THE FOUNDATION SUPPORTS WOMEN’S COOPERATIVES

As part of its strategy to promote income-generating activities, Tanger Med Foundation has agreed to support two cooperatives as part of the 3rd edition of the National Award for the best idea for the development of a women’s cooperative project “LALLA AL MOUTAAWINA” launched by the Ministry of Tourism, Handicrafts, Air Transport, and Social Economy on the occasion of the World Women’s Day.

On the sidelines of an official ceremony that took place on Tuesday, March 8th in Rabat, the Foundation subsidized two cooperatives: “Poisson Bleu” for the manufacture of fishing nets and “Âarouss Fahs Anjra” which operates in traditional weaving based in the prefecture M’diq-Fnideq and the province Fahs Anjra respectively.

The “Poisson Bleu” cooperative is made up of women fishermen from Fnideq, heavily affected by the fallout from the closure of Sebta border post and the COVID-19 health crisis. The objective of the cooperative is to regularly supply the Fnideq fishing landing point with ecological fishing nets, which will strengthen the operation and profitability of the landing point.

The cooperative ”Âarouss Fahs Anjra” specializes in traditional weaving in order to promote local heritage and enhance the value of local products. Weaving, passed down from generation to generation, is a resource that the cooperative intends to develop to improve the living conditions of rural women.

A mentoring program, launched by the Office for the Development of Cooperation, will be implemented in order to train the recipients on the different aspects of cooperative project management.