King of Morocco donates 100 million euros for earthquake victims
The King of Morocco, Mohammed VI, remains deeply involved in helping the Moroccan people after the devastating earthquake that struck in the early hours of Friday morning.
He has just made a personal donation of one billion dirhams (about 100 million euros) for the victims of the quake, which left around 3,000 people dead and more than 5,600 injured and caused widespread material losses. This money has been allocated to the special fund to help the victims of the earthquake.
The donation was made following a vote by the board of directors of the Al-Mada group, a private Moroccan investment fund in which the Moroccan king is a major shareholder, according to media reports such as Morocco World News.
The severe earthquake has seriously affected important enclaves such as the entire area of Marrakech, Al-Haouz, Taroudant, Ouarzazate and Chichaoua, and the situation is terrible due to the large number of people affected and the amount of infrastructure and buildings seriously affected or demolished.
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The Moroccan sovereign chaired an interdepartmental meeting at the Rabat Palace on Thursday to implement an urgent plan to rehouse thousands of people affected by the earthquake, including the provision of financial aid for the victims to rebuild their homes. This new action by the Moroccan monarch follows a series of interventions aimed at coordinating and developing the Moroccan state's action plan that began just after the natural disaster struck.
Affected families will receive 30,000 dirhams in emergency aid, 80,000 dirhams for those whose houses partially collapsed and 140,000 dirhams for those whose homes collapsed completely.
Once the tragic event became known, King Mohammed VI immediately flew from Paris to Rabat to begin coordinating state action and the initial activity consisted of action on the ground by the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces and emergency services to help with rescue and humanitarian assistance.
Subsequently, contacts were made with various countries to request international assistance. The North African country asked Spain, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and the United Kingdom for help with rescue and emergency work, and these four countries are the ones that have been working on the ground in emergency and humanitarian work. King Mohammed VI himself explained that assistance was not requested from any other country because the best aid is useful and necessary, thus avoiding a collapse that could harm good coordination in the affected areas. Cooperation with cooperating nations has been very close from the outset in order to minimise losses as much as possible.
There have been thousands of expressions of solidarity to help those affected by the earthquake in Morocco both at home and abroad with financial contributions and emergency assistance. The Moroccan population flocked to donate blood for the injured and King Mohammed VI himself visited the Mohammed VI University Hospital Centre in Marrakech on Tuesday to donate blood and to take a personal interest in the state of health of the injured in one of the worst affected areas.
