HIBAPRESS – Fikri Ouldali
Tazaghine Qualification Secondary School, in the Driouch Regional Directorate, hosted on Saturday the launch of the third edition of the "Awareness in the School Environment" program. This program is the result of a partnership between the "Perma Rif" Association, the Dutch "Reforest" Foundation, and a partnership with the Regional Directorate of the Ministry of National Education, Preschool Education and Sports in Driouch.
The launch ceremony was marked by the presence of a delegation from the Dutch "Reforest" Foundation, which included a number of association officials and volunteers who are visiting the region to support joint environmental projects. In an opening speech, Youssef Lamsih, treasurer of the "Perma Rif" Association and director of Tazaghine Qualification Secondary School, welcomed the Dutch delegation and the attending partners, reviewing the general context in which the program falls. For his part, Abd El Rafie El Adnani, president of the "Perma Rif" Association, stressed that the educational and awareness axis constitutes a fundamental pillar in the association's strategy, expressing his warm thanks to the educational staff and students who showed exceptional involvement in preparing the workshops and artistic segments of this meeting. For his part, Said Kaddouri, representative of the Dutch "Reforest" Foundation, expressed his great admiration for the level of environmental awareness shown by the students of the institution, especially through the creative activities they presented. Kaddouri praised the strength of the partnership that brings his foundation together with the "Perma Rif" Association, stressing that joint volunteer work is the best way to face challenges. In a related context, Abd El Wahab El Houri, president of the Association of Mothers and Fathers and Guardians of the students of the institution, presented an applied model of the environmental dimension through a special activity to valorize household waste. He explained through a live experiment how simple waste can be converted into "incubators" for producing seedlings, stressing the need to invest all available resources to enhance the vegetation cover. The meeting witnessed the wide participation of dozens of students who presented awareness segments that focused mainly on "preserving the natural environment". The contributions of the students sounded the alarm about the scarcity of water, which has become a "rare currency" in recent years, calling for the adoption of citizen behaviors to preserve natural resources for future generations. On the sidelines of the meeting, those present watched an awareness video that shed light on the natural richness of the Rif region, and in return, the threats facing it due to climate change, fires, and the random dumping of waste. The video also reviewed the philosophy of the "Perma Rif" Association in intervention, which is based on the principles of "sustainable agriculture", by diversifying the varieties of plants and completely avoiding pesticides and harmful chemicals. The Dutch volunteers also carried out, on the sidelines of the meeting, symbolic tree planting operations in the institution's space.
