Morocco

It is not a matter of where, but of when. The passion I have to travel, to serve, to experience the world isn’t going to stop, it will continue. Travelling to Morocco this summer will be a building block for what I am going to do for the rest of my life. The answer I have consistently given to people when they ask me what I want to do with my life is: travel. I don’t know how, or where, or with who, but I know I will. I want to go to every country, experience every culture, teach and be taught, meet faces that I will treasure forever, and say “I love you” in countless languages to countless people across the world.

Hi, my name is Sarah Cotton I am 16 years old and I go to Battle Mountain High School in Vail, Colorado. In the summer of 2016 I will be travelling to Morocco on a service trip with Children’s Global Alliance, a 501(C) non-profit program based in the valley. The organization was created in 2010 to fill the void of large-scale volunteer experiences for teenagers, like me. The objective of CGA is to offer service-learning opportunities for students from the United States in some of the world's most poverty stricken countries.  In Morocco my team and I will be working at the Abde Salan Middle School which houses 520 students from grades 7-9. This school struggles with a high dropout rate, a mandated curriculum that the teachers don’t believe in, and not enough staff to cover the basic needs of the school. We will be developing the schools very first ESL program from the ground up, teaching daily, and visiting the homes of the students and teachers.

I want more. More of those people, those moments, that love. I want to come back with more memories, more stories to tell, more people in my heart. I miss their faces, their laughs, their hugs, their wide smiles, and open hearts. It’s for them, I do this for them.