About Us
Volunteering with nomadic families in Morocco offers a unique cultural and personal experience. Participants live and work alongside Amazigh nomads from the Ait Atta tribes, learning about their traditions, daily life, and deep connection with nature while contributing positively to their community.
The nomads spend winter months in the Jbel Saghro mountains in southeast Morocco and migrate during summer to the High Atlas Mountains, particularly the Ait Bouguemez Valley. Volunteers follow this seasonal movement and experience life in remote mountain landscapes.
Daily life with the nomads centers around caring for animals such as goats, camels, donkeys, and chickens. Volunteers may help with grazing, feeding, watering, and milking animals, preparing food, collecting firewood, and carrying water. In the dry Jbel Saghro region, water is especially valuable, teaching the importance of sustainability and simple living.
Living with a nomad family also allows volunteers to experience breathtaking sunsets, starry nights, and the beauty of the Atlas Mountains. It is an opportunity to disconnect from modern routines and appreciate nature and community life.
Another important part of the project is teaching English, French, or Spanish to nomad children. Many families value education, and volunteers can support children’s learning while building strong relationships with the community.
No previous experience is required, as guidance and support are provided throughout the program. This experience is ideal for people interested in cultural exchange, nature, and meaningful community engagement. While the nomadic lifestyle can be challenging, it can also be deeply inspiring and life-changing.
Program at a glance
Why choose us?
Our volunteer trip in Morocco is a sustainable cultural experience focused on living and working with nomadic families while learning about their traditional lifestyle. The project supports Amazigh nomads whose centuries-old way of life is threatened by drought, limited resources, and declining productivity, forcing many families to move to cities for work.
Volunteers help support these communities through daily activities and cultural exchange. By living alongside nomads, participants gain a deeper understanding of their challenges and traditions while contributing positively to their lives. Tasks may include helping with animals, camp responsibilities, education, and environmentally sustainable practices.
This experience also creates meaningful connections between cultures, encouraging mutual learning, respect, and community support. It is an opportunity to explore nature, experience authentic nomadic life, and take part in preserving a unique cultural heritage.
Requirements
Less than 70 years old, healthy and ready for adventure. The nomad lifestyle is a hard lifestyle that takes place in the wild of the Atlas mountains. This is not a volunteer experience for everyone. But if you love culture exchange, you love nature and mountains, and you love to be around people with lots of goats, camels, and donkeys, this can be your lifestyle experience.
You don’t need any experience for this project. We provide you with full assistance during your volunteer work. If you are willing to help and learn this can be an inspiring trip that will teach you a lot.
The Amazigh Nomad family would appreciate your help at any time, especially during winter when they send their kids to school.
Volunteer experience
The majority of the time, nomads get up early. You can immediately start the nomad’s daily routine after helping to prepare and eat breakfast with the nomad family.
Your first step might be to examine and milk the goats that need to be milked. Separate the young goats from the herd (if the babies are still small, they remain at the camp). Later on, you can spend the entire day helping the goats graze, or you can load the donkeys and head for the water or firewood and then return to the camp. In the afternoon, you can spend time reading or relaxing at the camp.
As night falls, goats would return to the camp. It’s time also to make dinner, milk the goats, and spend time with your nomad family by the fire. We encourage you to get the kids together (since they would be around if it is a holiday) and spend some time teaching them, along with learning a few Amazigh words.
30€ per day.
We offer a tent for your stay.
Like anywhere among the remote areas in Morocco, Moroccan food consists of Tangin, Couscous, beans, lentils, vegetables, seasonal fruit, omelet, Soup, and meat. As a volunteer in Morocco, we would be happy to provide you with some additional food that you can cook or some food that you may not find within the family, such as spaghetti, tona, and cheese.
Travelers may have as long as they want of the free time.
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