King Mohammed dedicates girls and cultural centers near Casablanca

Morocco's King Mohammed VI dedicated this Thursday in Dar Bouazza (17 km south of Casablanca), a girls and a cultural center, two projects carried out by the Mohammed V solidarity foundation.

The girls center, built in partnership with "Maroc 2020" association, is destined to host cultural and training activities for 400 poorest girls of the region. The project, which cost 1.5 million DH (15,000 euro) entirely financed by the foundation, consists of classrooms, a library and a multimedia space.

At Benabid village of the same commune, the sovereign dedicated a youth center that seeks to ensure socio-professional integration to 300 young people of the region. The facility cost 1.2 million DH (12,000 Euro), a budget provided by the Mohammed V solidarity foundation.

It consists of a multi-usage room, a library and a multi-media room.

The two projects are part of the foundation's 2004-2008 strategy that gives greater priority to training projects, especially those targeting the poorest youth.

The centers, to be managed by "Maroc 2020," will give training adapted to the region's needs, initiate the youth to the new information technologies, raise the youth awareness of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals and promote projects that favor financial autonomy and lasting development. They will also give to young unemployed diploma-holders further training.

In the last years, the Foundation has invested some 128 million DH (12.8 million Euro) in the building, equipment and revamping of training, cultural and integration centers nationwide.