In the first week of our stay in Surinam the Xplore participants followed a "training period" at the Kangoeroeschool in Paramaribo. During this training period the Xplorers were able to prepare themselves and try out methods and different approaches for the "Leri for Life" workshops Communication and Fundraising to be given in Kajapatie and Lespantie. The Kangoeroe school has also been the training centre for "Leri for Life". A couple of ladies working with "Leri for Life" have followed a training period regarding the parent/child activities at the Kangoeroeschool. In the inland of Surinam the Xplorers will work with the adults, at the Kangoeroe school they worked with the children of classes 2 and 3.

Tazoult a tiny village in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco situated near the southern town of Taznakt. Close in distance but miles away in accessibility. The town seems to be forgotten and cut of from the world.

Together with 9 other villages Tazoult is part of Edouarda Berber tribe. These towns share a common identity and have contact with each other but life is mostly limited to the towns themselves. For the Tazoulties everyday is survival, time seemed to have stopped here. After a great lobby effort made by the elders of the community Tazoult was hooked up to the National electricity network a year and a half ago. Electricity has made life easier and brought the outside world in. However for most Tazoulties the outside world is still far away.

Who doesn’t dream about a good and wealthy life with the possibility to support your family financially? To live in a country where you are able to find work, and where you can earn a lot. To live and work in Europe, America or Canada is the dream of many young Moroccans. Many have already applied for a visa or even tried to traverse the street of Gibraltar to Europe illegally. They know little about the chance to succeed and the life in Europe. It takes a lot of guts to return to your hometown after a failed emigration attempt.

“The people don’t ask me questions about my return. They prefer to fill in the blanks about my return for themselves. They don’t know the truth and most of them don't want to know, they make up their own version of my return.” Mohohammed is president of the organization ATED, (Amicale Tachraft pour l’Environnement et Développement) and ex-migrant. He experienced a clandestine migration to Europe, crossing the street of Gibraltar with a zodiac. Mohohammed lived in France for a while but got caught at the Belgium border. Now he is back in Zenaga, Figuig.

Nichane, TelQuel and Le Journal Hebdomadaire are the three Moroccan weeklies. Nichane is the only Arabic written weekly that targets the Arabophone population. As one of the few they try to address all the topics in the Moroccan society and dare to be critical about it.

There has been a lot of commotion about Nichane. After just two editions Prime Minister Driss Jetton has placed a ban on Nichane. They published jokes on religion, sex and politics, which according to Driss led to a national ‘crisis’. Closing down Nichane was the only way to calm down Morocco.