MAROC
-Morocco experienced an earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale on September 8, 2023, at 23:11, this earthquake caused more than 2,000 deaths, in addition to the destruction of buildings (schools, residential areas, hotels, not to mention historic buildings which are fragile by nature) especially at the epicenter of the earthquake.
-To deal with this, Morocco has created special funds based on donations from people and public and private companies.
- Special funds for the management of the effects of the earthquake reached 21.9 billion dirhams (two billion dollars), 16.7 billion dirhams of this amount comes from donations from institutional partners, public and private entities, as well as financial contributions from citizens, in addition to 5.25 billion dirhams mobilized by the government, expenditure reached the sum of 8.9 billion dirhams (850 million dollars), Before the end of 2025.
- The reconstruction of homes, schools, and hospitals as well as roads, etc., is progressing as best it can in the regions devastated by the Al Haouz earthquake, with the reasonable objective that all residents should in principle be relocated before December 31, 2025, except unforeseen events or swindling or corruption within the Moroccan administration !!!.
-To rebalance things, Morocco can count a little bit on tourist revenues, and on transfers and remittances from Moroccans residing abroad; since at the end of October 2024, tourist revenues amounted to 96.9 billion dirhams (nine and a half billion dollars), against 88.6 billion in 2023; while remittances from Moroccans residing abroad reached 92 billion dirhams (nine billion dollars) at the end of September 2024, almost a notable increase of 5.2% compared to the previous year, taking advantage of the war raging between the Palestinians and Western regimes (USA France England Germany and of course Israel), since tourists fled the Middle East like the plague.
-On the health side, 28 field hospitals have been deployed, in addition to the mobilization of 500 ambulances, 1,268 doctors, and 1,733 nurses.
- Concerning the medicine kits, about 50,000 were distributed, the equivalent of more than 800 tons.
- More than 30,000 tents were delivered to the victims, as well as 24 military camp units for the 60,000 families who lost their homes.
- Regarding water, more than 60 new water sources have emerged following the earthquake, it is almost a miracle!!; in addition to the mobile water systems (Drinking Water Supply), a little more than 230 units were mobilized, in addition to 2,500 water tanks that were made available to the victims.
- While the authorities have made available some 1,500 toilets, in addition to the 1,500 temporary toilets given by non-state associations (NGO’S).
- As for food aid, 600,000 people have received basic necessities since the beginning of the wave of aid for the victims of this earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale, which Morocco is not used to experiencing.
- The Moroccan state has mobilized 4.1 billion dirhams (400 million dollars) intended for beneficiaries of direct aid, until October; this aid is broken down into a monthly sum of 2,500 dirhams (250 dollars), intended for 57,596 households, this financial aid according to the government will be extended for five months.
-About 5,600 families received aid of 140,000 dirhams (14,000 dollars) paid in four tranches, each tranche is 35,000 dirhams, for the reconstruction and rebuilding of their totally destroyed homes, the total amount reserved for these victims is 240 million dirhams; In addition to, 51,900 households received financial assistance of 80,000 dirhams for the rehabilitation of their partially damaged homes, for an amount of 1.7 billion dirhams (170 million dollars), also paid in four tranches.
-A lot of spending for the Moroccan government engaged to host the football World Cup jointly with Spain and Portugal in 2030, but before that, we have the football African Cup in 2025, we hope the Moroccan budget will not explode under the pressure of these extra spending.
