By Yossef Ben-Meir, Marrakech, Morocco
I do not know if it is a rule or commonplace as to whether a small act in the area of social development can launch thousands, even countless, small and large acts of sustainable change and growth. In Morocco, there may have been such a relatively modest action taken 32 years ago although at the time, without the pattern in history to gauge its significance, it seemed as big or grand as any good action. What came of it, with a ripple effect for me and for the people in the region—marked by a no-longer-needed, still-standing signpost, now rusted over—was a guide and inspiration in conjunction with encouraging national policies from which we can trace the ensuing decades of community-determined projects.
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The sign in Aroumd village on the way to Mount Toubkal. The community’s cemetery is now fenced, no longer relying on the sign to redirect trekkers.