Princess Lalla Meryem launches educational center project for mentally-handicapped children in Tetuan

Morocco's Princess Lalla Meryem launched Friday at the Hanane institution in Tetuan construction works of an educational center for mentally-handicapped children financed by a royal donation. The center will include training and qualification pavilions financed by a donation of the late king Hassan II and a school financed by the Spanish international cooperation agency while basic infrastructure and facilities will be provided by the Moroccan agency for the promotion and development of northern provinces and prefectures.

The princess also visited the city's handicraft and traditional arts school where she opened a collective painting exhibition and the Taha Hussein center for the blind.