SOCIO-EDUCATIONAL COMPLEX IN TIOUADOU, ANTI ATLAS

Promoter: Association Tiouadou pour le Développement Type of activity: education, culture

The project, started by the Association Tiouadou pour le Développement (Tiouadou Association for the Development), aims to build a Socio-Educational Complex in Tiouadou, a public area with an offer of cultural and recreational services, managed by a village committee and accessible from both Tiouadou and surrounding villages inhabitants.

In the beginning it was thought as an integration of the twinning project between the primary school and the music school IlClassico - Musica & Arte in Milano; afterwards, thanks to the meeting with Valeria, a volunteer from the Italian association CO.P.E. (CO-operation for Emerging Countries), it became an autonomous project.

CO.P.E. is an organism for international volunteership, born in 1983; the main objectives are: ¾ to organize action programs and technical co-operation in favour of the communities in emerging Counties, through the education of the volunteers, who will give their service with the engagement to favorize an integral human growth ¾ to promote the selection and the education of the volunteers who wil be sent in the emerging Countries to put their professional and human skills on the selected project for a defined amount of time ¾ to stimulate public thought to the problems related to peoples development. In full respect of local laws, culture and tradition and in partnership with local entities, the association promotes and manage projects in the fields of health, agriculture, social to favorize the self- development of local people; it acts in Angola, Tanzania, Tunisia and Peru.

PROJECT SYNTHETIC SHEET promoter Association Tiouadou pour le développement type of project socio-educational complex construction where village of Tiouadou - municipality of - province total surface 1200 m2 built surface 200 m2 approx budget 500.000,00 MAD

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FOUNDINGS

The Association Tiouadou pour le Développement guarantees to cover at least the 10% of the total costs, beside putting his land at disposal. Some funds were moved from the twinning project with IlClassico - Musica & Arte in Milano. Other funds were already collected thanks to some YALLAZ responsible tours. The association required the intervention of a Moroccan institutional board, the INDH (Initiative Nationale pour le Développement Humain), but they refused the first call since it was not respecting the general criteria: maximum founding 25.000 euro, covered by INDH in the amount of maximum 70%. The new project, such to match the criteria, is under study. A part of the funding might also come from the participation of Italian volunteers to a work camp organised by CO.P.E.: the amount of this part depends on the number of volunteers.

COMPLEX DESCRIPTION

The aim of this complex is to provide a proper socio-cultural offer - the only one in the region - to Tiouadou village and surrounding villages inhabitants. The area designated for hosting the Complex is owned by the local association; it is in the village, not just in the middle close to the school and the mosque, facing the new paved road to Tazounte.

complex map

The extension of the available land is 60mt x 20mt, and it will be shared into three parts, respectively dedicated to the women, to children’s plays, and to the building hosting a cyber room, the library, offices, a nursery class (being presently inside the primary school) and other areas devoted to some women activities. The complex will be surrounded by a short wall topped with an iron fence and a watering system will be provided in order to create a garden inside. Moreover, a stair will lead to the terrace, and the terrace itself may be used for a cafe, a restaurant, or other income-generating activities.

The building technique is not yet defined, but it may be either the traditional pisè (eventually enriched with a shell to make it more resistant), or the concrete.

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In order to enrich the cultural offer, in the future also an audioteque and a videoteque will be built, and some cultural activities may be organised, as movies projections with a debate, and workshops. The cyber room of the Complex will be the first in Tiouadou (presently if you need a connection stabler than the usb key you main facade need to go to Souk Afella-Ighir).

In the building project some rooms are free: they will be used as offices (of both the local association and the committee managing the Complex) and some of them may host other

various activities, as female labs for the brodery, expo room for the local crasftmanship works, and so on. back facade, from the play ground As for the management of the Complex, once completed the construction works, the local association will be charged of the startup phase (payment of the salary of a responsible) but in the future a village committee will be constituted - mainly of women - who will manage the Complex and start some income- generating activities, in order to let the Complex be self- left facade sufficient.

WORK CAMP

Under evaluation is the project of a WORK CAMP for Italian right facade young people, organized by CO.P.E.

A group of 10-20 Italian volunteers might animated the work camp, assisted by a CO.P.E. coordinator; some local volunteers are also wished.

HOW TO HELP

overall view from the main facade The best way to show appreciation and support for those berbers is to go and visit them while travelling in near the - Anti Atlas region. It is not necessary to plan your trip in advance; you can take your time and you don’t need to know either your stay is of one day or of one week.

If you wish to participate as a volunteer for a work camp with the aim of building the complex, pls contact CO.P.E. Moreover we are still collecting books (in French, Arabo or overall view from the back

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Tamazight), video and audio cds for the library, and working laptops for the cyber room. If you wish to donate, pls contact Monica([email protected]).

overall view from the back

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map of the building inside the complex

HOW TO GET THERE

By car: • from Marrakech direction Essaouira (the way crosses the Gare du Train in Marrakech) up to Chichaoua, and from here on the left to 273 km, heavy traffic and mountain road, around 4h • from Agadir direction -Ait Melloul- to reach Tafraout 130 km, mountain road, around 3h • from Agadir direction Inezgane-Ait Melloul-Ait Baha to reach Tafraout from Tafraout to Tiouadou: paved road till to Tiouadou 47 km, around 1h30’

NOTE: coming from Tiznit, you can live the main road at Izerbi taking the paved road that directly lead to Souk el Hadd Issi

By public transports: • from the Gare Routiere of Marrakech Bab Doukkala by bus to Inezgane (or to Agadir, and public taxi from Agadir to Inezgane, 6dh 30min): several buses all day long around 70dh, around 5h, meal stop

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• from Inezgane to Tiznit by shared taxi cost 23dh, around 1h • from the Gare Routiere of Marrakech Bab Doukkala by bus to Inezgane (or to Agadir, and public taxi from Agadir to Inezgane, 6dh 30min): several buses all day long around 70dh, around 5h, meal stop • from Tiznit to Tafraout by either bus or shared taxi (taxi is advisable, since buses are pretty rare, slower and the Gare Routiere in Tiznit is on the opposite with respect to the taxi parking) cost around 60dh, around 4h (bus), 3h (taxi), meal stop if by bus • from Tafraout to Tiouadou by public minibus or on foot 47 km, 18dh and 3h by minibus, 2 days on foot

THE CONTACTS

Monica Lobetti-Bodoni CO.P.E.

gsm +212 672 642673 (Morocco) email [email protected], gsm +39 349 5530219 (Italy) [email protected] landline +212 524 391657 (Morocco) email [email protected] web sites www.djemme.com, www.yallaz.net

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