On September eighth, 2023 at 11:11 pm, an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 occurred 71.8 km southwest of Marrakech within the Excessive Atlas Mountain area of Ighil, in Al Haouz province.
It was the most important earthquake within the nation’s trendy historical past making a cascade of devastation, and loss but in addition, solidarity and alternative for renewal.
The Excessive Atlas Basis has been straight working with the folks and communities most impacted with the earthquake for over twenty-two years. Due to HAF’s broad ranging community of companions, associations, communities and cooperatives, HAF has been in a position to reply quickly to the pressing and growing wants of the communities. This broad ranging community allowed HAF to attach vital wants of its communities with donors who’re already conversant in the work and the group HAF serves.
Not solely was HAF in a position to assess after which provide the important items needed, distribution was vital. Yearly HAF delivers hundreds of tons of agricultural provides to all areas of Morocco, so HAF had the community of vans and the drivers prepared to reply when the disaster occurred. This grew to become a vital asset when it got here to distributing important items to communities in any other case onerous to achieve.
“We have been in a position to transfer excessive portions of products shortly which was vital for top affect,” remarked Yossef Ben-Meir, President of HAF.
Since Sunday, September tenth, the Excessive Atlas Basis has supplied 118 tons of provides to 80 villages, in 50 municipalities, serving 4,257 households.
“One major purpose we’ve been in a position to do it is because we already had the organizational construction in place. We’ve been growing it over the past twenty-two years,” Ben-Meir continued.
Over HAF’s years of sustainable growth work in Morocco, it has cultivated and maintained a mutually trusting relationship with the Ministry of the Inside. HAF believes it important to work in tandem with all associated businesses of the federal government to attain long-lasting success.
Hassan, a HAF Volunteer working with communities, spoke with a mom who had misplaced her house and all her possessions. She was fortunate sufficient to flee along with her youngster in her arms. She mentioned, “It’s our religion that protects us from despair. We are saying, Alhamdulillah, which implies “Thank God”. We really feel fortunate to have what we have now left. There may be at all times one thing to be pleased about.”
HAF is grateful to be ready to serve.
