A forest in Morocco

There is a forest in Morocco, extending between Tangier and Tetouan. Few people are aware of its existence. Like its oaks and cedars, the refugees and migrants that live among them also remain invisible.   In 2018, Doctors of the World received funding from the Migration Emergency Response Fund (MERF) to support a project for refugees and migrants in the area. We intervened to improve living conditions and access to basic services for the most vulnerable surviving in the forest and urban camps.   This meant distributing kits for the winter to prevent infectious and respiratory diseases and improving protection, providing medical care, shelter, and referrals to other organisations, for extremely vulnerable people. We scaled up our current work programme to make sure even the “invisible” could access healthcare.   Working to help over 8,000 people, Doctors of the World intervention focused on communities, empowerment, and systematic change to ensure long term success.   The power of community        “Migrant camps in Morocco have a very strong internal organization: several communities cohabit in the same space but in separate zones” reported the project manager.   Considering these social dynamics, our project involved community leaders from the very beginning to give a voice to all the population.             In the urban camps in Casablanca, Agadir and Tiznit, community leaders made it possible to wo...
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