Social protection establishments in Essaouira between a rock and a hard place

The network of social and educational services of the National Mutual Aid in Essaouira benefits more than 9,000 beneficiaries for the 2013/2014 social year. A network that covers the territory of the province and includes 31 social protection establishments, several education and training centres, kindergartens, as well as the citizen's house, whose number of members amounts to 932.The social protection establishments governed by Law No. 14-05 relating to the conditions of opening and management of these establishments occupied the bulk of the meeting of "Libé" with Khadija El Bazi, delegate of the National Mutual Aid in Essaouira. The latter highlighted the efforts made by her department to upgrade the said establishments with a view to adapting them to the conditions imposed by Law 14.05. She also confirmed that 9 of the 31 establishments managed by her institution still do not meet t…