{"id":38400,"date":"2024-07-09T17:34:37","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T15:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/electriciens-sans-frontieres.org\/?p=38400"},"modified":"2025-10-13T13:55:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T11:55:48","slug":"marocco-emergency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.electriciens-sans-frontieres.org\/en\/news\/marocco-emergency\/","title":{"rendered":"PROJECT CLOSE-UP: Light for Morocco initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Photo credits: V\u00e9ronique Pingard<\/p>\n

The “Light for Morocco Initiative” project and its objectives<\/u><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Following the devastating earthquake that hit Morocco on September 8, 2023<\/strong>, and in partnership with the World Energy Council<\/a>‘s Morocco Future Energy Leaders<\/strong> (MFEL) program, Electriciens sans fronti\u00e8res is committed to meeting the urgent needs of affected Moroccan communities.<\/p>\n

An initial mission<\/strong>, supported by local Moroccan authorities and the Mohammed VI Foundation<\/a>, was carried out in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake to distribute and install 644 solar kits<\/strong> in the affected douars. Nearly 13,000 people<\/strong> benefited in the El Haouz, Chichaoua and Taroudant regions. The mission also enabled us to identify the considerable needs in the most isolated areas affected by the disaster. To meet these needs, Electriciens sans fronti\u00e8res has been asked by the authorities and several local partners to provide a greater number of sustainable energy solutions<\/strong>, via the ” Light Initiative for Morocco <\/strong>” project, whose objectives are as follows:<\/p>\n

The aim of the project is toensure a low-emission, sustainable and reliable supply of renewable energy to displaced<\/strong> Moroccanpopulations<\/strong> affected by the earthquake, by :<\/p>\n