The Association du Docteur FatihaYesterday, in Al Massira school, in Berkane. The collecting box for plastic bags is really full !
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Plastic bags collection: ongoing!
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Eco-families ?
They are families of Berkane who decided to contribute actively to our activities. They collect plastic bags at home and from acquaintances for our craftswomen to get the required materials to produce fashion accessories.
Today, ADF already collects plastic bags in 6 schools of the region, in several dry-cleaners and drugstores, and in more than 10 eco-families. We are actually working on the strenghening of our collecting network. New schools and dry-cleaners will be joining the network by the end of June.
Collecting plastic bags is fundamental for ADF to provide carftswomen with the raw material they nee. ADF bring them the bags, once cleaned in its offices of the 81 rue Zehroun.
You’re from Berkane and also want to bring us plastic bags? Here are the collecting spots or come to visit our offices !
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It’s time to take stock on ADF’s activities for the past few years.
25 000 plastic bags have been recycled
Plastic bags that have been collected and then cleaned
4 cooperatives of impoverished women have been trained to our special weaving technique
This represents more than 100 rural women
Training in Chouihiya, Morocco
350 children have been sensitized to environmental issues between January and May 2013
Cleaning campaign, Ibn Zaydoun
2 collections of fashion accessories have been designed
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You’re living in Berkane or its surroundings and you want to be part of the cleaning-up of your region? Collect and bring your used plastic bags to our collecting spots (you can see the list below). Feel welcome to step-by at our offices ; we’ll be honored to show you what we are doing with your colored plastic bags !
1. Schools :
- Schools in Berkane : Moulouya, Al Massira, Ibn Zaydoun, Imam Chatibi, Salmane el Farissi
- Primary school in Chouihiya
2. Drugstores :
- Ouartass, Bachir, Rigad
3. Dry-cleaners :
- Moulouya, Andalous, Alif Lam, El Wafae
Collecting plastic bags is very fundamental for us to provide the women with raw materials. ADF cleans them and bring them to our craftswomen.
Thanks a lot !
by Eco-friendly gestures for children to take care of their environment
It is essential for ADF to involve new generations in the protection of their environment. As tomorrow’s adults and actors, they should know more about the impacts of people on nature and how to guard it against deteriorations.
This is why the Association du Docteur Fatiha built meaningful partnerships with schools in Berkane and Chouihiya, both located in Eastern Morocco.
Emmanuelle Pannetier, in charge of the sensitization project here, on the field, and Sabah Ouali, local coordinator, met almost 700 children this month. Each intervention lasts at least 1.30 hours. On the menu : go into more depth on environmental pollution and the risks which are related to it, as well as detail simple gestures to preserve nature.
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- Sensitization – School of Chouihiya
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- Eco gestures drawings – School of Salmane el Farissi, Berkane
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- Discovering the drawings – School of Melouya, Berkane
All those interventions went well : the pupils are always curious and willing to learn more about environmental protection. They will meet our team for other workshops organized in the following months. The next encounter will happen at the end of March, for a recycling activity. Nothing is more fundamental than involving children into the learning process, for them to better understand the impact of their gestures on their daily-life and environment.
A quote to illustrate our approach : “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” Benjamin Franklin
Know more : ADF also set up cleaning campaigns in Berkane’s schools. See the post.
The Association du Docteur Fatiha organizes a cleaning campaign in Berkane
During 2012, Marion Deballon, our local director, and Sabah Ouali, our local coordinator, made interventions in primary schools, like Imame Chatibi and Ibn Zaydoun, or in secondary schools, like Collège Al Qods.
Their purpose: raise awareness among the children and inspire them to protect their environment.
ADF is back in schools to reinforce its environment education. And it is made via games ! Next Tuesday (18th December 2012), they will be 48 pupils to take part in a cleaning campaign of their school.
After a presentation of our activities in Berkane, ADF teams and the children will clean the school, equiped with tee-shirts and gloves.
Every month, ADF’s team will organize activities in Berkane schools (recycling workshops, cleaning campaigns…) for children aged between 9 and 10.
By the end of the year they should have a better understanding of the connections between environmental protection and their quality of life. In Berkane, notably in “Douar el mika” (the plastic bags neighborhood), waste management is a very sensitive issue. It is thanks to the new generations that the situation may evolve in the future.
Those actions are incorporated with the framework of a larger objective : support sustainable development policies and projects, and back up women’s work, for them to improve their living conditions.
The Association du Docteur Fatiha has been acting since 2008 in Eastern Morocco to favor :
- environmental protection : recycling, waste collecting (especially plastic bags), awareness-raising campaigns ;
- women’s empowerment thanks to income-generating activities, crafts and literacy campaigns.
For more information, do not hesitate to contact Emmanuelle Pannetier, in charge of this project for ADF.
emmanuelle.pannetier@adf-global.org
Tél : +212 5 36 23 17 40
GSM : +212 6 15 66 99 52
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