Morocco: MRE organize a relief effort for the village of Angfou

Morocco: MRE organize a relief effort for the village of Angfou


Every year it's the same scenario. The inhabitants of remote villages of the Atlas Mountains face a cold winter. Winter especially hard to bear especially for babies and younger children. To help people overcome the cold, hundreds of volunteers are active in Moroccan time to collect the most money possible, food, clothing and blankets to be distributed to villagers in ten days.

12 and 13 January is scheduled for a humanitarian operation to distribute food parcels, clothing and blankets to the villagers landlocked Angfou perched at 1600 meters altitude in the Atlas. Hundreds of volunteers in Morocco and around the world are mobilized and are busy at the moment to raise the most money possible. An operation a few days after the death of a baby in the village of Angfou. While the parents claimed that their baby had died after catching cold, the Ministry of the Interior contradicted him on his side, the reason for his death. He argued that "it was a natural death following a short illness." According to activists, human rights there, four other babies were also frozen to death. Information also belied by the Ministry of the Interior.
MRE around the world mobilized
This is Allae Hammioui, a Moroccan resident abroad who is behind this initiative. "It all started last year when I read an article about the death of a baby in the village of Angfou, a death that was denied by the Ministry of the Interior. "Says he Yabiladi. "It hit me and I said that it is still unacceptable to see people die of cold in Morocco in 2012. So without thinking, I decided to start this event. , "He says.
After creating a simple page on Facebook to raise awareness and plan to launch an operation in support of the people of the village, quickly took initiative. The page has circulated on the net and people quickly expressed their desire to participate in this operation. In less than 24 hours, Moroccans from all over the world, from Japan to Canada from Europe have contacted Allae to say they wanted to participate in the operation. Some of these MRE did not hesitate to send the money was used to purchase food. Other Moroccans rallied in their host countries to collect food and clothing they sent in containers or by bus in Morocco.
10 tons of food collected
The kingdom, dozens of volunteers are scrambling to collect their side the most money possible. "We also have a Moroccan who wished to remain anonymous and will put at our disposal a truck carrying 40 tons to transport packages and gifts to the village Angfou" says Allae. Nearly 10 tons of food, such as pulses, sugar, flour or oil were collected and nearly 3 tons of clothes. All of this merchandise is currently stored in the garage of the house Selwa Zine in Rabat, the project manager of Morocco. It is the latter that has managed to get authorization from the prefecture Midelt to deliver these gifts to the people of the village. However, to prevent neighboring villages Angfou feel frustrated not to receive the volunteer team also plans to visit neighboring villages to distribute a portion of these donations.
"I do not do politics! '
In a previous article Yabiladi an Amazigh activist explained that it was not charity needed by the people of these villages but the government launches the faster an emergency plan to create infrastructure to open up the villages. "I do not go into politics! "Says Allae Hammioui. "As a Moroccan citizen, I am concerned that my fellow citizens live in these villages. I do what I can within my means. And if everyone does a little, we can change things, "he adds. "Shouting day and complain that the government does nothing and go to sleep at night in a warm bed, will not improve things. You know, I live for a year and a half in Paris and I see people sleeping on the subway or under bridges while France is one of the richest countries in the world. By helping these people when I say my Moroccan citizenship and I do not stop at what the government should do! "He concludes. For its part, the Ministry of Health organized a medical caravan from 3 January to remote villages of the Atlas which will benefit more than 2,000 people.