Clean Drinking Water for 1250 Villagers in Morocco

In the Ait Taleb located in the Rhamna province, the High Atlas Foundation completed an assessment and developed a proposal to build clean drinking water systems located next to schools, which would benefit entire villages. In rural Morocco, it is commonplace that schools do not have access to clean drinking water and bathroom facilities. Installation of the drinking water systems ensures that children will participate in education with this most basic necessity while their villages and communities also benefit from this health initiative. 

The Rhamna region is semi-arid and the project involves digging wells, building water basins and towers, and installing pipes, as well as experiential training, in order for the initiative to be maintained by the local people.

In total, 18 schools will gain access to clean drinking water, with a total school population of 1,505. The total population of the village communities that will benefit is 4,728. Furthermore, health and hygiene education workshops will be conducted with the school children which will also incorporate a gendered perspective because the installation of clean drinking water increases girl’s participation in education (according to the world bank, 2013). Finally, the provision of water will also enable the planting botanical gardens at these schools, which will increase student awareness of the environmental and economic importance of organic cultivation of medicinal plants and fruit trees.