Yesterday, in Al Massira school, in Berkane. The collecting box for plastic bags is really full !







Yesterday, in Al Massira school, in Berkane. The collecting box for plastic bags is really full !
They are families of Berkane who decided to contribute actively to our activities. They collect plastic bags at home and from acquaintances for our craftswomen to get the required materials to produce fashion accessories.
Today, ADF already collects plastic bags in 6 schools of the region, in several dry-cleaners and drugstores, and in more than 10 eco-families. We are actually working on the strenghening of our collecting network. New schools and dry-cleaners will be joining the network by the end of June.
Collecting plastic bags is fundamental for ADF to provide carftswomen with the raw material they nee. ADF bring them the bags, once cleaned in its offices of the 81 rue Zehroun.
You’re from Berkane and also want to bring us plastic bags? Here are the collecting spots or come to visit our offices !
It’s time to take stock on ADF’s activities for the past few years.
This represents more than 100 rural women
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You’re living in Berkane or its surroundings and you want to be part of the cleaning-up of your region? Collect and bring your used plastic bags to our collecting spots (you can see the list below). Feel welcome to step-by at our offices ; we’ll be honored to show you what we are doing with your colored plastic bags !
1. Schools :
2. Drugstores :
3. Dry-cleaners :
Collecting plastic bags is very fundamental for us to provide the women with raw materials. ADF cleans them and bring them to our craftswomen.
Thanks a lot !
It is essential for ADF to involve new generations in the protection of their environment. As tomorrow’s adults and actors, they should know more about the impacts of people on nature and how to guard it against deteriorations.
This is why the Association du Docteur Fatiha built meaningful partnerships with schools in Berkane and Chouihiya, both located in Eastern Morocco.
Emmanuelle Pannetier, in charge of the sensitization project here, on the field, and Sabah Ouali, local coordinator, met almost 700 children this month. Each intervention lasts at least 1.30 hours. On the menu : go into more depth on environmental pollution and the risks which are related to it, as well as detail simple gestures to preserve nature.
A quote to illustrate our approach : “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” Benjamin Franklin
Know more : ADF also set up cleaning campaigns in Berkane’s schools. See the post.
During 2012, Marion Deballon, our local director, and Sabah Ouali, our local coordinator, made interventions in primary schools, like Imame Chatibi and Ibn Zaydoun, or in secondary schools, like Collège Al Qods.
Their purpose: raise awareness among the children and inspire them to protect their environment.
ADF is back in schools to reinforce its environment education. And it is made via games ! Next Tuesday (18th December 2012), they will be 48 pupils to take part in a cleaning campaign of their school.
After a presentation of our activities in Berkane, ADF teams and the children will clean the school, equiped with tee-shirts and gloves.
Every month, ADF’s team will organize activities in Berkane schools (recycling workshops, cleaning campaigns…) for children aged between 9 and 10.
By the end of the year they should have a better understanding of the connections between environmental protection and their quality of life. In Berkane, notably in “Douar el mika” (the plastic bags neighborhood), waste management is a very sensitive issue. It is thanks to the new generations that the situation may evolve in the future.
Those actions are incorporated with the framework of a larger objective : support sustainable development policies and projects, and back up women’s work, for them to improve their living conditions.
The Association du Docteur Fatiha has been acting since 2008 in Eastern Morocco to favor :
For more information, do not hesitate to contact Emmanuelle Pannetier, in charge of this project for ADF.
emmanuelle.pannetier@adf-global.org
Tél : +212 5 36 23 17 40
GSM : +212 6 15 66 99 52