Homeless Child Center to be set up in Tangiers

A Spanish NGO, announced that a center for children in difficult situation will be set up shortly in the Moroccan northern city of Tangiers.

The center will be open for children aged 6 to 17 years, Ms. Maria Rodriguez Almendros, President of the Spanish association, said.

The facility will be built part of a partnership between the Spanish association and the Union of Moroccan Women.

Psychologists will assess the needs and expectations of children to be accommodated by the future center, said Ms. Rodriguez, adding the center will mostly likely open doors next February.

The center will be managed by Moroccan and Spanish experts specializing in child education, particularly in handling street children problems.

The center, to be co-financed by the city of Seville, will host in a first stage, 20 children and teenagers.