Income-generating activities for the benefit of ladies: 109 women from Laâyoune sought

Led by the management of the Espace Associatif, the income-generating activities (IGA) programme, the second tranche of which has just been launched by Wali Khalil Dkhil, was initiated by the Wilaya of Laâyoune-Boujdour-Sakia El-Hamra in partnership with the Agency for the South and in collaboration with the Moroccan Association for Human Development and Social Integration. Its objective is to support women's cooperatives and associations and to strengthen their role in the local development process by guaranteeing them a stable income and offering them work opportunities. Thus, 109 women, heads of needy families, will benefit from this 2nd tranche through a dozen projects concerning the service sectors (50%), handicrafts (25%), and textiles and clothing, while the remaining 8% are intended to support the food industry.Since the launch of its first tranche last November, the programme h…