King Mohammed dedicates rural training center; micro-loans and basic business management

Morocco's King Mohammed VI, who was accompanied by Prince Moulay Rachid, dedicated on Friday the "Dar Douar Ouled Said" center for the training of children and adults in the rural locality of Lahgagcha (near El-Jadida, south of Casablanca).

The sovereign visited the center's classroom, library and training workshop. A total of 69 children from the village will benefit from courses given at the center.

The center also dispenses to the village inhabitants literacy courses, vocational training and health-awareness courses. It extends micro-loans and basic business management courses.

It is part of a program conducted by the Mohammed V solidarity foundation for the building of six similar centers in the region, for a total cost of 25 million Dirhams (US$ 2.17 Mln). The program ambitions the schooling of 3,000 children, teach 5,400 adults reading and writing, train 11,000 youth, give health-awareness courses to 7,000 and extend between 7,200 and 9,000 micro-loans. It will also generate 86 permanent jobs.