{"id":8917,"date":"2026-11-01T11:46:57","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T11:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zawaya24.com\/ar\/dakhla-village-sos-enfants-al-wahda-0111\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T11:47:03","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T11:47:03","slug":"dakhla-village-sos-enfants-al-wahda-0111","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zawaya24.com\/en\/dakhla-village-sos-enfants-al-wahda-0111\/","title":{"rendered":"Dakhla: SOS Children’s Villages Morocco opens its sixth village, first in the south"},"content":{"rendered":"

SOS Villages d’Enfants Maroc inaugurated the Village d’Enfants SOS Al Wahda Dakhla<\/a> on Saturday, October 31, its sixth children’s village in the Kingdom and the first to open in the southern provinces.<\/p>\n

Built over 20 months, the Dakhla site is meant to give children without parental support a safe, family-style home, while also offering educational, cultural and social services to young people across the region.<\/p>\n

The ceremony coincided with Unity Day<\/a>. Local authorities attended, along with association president Amine Demnati, members of its board of directors and the partners involved in the project.<\/p>\n

Eight family homes<\/h2>\n

The village has eight family houses and four transitional housing units. According to the association, they can take in more than 100 beneficiaries, a capacity that may change depending on needs and available resources.<\/p>\n

Its design drew on a needs assessment carried out together with local authorities and other stakeholders.<\/p>\n

For learning and leisure, children have access to a media library, a tutoring room, a psychomotor skills room, and spaces for music, dance and visual arts. A cultural area adds a library, a screening room, a small theatre and a reading space.<\/p>\n

Outdoors, the site includes a playground, a vegetable garden, a basketball court, a mini-football pitch and a running track. Some facilities, including a 100-seat conference space and multi-sport pitches, are also open to the local community.<\/p>\n

Demnati said the project aims to meet children’s needs by providing them with a secure family environment, and he thanked the partners and local actors who supported it.<\/p>\n

Support for single mothers from 2027<\/h2>\n

From 2027, the association plans to launch a Family Strengthening Programme in Dakhla for vulnerable single-parent households, aimed at preventing children from being separated from their families.<\/p>\n

The programme is expected to reach 100 single mothers in difficulty and 200 children. It will rely on vocational training and on support for income-generating activities, with the goal of making families more financially independent and better able to care for their children.<\/p>\n

Six villages nationwide<\/h2>\n

Founded in 1985 and recognised as a public-interest organisation, SOS Villages d’Enfants Maroc operates under the Honorary Presidency of Her Royal Highness Princess Lalla Hasnaa.<\/p>\n

With the Dakhla opening, it now runs six villages in the Kingdom. Its programmes across the country support 1,585 children and young people and 419 families.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SOS Children’s Villages Morocco opened its sixth village in Dakhla on Unity Day, with room for over 100 children, its president Amine Demnati said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":8916,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[6355,6353],"class_list":["post-8917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-droits-humains","tag-princesse-lalla-hasnaa","tag-sos-villages-enfants-maroc"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t