat and goats.
  We cook traditional Berber food and all eat together 3 times a day.
  If you want we can teach you.
  We also have a nomad oven and sometimes we make fresh bread.
  We have wifi. (there is a fee).
  
  We ask 5 euro (55 dirham) per day per person for the food.
  
  There is enough to do here like visiting tagounite, the market, desert, walking to the mountains, go to weddings, sand snowboarding, meet my family and friends.
  
  We work max 3 hours a day, max 5 days a week, usually after breakfast, after that you are free.
  
  You have a lot of free time every day.
  Bring things (books, games, walking shoes, knit utensils 😊) to entertain yourself with.
  
  Bring clothes that can get dirty, flip flops, washing powder to wash your cloths (you can buy it in Tagounite), a hat against the sun in the summer (march till november), warm clothes in the winter months, sunscreen, anti mosquito spray (you can buy it in Tagounite)
  
  We have one man staying with us, he helps with everything also the work and cooking, so you will also be working with him.
  
  There are wild dogs everywhere in Morocco. Some of them are dangerous. We advice you not to go for a walk alone and if you do, stay on the path and bring a strong stick with you. We advise everybody to go walking with others.
  
  Warning:
  Watch out everywhere in Morocco for black magic and love scams.
  Black magic: It happens a lot. Never eat anything just made for you. Only eat and drink shared tea and food. They can also do black magic when they know your full name and have a photo of you.
  Love scams: They hunt for western partners to give them money or get them to the West through marriage.
  
  You can get here with ctm or supratours buses from any big city.
  From Marrakech every day a CTM bus departes at 11.15 AM, arrival 9 PM in Tagounite.
  We pick you up from the bus station in Tagounite.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Compagnie pour pers. âgée

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  S’occuper des animaux

  Aide dans une ferme

  Cuisine/repas pour la famille

  Aide à la maison

  Entretien général
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  You will meet my family and friends. You learn to cook berber food. I teach you how to renovate rooms, make bricks.

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  Aide

  Making new kitchen, making bricks, renovate rooms, fixing walls, carry sand, carry water, clean house, clean dishes, cooking, give water to the animals.

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Arabe: Courant
  Berber: Courant
  Français: Courant
  Anglais: Intermédiaire

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  I would like to learn English and I can teach you Arabic and Berber
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  Hébergement

  Nice big traditional nomad house. Beautifull environment in a gorgeous oasis. In a little remote very calm nomad village. Bedrooms. Enough space to relax. Toilet

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  Autres infos...

  You can visit the desert. Visit Zagora and Tagounite. There is a big market In Tagounite every Thursday in the morning. You can go swimming. I go to tagounite a lot so you can join me for shopping. Nice walks. Visit the mountain close to the kasbah.
  
  Warning:
  Watch out everywhere in Morocco for black magic and love scams.
  Black magic: It happens a lot. Never eat anything just made for you. Only eat and drink shared tea and food. They can also do black magic when they know your full name and have a photo of you.
  Love scams: They hunt for western partners to give them money or get them to the West through marriage.

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  Informations complémentaires

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    Accès Internet

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    Accès Internet limité

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    Nous avons des animaux

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    Nous sommes fumeurs

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    Familles bienvenues

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  Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

  Cet hôte a indiqué qu’il aimait accueillir les digital nomads.

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  there is enough space for campervans

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  Possibilité d'accueillir les animaux

  Yes

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Plus de 2

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  Nombre d'heures attendues

  Maximum 3 hours a day, 5 days a week

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  Cet hôte fait payer des frais

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  Dans les pays en voie de développement (où la plupart des hôtes sont engagés dans des associations caritatives ou des programmes de développement au service de la communauté locale), certains de nos hôtes peuvent demander aux workawayers de faire un petit don pour aider la famille d'accueil ou l’association (souvent moins de 5 dollars par jour). Workaway n'autorise cette demande de don que si le don va directement à la famille ou à l'association et s'il ne sert qu’à couvrir les frais de séjour des volontaires. (Les annonces où l’hôte demande des frais seront clairement identifiées dans la liste d'annonces).
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  5€ per day to help with food costs

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