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Morocco
Strong commitment to stop the exploitation of girls as maidservants
In the kingdom of Morocco, Terre des hommes (Tdh) is helping sick children, providing maternal and child healthcare to sub-Saharan immigrants and combating the exploitation of young girls as maidservants.
Specialised care
Since the end of the 1960s, activities in Morocco have focused on basic medical care and specialised treatments (e.g. cardiopathy), to which the majority of the population has no access. Sick children are looked after in their own country if possible, if not they are transferred to Europe.
Mother and child projects
A new psycho-social project helps sub-Saharan immigrant women with pre- and post-natal care. Tdh also supports five local associations that support single mothers: babies are cared for in nurseries, older children receive help with schooling and all are given instruction in basic hygiene. A social worker refers mothers to the appropriate health services and they are also assisted with social integration.
Combating exploitation
In Morocco, many thousands of young girls work as maidservants and are badly treated. Tdh is tackling the root of this exploitation by limiting the sending of children from the country to the towns, by supporting young girls in their education or directing the families to other aid services, such as micro-credits. By lobbying the authorities, Tdh is fighting to ensure that the procurers in this type of child trafficking are punished by law.
Migrants rights
Terre des Hommes Spain, with the support of Terre des hommes Lausanne, the European Union, Moroccan associations GADEM and Oum El Banine, fights for the protection of migrant women and children and for the promotion of the rights of migrants in Morocco. This project follows on nearly three years of activity to help the most vulnerable migrants. The goal is to reduce the vulnerability of the migrant women and children in Morocco, to improve their access to health, education and legal services. That is to say, to their inherent rights stated in various international agreements ratified by Morocco. Further information
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-6.833897
34.020596
Rabat
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-7.582684
33.538333
Casablanca
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-9.599361
30.404356
Agadir
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-1.911478
34.690251
Oujda
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-5.802613
35.773258
Tanger
Centered at -7.9262 31.79172 5
Places of intervention : Rabat, Casablanca, Agadir, Oujda, Tanger
Projects : Specialised care, Maternal and child health, Combating exploitation of maidservants, Migrants rights
In joint cooperation with : Oum El Banine, GADEM, Terre des Hommes Spain
Delegate : Vincent Tournecuillert
Expatriate staff : 1
National staff : 17
Budget : 634'876 CHF
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Side Notes
Children’s situation
- Child mortality in children under age 5 is increasing: 3%
- 30% of children aged between 5 and 14 years have to work in Morocco
Results 2010
In Rabat, Tdh gave support to 104 migrant women and babies from the Sub-Sahara, by facilitating their access to family and paediatric health care. They also benefited from psychosocial help and social aid. The Tdh centre has become a meeting place for talks between the migrants and the Moroccans.
In six villages in the Agadir region, 108 families were made aware of the issues of protection, rights and the interest in schooling of young girls, and the dangers involved in domestic labour. More than 100 little girls were able to be (re)-integrated in school.
51 children with heart disorders were given surgery in Europe and 17 in Morocco. 349 children were thus looked after by Tdh for the monitoring of the operations, direct help and social inquiries.
Testimonial
Khadija, 12, and Latifa, 14, are two sisters who worked as maids in other peoples’ homes to help provide for their family of 6.
- Khadija et Latifa, Tdh beneficiaries in Morocco
Headquarters
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