Sharing the Joy of Art and Music in Morocco

<p> Chers amis!</p> <p> R&eacute;unies ce weekend &agrave; Amsterdam, nous avons fait une courte vid&eacute;o pour partager quelques moments de notre voyage au Maroc.</p> <p> Encore une fois, merci pour votre soutien!</p> <p> Noelle et Willemijn</p> <div class="embed"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" class="embedly-embed" frameborder="0" height="304" scrolling="no" src="//cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?src=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.vimeo.com%2Fvideo%2F98252460&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;src_secure=1&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fvimeo.com%2F98252460&amp;image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.vimeocdn.com%2Fvideo%2F478909566_960.jpg&amp;key=ff2702755d9749cda571c6d6c2f3eb46&amp;type=text%2Fhtml&amp;schema=vimeo" width="540"></iframe></div>

<p> (vendredi 14 f&eacute;vrier, 12h)</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Chers Kisskissbankers,</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Ce matin nous avons quitt&eacute; Paris sous la pluie et maintenant nous vous &eacute;crivons dans l&rsquo;avion o&ugrave; le soleil brille fort par la fen&ecirc;tre. Nous discutons les jours devant nous et les incertitudes qui nous attendent. Nous sommes tr&egrave;s enthousiastes et savons d&eacute;j&agrave; qu&rsquo;il y aura beaucoup d&rsquo;improvisation de notre part ces jours-ci.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> &Agrave; notre retour, nous aurons beaucoup d&rsquo;impressions de notre s&eacute;jour que peut-&ecirc;tre vous aimeriez entendre. Nous aimerions vous inviter &agrave; un ap&eacute;ro le jour apr&egrave;s notre retour. David et Sanan nous offrent gentiment une espace chez eux pour que nous puissions vous raconter nos exp&eacute;riences et vous donner un go&ucirc;t du Maroc. Ce sera l&rsquo;occasion d&rsquo;entendre nos exp&eacute;riences de premi&egrave;re main avant que Willemijn rentre &agrave; Amsterdam. Merci de nous pr&eacute;venir de votre pr&eacute;sence et nous vous enverrons le digicode!</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> samedi 1 mars, 19h</p> <p> 9 boulevard Richard-Lenoir<br /> 75011 Paris</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Noelle et Willemijn</p>

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<p> Only a few days left before we leave for Morocco! We are so thankful that you are backing this project. You are participating in a significant way!<br /> <br /> A few days ago we received our schedule from the local association. It will be a busy two weeks! Every day we will each teach four classes with 10-12 toddlers in each class, in eight different centers. So we will be working with hundreds of children during these two weeks! As you can imagine, there is much to prepare.<br /> <br /> Last week I (Willemijn) took some crash courses in working with this age group and got to visit and try out my class in a primary school in Amsterdam. It has been very inspiring and I have several ideas of how to help the kids create art pieces in a way that is related to my own visual work.<br /> <br /> Thanks to your generous donations, I (Noelle) was able to purchase some basic percussion instruments that are appropriate for this young age range. This will provide the children with a hands-on opportunity to learn and imitate rhythms and sounds, and to also have their first try at creating and improvising on their own! For many of these kids, this will be their first opportunity to hold and play a musical instrument.<br /> <br /> We will write again after we arrive in Casablanca on Friday. Thanks again for your support!</p>

<p> <span id="result_box" lang="fr"><span class="hps">Chers</span> <span class="hps">amis</span><span class="hps">,</span></span></p> <p> <br /> <span lang="fr">Gr&acirc;ce <span class="hps">&agrave;</span> <span class="hps">votre soutien, nous</span> <span class="hps">partons</span> <span class="hps">pour le Maroc</span> <span class="hps">dans deux semaines</span><span>!</span><span>!</span> <span class="hps">Nous attendons avec impatience</span><span>!</span> <span class="hps">Voici</span> <span class="hps">une mise &agrave; jour</span> <span class="hps">sur</span> <span class="hps">nos</span> <span class="hps">pr&eacute;parations</span><span>.</span></span></p> <p> <br /> <span lang="fr"><span class="hps">Nous</span> <span class="hps">sommes</span> <span class="hps">en train de finaliser</span> <span class="hps">notre programme</span> <span class="hps">avec l&#39;association locale</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">Ils</span> organisent <span class="hps">pour nous de</span> <span class="hps">travailler</span> <span class="hps">dans un centre</span> <span class="hps">diff&eacute;rent chaque jour</span> <span class="hps">avec des</span> <span class="hps">enfants</span></span><span lang="fr"><span class="hps"> diff&eacute;rents</span></span><span lang="fr"><span>.</span> <span class="hps">Nous</span> <span class="hps">enseignerons</span> <span class="hps">deux heures</span> <span class="hps">le matin</span> <span class="hps">et 2 heures</span> <span class="hps">l&#39;apr&egrave;s-midi</span><span>, en travaillant</span> <span class="hps">principalement</span> <span class="hps">avec</span> <span class="hps">de tr&egrave;s jeunes</span> <span class="hps">enfants,</span> <span class="hps">3-6 ans</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">C&#39;est un</span> <span class="hps">peu plus jeune que</span> <span class="hps">nous nous attendions</span> <span class="hps">donc il</span> <span class="hps">y a beaucoup &agrave; faire</span> <span class="hps">et &agrave; pr&eacute;parer.</span></span></p> <p> <br /> <span lang="fr"><span class="hps">Nous sommes &eacute;galement</span> <span class="hps">&agrave; la recherche de</span> <span class="hps">fa&ccedil;ons</span> <span class="hps">de rencontrer des</span> <span class="hps">artistes locaux</span> <span class="hps">dans les &eacute;coles</span> <span class="hps">d&#39;art et</span> les <span class="hps">conservatoires de musique</span><span>.</span> <span>Si</span> <span class="hps">vous avez des</span> <span class="hps">contacts</span> <span class="hps">&agrave; Casablanca</span> <span class="hps">avec qui</span> <span class="hps">nous devrions</span> faire connaissance<span class="hps">, faites nous savoir s&#39;il vous pla&icirc;t</span><span>!</span></span></p> <p> <br /> <span lang="fr"><span class="hps">Willemijn</span> <span class="hps">&amp;</span> <span class="hps">Noelle</span></span></p>

<p> Merci &agrave; tous! On vient d&#39;atteindre notre but!</p>

<p> <img alt="2014-01-14_11.25.22" src="https://kkbb-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/project_image/image/60555/2014-01-14_11.25.22.jpg" /></p> <p> Rendez-vous &agrave; Paris 60 heures avant que notre campagne se termine! 330&euro; encore &agrave; trouver, on est encourag&eacute;es!</p>

<p> Notre campagne termine jeudi soir! Nous sommes &agrave; 70% presque, alors il faut sprinter jusqu&#39;au bout!</p>

<p> We have reached the halfway point of our campaign, at 51% as of today! We have just ten days to go, so now the clock is ticking.</p>