King Mohammed dedicates female students house
Morocco, Culture, 5/25/2002

Morocco's King Mohammed VI, accompanied by his brother Prince Moulay Rachid, dedicated a female students house in Khemiss Zemamra, a village located at 250 km south of Rabat.

The king heard explanations on the facilities destined to accommodating female girls from poor families. He toured the house, built at more than 2 million dirhams.

The house, built over 3071 square meters, accommodates 100 girls until they obtain their baccalaureat degrees.

The king dedicated the same day an education and literacy center in a rural locality near the city of Al-Jadida.

The center will deliver educational courses to 69 children of the locality. It will also extends micro-loans to the local population.

The program, worth 25 million dirhams, will help school 3,000 children and will deliver literacy courses to 5,400 people, will train 11,000 youth. The center also projects to extend between 7,200 and 9,000 micro-loans. The program will generate 86 stable jobs.

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