King dedicates two social centers for women integration in Eastern Morocco
Morocco, Culture, 11/1/2004

Morocco's King Mohammed VI dedicated, in Oudja Saturday, two social centers for the integration of women and girls.

The first center, costing some 1.35 million DH ($150,000) includes training sections and workshops for knitting, design, decoration, a nursery, a refectory, an administrative building and other dependencies.

The other center will extend qualifying training sessions to hundreds of girls for a better integration in social and professional life.

The 1.3 million DH project includes a multi-purpose room, rooms for painting, accountability, decoration, traditional sewing, besides an administrative building and other dependencies.

The sovereign later visited the handicapped training center run by the association 'Handicapped Youth and Friends', and handed them 850,000 DH (around $94,400) worth of equipment, to benefit some 2400 handicapped. It includes a minibus and wheelchairs.

King Mohammed VI's activities were attended by several top officials and executives.

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