Community Finalizes Library Management Plan
The local association, Amezray SMNID and the owners of the igherm have reached the final stage of drafting the library’s management plan. Once this management plan is signed by both the association, the igherm owners, and project manager, Cloe Medina Erickson, the final stage of construction can begin. This spring the drafting of the management … Read more
Midwife Training Program Expands to Five Years with Ministry of Health Partnership
Genevieve Chabot of the Global Midwife Education Foundation spent four weeks with me in Morocco this spring kicking off the program. After many lengthy meetings with officials from the Ministry of Culture, local village leaders, and the women who will be trained, the program has been expanded from a one-year to a five-year program. The … Read more
Peaks Foundation partners with ACF.
In April, Peaks Foundation visited ACF in Zawiya Ahansal to discuss potential partnereship, see ACF work and discover the region where we work. After four days of visiting with locals, trekking to the villages that ACF supports and a lot of brainstorming a new partnership was formed. Peaks Foundation organizes global mountain challenges for women … Read more
2011 Field Work Begins
I arrived in Zawiya Ahansal, Morocco a few days ago to oversee the field work for the next three months. The first week or two in country is always busy with administration and paperwork. Yesterday we solidified an official partnership agreement between Atlas Cultural Foundation and the local association Amezray SMNID. Atlas Cultural Foundation is … Read more
ACF Founder Highlighted on Public Radio
ACF Founder and President Cloe Medina Erickson has been highlighted on Mountain West Voices, a public radio show that tells compelling human stories from the interior west of the United States and Canada. The show aired on Montana Public Radio, Wednesday, March 9 2011 at 8:25 p.m., MST and on Yellowstone Public Radio, Sunday, March 13 at … Read more
North African Scholar Speaks about Regional Turmoil March 3, 4.
Mustapha El Qadery, a renowned North African scholar, historian and anthropologist, will speak about the current political turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa on March 3 and 4 in Bozeman. On March 3, El Qadery will present “The Berlin Wall Falls in the Middle East and North Africa,” at Montana State University, 7:00 … Read more
Moroccan Ministry of Culture partnership approval!
I am very pleased to announce that the Moroccan Ministry of Culture has approved our partnership proposal. They have agreed to fund the restoration of a second igherm in the region (there are eight historic igherms). Work on this igherm will begin in April of 2011. The community is currently deciding on the best use … Read more
Project expands to include women’s and newborn health initiative.
Over the past six years I have had the opportunity to work intimately with locals on the Igherm Restoration Project in the remote region of Zawiya Ahansal, Morocco. We have successfully restored one of the region’s eight igherms (fortified granaries) and are in the initial phases of two more restorations through the generosity of American … Read more
Living the High Life
MSU grads use talents to help develop community in mountainous Morocco. “Just as Cloe Medina Erickson, ’00 M Arch,, has always known that it was her destiny to work in Morocco, Kris Erickson, ’97 Photo, has known that he was made to climb mountains. The two have found a way to combine their passions by … Read more
Exterior Renovation Completed!
I just returned from nearly four months working in the field. It was an extremely successful trip on numerous levels. We finished the exterior renovation of the igherm including the martoub (stucco finish), new roofs and reconstruction of the six original decorative towers. The local association Amezray SMNID has provided the project with potable water … Read more
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