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Construction of a secondary school and boarding school in Ait Ourir

EDUCATION   |   MAROC

On 8 September 2023, a violent earthquake struck the Marrakech-Safi and Souss-Massa regions of Morocco, particularly affecting 300,000 people in the provinces of Taroudant and El Haouz. According to UNICEF, 100,000 of them are children. The Moroccan Ministry of Education reports that 530 schools and 55 boarding schools have been damaged, mainly in the provinces of Chichaoua and Taroudant.

Given the urgency of the situation, SOS Children’s Villages in Morocco has proposed a four-pronged humanitarian response plan: protection, mental health, emergency education and finally, renovation, construction and relocation. The latter includes the construction of a secondary school, a boarding school for girls and changing rooms on the site of the SOS children village of Aït Ourir in the Marrakech region-Safi, the renovation of the village infrastructure and the temporary relocation of parents who have lost their home.

SOS Villages d’Enfants Monde is committed to contributing to the construction and equipment of a secondary school and boarding school for children affected by the earthquake. These buildings will address the need for quality education for girls and boys.

Construction of the secondary school
This project involves the construction of new buildings with classrooms, a laboratory, a library, rooms dedicated to science, as well as administrative areas and an infirmary. The school will eventually be able to accommodate 500 pupils, both boys and girls.

Construction of the boarding school
This boarding school for 50 girls will include two reading rooms, a kitchen and refectory, a laundry room, a prayer room, offices, bedrooms and sanitary facilities. This comfortable and secure living space will be a means of combating the problem of girls dropping out of school, which has been exacerbated by the disaster.


July 2024 – may 2025

  • 500 pupils for the middle school, boys and girls
  • 50 girls for the internat

Strengthening the resilience of the community by offering these young people affected by the earthquake a safe haven that will enable them to return to better conditions for studying.


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