Volunteers at the service of the rural population

There are populations that, with the exception of political election periods, are left abandoned... This is the case for the inhabitants of the rural commune of Bni Leit, where a team of volunteers decided to go on 21 June to conduct a medical campaign. This campaign was organised by the Association of Life and Earth Sciences Teachers (AESVT) of Tetouan, in collaboration with other partners, for the benefit of the marginalised rural population of Douar Tayenza in Bni Leit. The figures concerning this commune speak for themselves. Of the 784 households in the commune of Bni Leit (which covers an area of 111 km²), 32.5% live below the poverty line. The inactivity rate is 56.1%. It is one of the poorest communes in the country, where the illiteracy rate remains high (69%). Only 0.8% of the inhabitants of this commune have a higher education level. It is a population marginalised in more wa…