HIBAPRESS
A responsible source confirmed that the launch of the support and accompaniment program for those affected by the floods that occurred in the communities of the provinces of Larache, Kenitra, Sidi Kacem, and Sidi Slimane falls within a comprehensive mobilization and an immediate response to the exceptional circumstances. He highlighted that the allocation of direct financial aid reaching 6,000 dirhams for each affected family embodies a clear solidarity approach.
The source stressed that benefiting is framed by precise standards and controls, based primarily on limiting it to the districts or neighborhoods that have officially proven to be affected, while verifying the actual residency of the families in the affected areas. These determinants also include ensuring the actual evacuation of families from their homes during the flood period, based on the data and information available to the competent authorities to prove their residency in the relevant area at the time of these events. The source explained that the financial assistance directed to each affected family is paid to the head of the concerned family, after he sends a short text message to the number 1212 containing his identifying information, which allows verifying eligibility and deciding on the request according to the approved procedure. Technical mechanisms have also been approved to prevent duality in benefiting, to ensure that support is not disbursed more than once for the same family, in order to consecrate the principle of actual entitlement and to protect the process from any fraud or exploitation or unjustified attempt to benefit, especially in light of the registration of a large number of requests on the number 1212 that do not meet the eligibility requirements of their owners. In contrast, the speaker stated that a significant number of requests have been processed and aid has been disbursed to their owners starting this week, while the concerned services continue to mobilize to decide on the remaining requests received through the number 1212 with the necessary speed and efficiency. On the other hand, and regarding the financial support directed to the rehabilitation of damaged homes and small commercial stores, as well as the reconstruction of collapsed homes due to the floods, the same source indicated the establishment of local committees at the level of each affected territorial community, which will undertake the field census process according to precise and pre-defined standards. This process includes the enumeration of families that have been actually evacuated in response to the call of the public authorities, the inventory of homes that have been actually flooded by floodwaters, and the homes that have completely collapsed as a result, while distinguishing the type of construction used, in addition to counting the small commercial stores that have been proven to have been damaged as a result of the floodwaters invading their facilities. The source explained that these committees include all the concerned parties, from local authorities and elected officials, representatives of the security services, as well as representatives of the trade and industry sectors and the housing sector, to ensure a participatory, multi-disciplinary approach. The committees will prepare special minutes for each case, with strict adherence to the approved census standards, and adopting an approach characterized by rigor and precise field verification.
