The scourge of begging is gaining ground

The city of Mohammedia is confronted with a serious problem that is taking on worrying proportions and risks tarnishing its image. It is the scourge of begging, today very visible in the seaside city and part of the scenery. The proliferation of beggars in front of shops, banks, mosques, on buses, at the intersection of major axes, markets, red lights, etc., informs us as well as possible about the increasingly significant number of those who live below the poverty line in the prefecture of Mohammedia. Rural exodus, unemployment, and the proximity of Mohammedia to numerous rural communes have engendered this phenomenon.A simple trip through the city allows one, for sure, to see this state of affairs with one's own eyes: beggars are increasingly numerous, begging no longer shocks, the inhabitants have become accustomed to it.Most of the people who give alms are illiterate, with women rep…