International Camp Brings Together 40 Volunteers for Peace

22 April 2013
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More than 40 young volunteers gathered in the Moroccan cities of Beni Mellal, Fkih Ben Saleh and Ouzoud from April 7 through 18, 2013 to plant trees and take part in an event that members of the Salam Shabab Cooperation Circle called an “International Cross-Fertilization of Culture.”

Thanks in part to a seed grant from the Environmental Satellite CC, participants in the “international work camp” planted more than 100 olive trees – symbols of a youth-led peacebuilding movement -- in the three cities.  Young people from Algeria, France, Libya, Morocco, Spain and Tunisia took part in the event.

Salam Shabab hopes to lead a second “work camp” project from April 26 through 28 as part of a Global Youth Service Day.  For more information about the Cooperation Circle, visit the Salam Shabab blog