There was one 13-year-old boy who took a liking to us volunteers. I remember the first day sitting at a table and having him ask me questions that were being fed to him by another camper. His enthusiasm, friendliness and good attitude were a blessing. He could just go and go and go and nothing seemed to get him down.
Towards the end of camp he got this great idea that he should make a video of different campers, PCVs, and staff all speaking different languages and talking about their experience at camp. He worked with a PCV who did the recording to produce this little movie but it was his idea, he did all of the interviews, picked out the people to be interviewed and got the ball rolling himself. You don’t see motivation like that among youth here in general. He was an inspiration to all of us and gave us all hope that there are motivated, Moroccan, youth that can change the future of this country.
We hope that we had an equally positive impact on him and that he will start going to the Dar Chebab in his town, where there is a PCV that can maybe help cultivate his talent. He is certainly worth the time.
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