Morocco's FAR delivers aid to people worst affected by bad weather

CASABLANCA - Planes of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR) began Saturday at the Mohammed V International Airport of Casablanca, the operation to deliver emergency aid to populations affected by bad weather and snowfall.

In this context, it was proceeded, early in the morning, to the mobilization of teams under the Mohammed V Foundation for Solidarity and the Royal Armed Forces who work in coordination with the departments concerned and local authorities to meet the needs of the affected areas in the provinces of Zagora, Ouarzazat and Taroudant.

King Mohammed VI had given his instructions to the various departments concerned, to coordinate all the means to be mobilized and provide the necessary assistance and aid to the affected populations.

Abdellah Omar Moussa, head of the medical-humanitarian pole of the Mohammed V Foundation for Solidarity said that this operation consists of delivering humanitarian aid to target areas.

This operation has a special and exceptional character insofar as it comes after the heavy snowfall and the considerable drop in temperatures forcing people in some areas to live in difficult conditions, which requires the Foundation to be close to these populations and interact quickly with their needs, he added.

He added that these conditions have led the Foundation to undertake this operation which includes, in addition to food support, social backing and medical services for the benefit of the population, noting that the Foundation has mobilized all its teams (social workers, doctors and specialized executives). 

Moussa said that this operation reflects the Foundation’s commitment and its ongoing interaction with King Mohammed VI’s directions, on the assistance of the population in conditions requiring support.

This operation, carried out by the Mohammed V Foundation for Solidarity through an airlift ensuring the delivery of these aids, aims to intervene as close as possible with the population especially in mountainous douars and remote areas through emergency humanitarian aid that consists of food and blankets, in addition to adequate social support and proximity medical care, he explained.

In addition to the mobilization of the Royal Armed Forces’ planes for this purpose from the Mohammed V airport of Casablanca, helicopters will be deployed to reach the remote areas.

Heavy snowfall is expected Monday in some provinces of the Kingdom, the Directorate General of Meteorology (DGM) announced on Sunday.

Heavy snowfalls (10 to 20 cm) will be recorded from 00:00 to 12:00 on the heights (above 1,800m) falling within the provinces of Al Haouz, Taroudant, Ouarzazate and Tinghir , indicated the DGM in a bulletin orange level alert.