Charities the British Moroccan Society is supporting: 2010-2011

• Learning Centre for Berber children and women in Talataste between Marrakech and Ouarzazate : This was opened in June 2010 and is the first centre provided by the BMS. We are now contributing to 2 more centres. The centre has a teacher Halima and a young man Hassan to help with computer training. Halima is teaching Arabic to 40 Berber children age 4 to 5 and providing books and help to another 100 children.  52 000 dirhams

• Supplying a  new learning centre with furniture, books and laptops in Ouarialte, not far from Marrakech. Building
• should be completed in June 2012 no money this year.
• Contribute to another learning centre for pre-school children and school children in the village of Faraha located in the Province od Ouazzane, 2 hours from Tangier. We are helping to pay for the teacher. 13,000 dirhams



• Association Amjak pour le Developement near Tafraoute. They’re building a sort of learning centre. 15,000 dirhams
• Association OUTOUL
  Pour le Développement et l’Assistance à la Femme et l’Enfant
  President: Ahmed Nait
  Address: Agni, Douar Doutmanroute, Ait wafka, Tahla Tafraoute, Tznit
  Tel: +212 6114 8451
  The BMS recently supplied 200 blankets to the girls living there as it can get cold in winter. also gave 2,600 dirhams

• Association Musulmane de bienfaisance in Kenitra, Rue 155 Hay al Bassatine, Kenitra, telephone 037380143 Website www.orphelinatkenistra.org 11,400 dirhams
• Contributing

• Casa Nazareth is run by the Spanish Franciscan brothers of Cruz Blanca, it is situated in the old building of the Spanish Post Office in the legendary Soco Chico in the Medina of Tangier. Casa Nazareth has three main functions that focus on the assistance and support to various groups in the town.  7,000 dirhams. Last 9 March, Benedicte forwarded an email
  received from Paul van Isselt who brought to our attention the case of
  Jusef Ben-Omar, a heavily handicapped boy in the province of Azzamour.
  Paul asked the BMS assistance to find a place for this unfortunate
  boy, who spent all day tied up to a chair in a fly infested dark room,
  all alone, while his very poor family went out to find food, etc. I
  have been following this case ever since, and thanks to the BMS
  donation of 7000 Dhs to Casa Nazaret in the Medina of Tangier, I am
  very happy to announce that Joseph has now arrived in Tangier and is
  well looked after by the wonderful Franciscan Spanish Brothers of Casa
  Nazaret. Joseph is 18 years old, but has the body of an eight years
  old due to malnutrition, lack of excercise, vitamines etc. He cannot
  speak but has an angelic smile constantly on his face, as you can see
  from the attached photos, he so happy to be with people who already
  love him and respect him. The Brothers will take great care to
  supplement his diet with vitamines and nutritious food to build up his
  strength and already are slowly teaching him to walk, to exercise his
  legs, that are like matchsticks. They have bought a bed and basic
  necessities to make Jusef comfortable, they also need to buy a small
  wheelchair for him, if you can spare any extra money for this truly
  deserving organization, it will go a very long way….
  I would like to thank Jonathan Dawson for introducing me to Casa
  Nazaret. Jonathan has been instrumental during all the negotiations
  necessary to bring Youssef to Casa Nazaret and will continue to visit
  him, in my absence, also Christopher Gibbs for patiently accompanying
  me to all the charities we support in Tangier and for his
  long-standing support of the BMS.
  A very special “thank you” goes to Brother Mikel, who personally went
  twice to Azzamour – five hours drive each way – first to assess
  Jusef’s situation, meet his family and secondly to collect him and
  bring him to Casa Nazaret. Jusef’s family came as well and, not only
  gave their formal consent, but are very happy that Jusef is now
  installed in Casa Nazaret

• La Crèche de Tangier is extremely well run by Naima and nurses provided by le Ministère de la Santé.
  It is a very cheerful place that gives shelter to abandoned babies, 45 on the day of our visit. The last baby-girl, few hours old, was found abandoned in the street, two weeks ago. The babies are kept under medical supervision and immaculately looked after in the hope that they will be adopted. If not, upon reaching the age of two they are sent to orphanages.
  There are five severely handicapped children over two years old in the Crèche, that nobody wants, not even the orphanages. Naima and the rest of the staff have “adopted” them and it is so heart-rending to watch them together, playing, laughing and loving.The good news is that lately the adoption procedures have been made easier and provided the prospective adopting parents are Muslims, all nationalities are welcome. I have witnessed Swiss, French, Spanish, Italians and Americans who happily changed their faith in order to adopt Moroccan children. La Crèche continues its excellent work, thanks to donations.Volunteers and personal donations are welcome. Cheques made out to: La Crèche de Tangier Hopital Al-Kortobi – 90 000 Tangier     7,000 dirhams
• Centre for abandoned babies in Rabat (Prof. Bouazzaoui) nothing this year but in the list for next year.
  Address: Association d’ Aide au Nouveau-NeMalade Kangourou
  16 Rue Bani Bouayach, Rabat
  Tel: +212 3768 0567 or +212 3768 6998
  Fax: +212 3768 0562
  The Centre provides material, technical and moral support to newly born babies from poor families and also abandoned babies.
  Person in Charge: Professor Naima Lamdouar Bouazzaoui

• Children’s centre for the blind in Temara.
  Looking for a specialist to train teachers for the blind in the Temara center

• Tangier’s Foyer des Jeunes Diabetiques are in desperate need of funds as the number of children with diabetes continues to increase. Presently they are looking after 280 children.
  Thanks to the BMS help; one child will be added from the waiting list. – details will be sent directly to the Chairman.
  In Tangier there are over 600 diabetic children, whose families have no means to provide the daily necessities of this deadly disease, without their daily dose of insulin, these children will suffer endless complications leading to early death.The Foyer tries to help but they are extremely short of funds. Under the direction of Dr Abdelmalek Bennane , all the excellent staff, volunteer doctors and trained nurses paid by le Ministère de la Santé, work very hard to keep the centre going, as well as assisting as many children as possible.It costs 250 Euros a year to provide insulin and all the requirements necessary to keep one diabetic child alive. Personal donations are VERY welcome. Cheques made out to: “Foyer Jeunes Diabetiques Centre de Santé Said Noussairi” – Rue de Fez – 90 000Tanger   25,000 dirhams
• Tangier’s centre for children «Charity Missionaries (Mother Theresa)» 12,000 dirhams
  The Sisters of Mother Teresa are very hard working nuns residing in the Old Spanish Cathedral in the Medina. Three Indian, one French, one Spanish. They are successfully coping with heartbreaking situations; teenage rapes, unmarried mothers, abused children, marital violence, drugs and alcohol abuse, abandoned elderly people, etc etc
  Their door is open to everyone day and night. These angelic Sisters are truly saintly as their great founder, and carry out their work with great devotion and a perpetual smile on their pretty faces.Volunteers and personal donations are welcome. Cheques to be made out to: Missionary of Charities Rue Siaghins, 54 Old Spanish Cathedral Medina – 90 000 Tangier

 
• Centre Amnougar Photos (PDF download), near Ouarzazate. Centre for mentally and physically handicapped young adults. 15,000 dirhams