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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 |
