The Marrakech Film Festival leads a campaign against cataracts

Placed under the High Patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI and under the effective Presidency of His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid, the Marrakech Festival organised, from 22 to 27 September in Dakhla, the first stage of the 2014 cataract surgery campaign. This operation, conducted in partnership with the Ministry of Health and the Hassan II Ophthalmology Foundation, is supported by the Moroccan actor Mohamed Khouyi, to whom the Marrakech Festival had paid a vibrant tribute during its thirteenth edition in 2013.The 2014 campaign thus strengthens the “social commitment” capital of the Festival, by allowing hundreds of underprivileged visually impaired people to regain their sight and have a better life. Supervised by a medical team composed of 17 specialised practitioners, members of the Hassan II Ophthalmology Foundation, and supported by the medical staff of the Hassan II Hos…