Casablanca:
What can Morocco's ghettos teach the rest of the world?
In this article Marisa Mazria-Katz talks about the people in morocco's poorest ghettos, how they can teach us something about life and the value of life.
The slums are located in the outskirt of Casablanca, morocco's biggest city. Thousands of people live there in barracks which have splinted walls, the floors that are damp, the roof is a simple tarpaulin. The unemployment rate in the slumps stands at 32%. Community organizer Boubker Mazoz is most probably the one person that understands the people in the slums the best. He knows that with a little help those people can produce miracles. The idea? With the help of private funding and town's mayor, Mazoz build the Sidi Moumen Cultural Center. The center provides a library, computers etc.. All of this to help luring impoverished kids who can now have a chance to get away from drugs and extremism. They have a chance to be educated and spent time with artistic projects.
This fantastic project is a proof for what a small amount of money and some attention can do to these people. It gives them hope and joy, a chance to do something with their future. This project filled the emptiness of the peoples future.
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