Long winter for Morocco quake survivors
Feb 19, 2024
Douzrou [Morocco], February 19: Long, cold months have passed since an earthquake levelled Abdallah Oubelaid's impoverished village in Morocco's High Atlas mountains. Every day, he or other villagers come to inspect the debris. They hope to find pieces of wood for heating and cooking, or even to recover objects of value that have so far escaped them, and all the while a bitter Oubelaid wonders when he will get the government aid that he applied for. "Every time I ask, they tell me it's going to happen," Oubelaid, 35, said. "But I have children to feed and to clothe."
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