So, yesterday we visited a boarding school for girls from rural areas that don't get the opportunity to go to school because there aren't any near where they live. It was started by an amazing woman named Turia. She decided that girls should get the opportunity to be educated and therefore talked to the governor of Merikesh. She then (I don't quite remember how) got the prince of Saudi Arabia to give her a couple hundred thousand dollars and she build an amazing boarding school. They currently have 109 girls living there aged between 11 and 18. It is just amazing! I couldn't believe that this women could have created such an amazing place that impacts SO many people.
Today, we visited Turia's gorgeous house out in the country and she fed us the most amazing meal I have had yet on this trip! She was so welcoming and awesome.
That is pretty much all I have been up to lately. Tomorrow, we are heading to Rabat and then on to Casablanca! I am really excited because our program changed a little bit so we are now spending a night in Madrid after Casa. I am so excited to be in Spain!! If only for a night. It will SO be worth it!
I hope all is well back home!
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