Morocco has announced the launch of an aid programme to support and re-house residents of about five hundred thousand buildings damaged in last week’s devastating earthquake.
The magnitude 6.8 earthquake, Morocco’s strongest ever, killed nearly three thousand people and injured more than five thousand 600 since it hit last Friday.
Those left homeless will be provided with temporary shelter in structures designed to withstand cold and bad weather, or in reception sites equipped with all the necessary amenities.
The Royal Office stated the move in a Statement following a meeting chaired by King Mohamed.
The Moroccan authorities have also ordered urgent aid of nearly three thousand dollars to households affected by the disaster.
The Statement said this would form the first stage of a programme covering some 50 thousand homes that had fully or partially collapsed in the quake.
Morocco has allowed rescue teams to come to its aid from Spain, Britain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, but so far declined offers from several other nations, including the United States, France and some Middle Eastern countries.
Source: Africanews