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 AMAN - an Irish registered trust partnering with local village community associations in the Moroccan High Atlas mountains in
promoting, supporting and assisting these Berber communities with their health, educational and self-sustainability needs.

Many Irish people have travelled to Morocco in their own time and at their own expense to help those resident in the country develop some exciting and far-reaching projects in high mountain Berber villages. Remember, we are talking about remote and needy villages where the only access is by driving on rough narrow dirt tracks - often impassable in winter after heavy rains.

These projects have included facilitating eye tests and glasses for school-children, building a toilet for one of the schools to improve village hygiene, providing school supplies to children from needy families, training some local men in basic emergency health care and stocking First Aid cabinets in their villages. This is the first time any medical supplies or "facility" has been provided for these villages and is very well used! On-going (re)supply of these medical cabinets costs around € 100 per month. This serves a couple of hundred needy families - would you consider partnering with us for this need?

Painting a local village school with some murals on the walls has started many a conversation!.....

 

The Ambulance
Up to two years ago, the people living in these villages with very poor vehicular access had no way to get to a hospital. This meant that simple injuries often went un-treated resulting in permanent long term disabilities.

Complications arising from difficulties during childbirth often resulted in tragic outcomes and as in the case of a recent accident involving a minibus that overturned, it was seven hours before the injured passengers could get to an outlying hospital for any medical care.

In order to improve this situation our biggest project to date has been to purchase and equip an ambulance that is now stationed up in a strategic village where we have developed a trusting relationship. We secured a Nissan Patrol 4x4 vehicle and kitted it out. Funds were sourced from a combination of donor charities and individuals gifting to the project. On-going funding for the running and upkeep of the ambulance is being met similarly.

In all our projects we have the full support of the local government authorities. The ambulance is crewed by local village men with whom we continue to provide on-going casualty care and trauma training.

More photos of this and all our on-going projects can be seen on the general AMAN photo gallery