Association Hay Toumour Pour Le Developpement du Zagora

Association Hay Toumour for the Development of Zagora (AHTD)

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The activities of the association are:

-Diabetic Consultation (NEW)
-Literacy of adult women
-Promotion of traditional crafts by women
-Tutoring of girls and boys
-Preschool education
-AIDS awareness and education
-Organization of cultural, artistic and sports activities
-Promotion of sports among girls and boys
-Protection of hygiene and the environment
-Assistance for orphan children
-Assistance for poor families
-Assistance for the physically and mentally ill

Our programs that are functioning now are:

-Literacy for women
-Preschool for 30 children (50% girls)
-Tutoring for 120 children
-Identification of 22 children from the streets between age 6 and 16 and integration into school system of 3 girls and 4 boys
-20 women from Hay Toumour neighborhood and 100 from Aroumyat  integrated into the work force through sewing of traditional crafts
-Boys and girls soccer (40 athletes in total) , excursions and theater

Socioeconomic situation of province of Zagora:

The region of sub-Massa-Draa is below the Atlas Mountains in the south of Morocco.  The capital is Agadir.  In 2004 the population was recorded at 3 113 653 people with a density of 43.93 inhabitants per square kilometer. 

The region is made up of  seven provinces:
Inezgane-Ait Melloul, Chtouka Ait Baha, Tiznit, Taroudant, Ourzazate, Zagora, Ida-Outanane.