The new "Al Amal" social center for people with special needs was inaugurated on Friday in Taza for a total budget of more than 6.3 million dirhams (MDH).
This establishment, with a capacity of 120 people, was inaugurated in the presence of, among others, the Wali-Coordinator of the National Initiative for Human Development (INDH), Mohammed Dardouri, the Governor of the Taza province, Mustapha El Maaza, and the Director General of the Agency for the Promotion and Development of the North (APDN), Mounir El Bouyoussfi.
The financial cost of the project amounts to approximately 6.360 MDH, with a contribution from the INDH of 4 MDH, while the Ministry of Solidarity, Social Inclusion and the Family contributed 2 MDH, in addition to a contribution of 360,000 dirhams from the APDN, while the Association of Parents and Guardians of People with Disabilities in Taza will manage the center.
This project is part of the "Support for people in precarious situations" program of the National Initiative for Human Development. It aims to improve the conditions of care for people with disabilities, develop their cognitive, professional, and life skills, and provide them with educational, medical, and paramedical services.
Established on an area of 2552 m2, the "Al Amal" center includes an administrative wing, a pedagogical wing with 10 special education rooms, including 2 rooms for autism, 3 rooms for cerebral palsy, and 5 rooms for mental disabilities, as well as a professional and paramedical wing including 2 physiotherapy rooms (motor and electrical), 2 psychomotricity rooms, 2 speech therapy rooms, in addition to workshops for computer science, carpentry, pastry, and sewing.
In a statement to MAP, the head of the Social Action Division (DAS) in the Taza province, Azzedine Loukili, indicated that the inauguration of the "Al Amal" center for people with special needs in Taza is part of the particular interest given by the INDH, in its third phase, to strengthening the human capital of young generations and supporting people in vulnerable situations and young people, in accordance with Royal directives.
He added that the center offers numerous services that will improve the learning and training conditions of people with special needs, with advanced and new-generation services.
For his part, the president of the Association of Parents and Guardians of People with Special Needs of Taza, Mohamed Karami, stated that the center will contribute to strengthening the economic and social integration of children with special needs through obtaining a diploma from initial classes to vocational training where the beneficiary becomes capable of producing.
For her part, the director of the Al Amal center, Siham Belghit, affirmed that "it is a new-generation center that will provide a range of services for children with special needs, educational, rehabilitation, and employment, which will have a great impact on a very important group of society, promote their rights, and allow them to access education, training, and integration, whether at the level of education or professional rehabilitation, until they become qualified to enter the labor market".
This establishment, with a capacity of 120 people, was inaugurated in the presence of, among others, the Wali-Coordinator of the National Initiative for Human Development (INDH), Mohammed Dardouri, the Governor of the Taza province, Mustapha El Maaza, and the Director General of the Agency for the Promotion and Development of the North (APDN), Mounir El Bouyoussfi.
The financial cost of the project amounts to approximately 6.360 MDH, with a contribution from the INDH of 4 MDH, while the Ministry of Solidarity, Social Inclusion and the Family contributed 2 MDH, in addition to a contribution of 360,000 dirhams from the APDN, while the Association of Parents and Guardians of People with Disabilities in Taza will manage the center.
This project is part of the "Support for people in precarious situations" program of the National Initiative for Human Development. It aims to improve the conditions of care for people with disabilities, develop their cognitive, professional, and life skills, and provide them with educational, medical, and paramedical services.
Established on an area of 2552 m2, the "Al Amal" center includes an administrative wing, a pedagogical wing with 10 special education rooms, including 2 rooms for autism, 3 rooms for cerebral palsy, and 5 rooms for mental disabilities, as well as a professional and paramedical wing including 2 physiotherapy rooms (motor and electrical), 2 psychomotricity rooms, 2 speech therapy rooms, in addition to workshops for computer science, carpentry, pastry, and sewing.
In a statement to MAP, the head of the Social Action Division (DAS) in the Taza province, Azzedine Loukili, indicated that the inauguration of the "Al Amal" center for people with special needs in Taza is part of the particular interest given by the INDH, in its third phase, to strengthening the human capital of young generations and supporting people in vulnerable situations and young people, in accordance with Royal directives.
He added that the center offers numerous services that will improve the learning and training conditions of people with special needs, with advanced and new-generation services.
For his part, the president of the Association of Parents and Guardians of People with Special Needs of Taza, Mohamed Karami, stated that the center will contribute to strengthening the economic and social integration of children with special needs through obtaining a diploma from initial classes to vocational training where the beneficiary becomes capable of producing.
For her part, the director of the Al Amal center, Siham Belghit, affirmed that "it is a new-generation center that will provide a range of services for children with special needs, educational, rehabilitation, and employment, which will have a great impact on a very important group of society, promote their rights, and allow them to access education, training, and integration, whether at the level of education or professional rehabilitation, until they become qualified to enter the labor market".
