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Marocaroundtheclock is a Registered UK charity operating as a non-profit organization, initiating and coordinating charitable projects in Africa, focusing on health, education and community aid. Working mainly in Morocco but also aiming to assist communities in Senegal, Western Sahara, Mauritania and The Gambia. The aim is to improve the living standards of people living in some of the poorest regions of these countries. We strive to achieve this by providing and improving the basics required for daily living, such as education, food, water, sanitation, shelter and clothing.
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In October 2008, I joined a team of nineteen down in Ma'adid to carry out improvements to medical, sanitation and educational facilities there. In all three schools, classrooms were refurbished with interior cleaning and painting, renovating blackboards, and repairing school desks, replacing broken tops.
The region of Erfoud lies approximately 225 miles east of Marrakech, as the crow flies. Within this region there is a community called Ma’adid. Largely hidden behind a tall wall built of mud bricks, traditional values are held strong, water is still drawn from wells. The purpose of this project was not to change that, merely to work with the inhabitants and enhance their living conditions and educational facilities in three local schools.
A separate toilet block that had no roof now has one. Cleaning materials and training were provided to allow the school staff to maintain their toilet facilities going forward.
The team then deep-cleansed, painted and refurbished the medical centre in Ma'adid. This included repairing broken windows, making and installing anti-insect screens, providing electronic fly ‘zappers’, constructing interior shelving and arrangement of medical supplies.
Project Twenty Ten.
This will be focusing on the town of Ndiaoudoune which lies just north of Saint Louis in north-west Senegal, by the border with Mauritania. It is approximately 4 hours drive from Dakar. The principal aim of the project is to supply the main town of Ndiaoudoune as well as the smaller nearby villages with access to clean water. At present the women and younger children have to walk a significant distance every day to collect it. Rather than to undertake this lengthy daily walk. some people still choose to drink the heavily polluted water. By installing a pipe and water towers we hope to be able to provide the schools, mosque and general community with access to the clean water.
If you wish to know more about this project, join a project or donate please visit www.marocaroundtheclock.org
In the main school the team renovated a water supply and the poorly maintained toilet block. The toilets were unblocked, given a deep clean and general repairs were carried out and then the whole block was painted.
The Big Bike Ride 2009
Our fundraising charity bike ride took place on saturday 7th November, and thanks to all the efforts of the brave pedal-pushers who turned out to support us, the day was a great success! It was a rather unique challenge, and a bike ride the likes of which nobody had experienced before! The aim was to raise money for people in one of the most impoverished and often overlooked areas of Western Africa. The particular project which will benefit from this bike ride is a water purification facility and installation of a pipe of almost 6 kilometres in a small town called Ndiaoudoune to provide people with clean drinking water. Something which we all take for granted every day.
Morocceau 2008
