Cible argument
Marrakech is an emerging centre for trade and tourism. It attracts many economic migrants from the Atlas mountains and surrounding rural areas (aiming for a wealthier future). This has a negative impact especially on the surrounding villages. There is a lack of financial means and attention for those who stay behind and the altered circumstances by which they are confronted. Neediess to say th at this affects many; especially children. A lack of work, lack of government social support, appropriate housing and sanitary means, suitable education, as weil as other important primary needs for living, results in feelings of isolation and abandonment; which provides a fruitful basis for crime, prostitution, alcoholism, drug abuse, etc.
Children are being raised under these circumstances and the poorest members of the community are often affected the most. The foregoing is equally applicable to the children residing in Tamesloth a town located 20km from Marrakech.
Centre Fiers et Forts is carefully looking after the street-children (who often do not have any name and or official identification documentation) and aims to offer them a better future by providing for appropriate education which enables them to earn a living in the future.
Children of the age between 6 and 16 are offered breakfast in the morning. Subsequently, they are trained and educated by professional teachers in Arabic,
French, mathematics, history and geography. Attention is equally paid to allowing these children time to relax and play and offering them cultural development with special focus on social skills. Sport is one of the subjects being thought
.