Hearing Moroccans live their lives for a month provided me a window both into their culture and into my distance from it.

- Caroline Parke '11

Name: Caroline Parke

Class: 2011

Time Period When Grant was Used:
Summer 2009

Where you Went:
Morocco!

Type of Experience (organized program, internship, independent travel, etc):
Volunteering with Cross Cultural Solutions

Specific information about your experience (DO NOT leave this blank. We need this information so that your opportunity will be available to other students):

Name of program or organization:
Cross Cultural Solutions

 Contact Name(s) and Title(s): Sharon N'Diaye Senior Program Manager--Russia, Morocco, and Tanzania Specialist

Contact Address: Cross Cultural Solutions, 2 Clinton Place, New Rochelle, NY, 10801, USA

Contact Phone Number: 1-914-632-0022

Contact FAX: 1-914-632-8994

Contact e-mail address: sharon@crossculturalsolutions.org

Are there any prerequisites or special requirements?:
No

Brief description of project, including any changes from the original plans described in your application:
I worked in a Women's Center in Rabat, Morocco, for a month teaching English in French to small groups. On the weekends I travelled all around the country of Morocco.

Ways in which you have shared and plan to share what you learned from your project with others at Davidson and beyond:
Writing, Photos. Word of mouth.

Short evaluation of your experience and whether you would recommend it to another student: 
I would highly recommend it.

Caroline's Reflective Essay