Field of intervention :Local know-how
Association : SOS Villages d'Enfants Maroc
Project :Social and economical reintegration of women in difficulty
Localisation :Casablanca's Suburbs : Sidi Bernoussi
Country :Morocco
Supported Group :40 women in difficulty
 
Objective

Empowering and building the capacities of single women in difficulty through a candle-making workshop and a glasswork workshop.

Project holder

Christian Rousseau, CEO, Accor Morocco

Association

SOS Villages d’Enfants Maroc, which was created in 1985 and is the Moroccan branch of the international association SOS Villages d’Enfants, provides care and support for children without family support until their independence and assists highly vulnerable families.

Project

In Morocco, in a difficult economic and social context, the situation of single mothers, who are still harshly judged by society, is problematic. The beneficiaries of this 2-year programme are 80 unmarried women in situations of instability: single mothers, widows, divorced women, etc.

To combat this discrimination, SOS Villages d’Enfants Maroc opened a human development centre in 2009 to welcome and train women from Sidi Bernoussi.

Five professional training workshops were opened: sewing, glasswork, candle-making, cookery and baking & pastry-making. Thanks to these workshops, the women are given access to long-term employment and income-generating activities.

The programme supported by the Accor Foundation: empowering 80 women in difficulty through a candle-making workshop and a glasswork workshop (in 2012 and 2013).

The training programmes will last for 9 months, and will include 90 hours of technical training and 189 hours of hands-on training (by specialised trainers from the association).

At the end of this period, SOS Villages d’Enfants Maroc will assist them with their integration for at least 1 year. They will then have two possibilities:

  • enter the job market,
  • create their own cooperative for the sale of handmade products.

support €50,000 for 2 years (2011-2012)