Solidarity campaign yielded 140 million dh
Morocco, Culture, 12/29/2001

The Mohammed V solidarity foundation announced on Friday that the 4th solidarity and poverty-alleviation campaign, staged last November, has raised 140 million DH (US$ 12.7 Mln), including 110 million in cash and the rest consisting in kind donations.

The in-kind donations consist of food stuffs, clothes, computers, vehicles, construction materials, equipment for handicapped persons and others.

The announced amount does not include, however commitments and promises made by various partners to contribute in ongoing or planned projects.

More than 2 million persons and 200 enterprises took part in the campaign inside Morocco while donations raised by Moroccans living in France and Belgium reached 5 million DH (US$ 0.45 million).

King Mohammed VI had launched on Nov.8 the 4th solidarity campaign under the theme "Let's all participate in the solidarity chain," to raise funds to enable the Foundation carry on its actions meant to improve children's living standards, support disabled persons, help elderly persons and assist Moroccan expatriates who spend their holidays in Morocco.

The foundation conducted during the fasting month of Ramadan its meal-distribution operation during which it handed to needy persons 1.3 million fast-breaking meals for 44,550 families in cities. In rural area, the foundation distributed to 406,400 families 8,128 tons of flour, 2 millions liters of edible oil, 1,625 tons of sugar and 101 tons of tea. A budget of 70 million DH (US$ 6.36 Mln), including 58 millions (US$ 5.27) for the rural world was allocated to the operation.

The foundation had said that funds raised during this campaign will serve to build, extend, renovate or equip two social centers for abandoned children, and other training centers nationwide, in addition to increase the schooling of girls in rural areas through the construction of dorms and improving the training of disabled persons. Other projected actions will seek to improve the equipment in 15 hospitals, ensure decent living conditions to old persons, improve the accommodation of hundreds of students, contribute to lasting development to least favored persons in the countryside, and increase access to basic facilities.

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