The initiative, unveiled at the agency’s headquarters in Rabat, will provide care for 300 amputee children—selected from 800 cases identified by the Palestinian Ministry of Health—and 500 orphaned children through Al-Quds Orphans Care project, launched in 2008.
The announcement came during an informational meeting attended by Palestinian Minister of Social Development Samah Hamad via videoconference, as well as officials including Agency director Mohamed Salem Cherkaoui, Palestinian Ambassador to Morocco Jamal Choubki, and representatives of the Arab diplomatic corps.
The initiative includes the establishment of a psychological clinic staffed by volunteer Moroccan and Palestinian specialists to assist children suffering from trauma.
As part of the initiative, the Moroccan Association for the Support of Reconstruction in Palestine signed an agreement to contribute MAD 3 million ($300,000) toward its implementation.
Cherkaoui stressed Morocco’s continued commitment to the Palestinian cause, guided by the High Instructions of HM King Mohammed VI, Chairman of the Al-Quds Committee. He highlighted that this initiative complements Morocco’s wider aid efforts, including a recent emergency shipment of 230 tonnes of food and water and 40 tonnes of medical supplies to hospitals in Gaza.
He also noted that during the holy month of Ramadan, the agency distributed 3,300 food baskets, 30,000 hot meals, and 4 tonnes of medicines and medical supplies to Palestinians in Al-Quds, alongside equipment for the Al Hilal Al-Quds Hospital’s emergency coordination unit.
Ambassador Choubki praised the agency’s humanitarian role in supporting Palestinians in both Gaza and Al-Quds.
Bouzidi, head of the Moroccan Association for the Support of Reconstruction in Palestine, said the group’s participation reflected Moroccan civil society’s longstanding solidarity with the Palestinian people.
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