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OURIKA.ORG

Objectives
When travelling off the beaten track, we are making an impression on the local people we come into contact with, and we have a moral obligation to ensure it is a positive one.

One of the first objectives of the association is to determine how and where we can help make a difference by improving the lives of the local people in remote mountain villages, help to self-help, not charity, and without spoiling their culture.

For villages in Morocco we have a support program on the drawing board, and the non-profit Ourika.Org is in the course of creation. We learn that medical equipment is needed by the altruistic local village doctor in the Ourika valley, who helps the poor people free of charge, and even for pays their medication...

NEWS: Details now available about our ambulance & mobile clinic project: Ambulance project UPDATES Nov 2010 AND Feb 2011
The limitations were soon evident, as our journey has taken an unexpected turn. We arrived in Tanger port, Morocco, and after hours of being shuffled between customs stations, we ended up in their compound for the night, and were escorted back to the ferry to Spain. Ambulances are not allowed. No wonder there is a shortage of ambulances in the country. We saw two other ambulances in the compound. We are trying to find out why the ambulance was not allowed in.... anyone who has an answer, please contact us.

We are very sorry that this is a disappointment for a number of people who expected us in Morocco. The country and its people have a special place in our hearts, but of course there are others countries in Africa, which have a greater need for our ambulance project, and would appreciate it more...!

UPDATE FEB 2011
We have received some opinions with regard to why foreigners are not allowed to help with ambulances in Morocco. One possible reason is the high profile royal project; according to the press article below MH King Mohammed VI is helping to set up health centers and giving ambulances to the rural areas. Of course Morocco is a rich country, but we wish it would benefit people in the more remote areas as well... this project proves that it is needed, and it is still very much needed in the south. Morocco News - HM the King inaugurates health center...

Our project has not been abandoned, but it needs to be revised ...