(6 Sep 2024)
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Amizmiz, Morocco – 4 September 2024
1. Wide of street
2. Various of destruction caused by the earthquake a year ago
3. Various of homes being rebuilt and under construction, building materials
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Abderrahim Alachoun, plumber in Amizmiz
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"Thank God things have improved a bit, the danger has been removed. We also need to work differently than before, when no one was working and we were suffering. Today, things are gradually getting better. Some residents have benefitted from the [government] support, and others are waiting."
5. Various of home building materials
6. Pan of damaged homes
7. Mid of a resident sitting next to a plastic tent
10. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Rakouche Ait Rouh, resident of Amizmiz
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"I got the blueprints [from the authorities] in February. Then all the rubble was removed in June. Now, thank God, I have started rebuilding my house."
11. Various of downtown Amizmiz
STORYLINE:
One year after a powerful earthquake struck Morocco, the mountain communities most affected by the quake are still working to rebuild.
In Amizmiz, one of the larger towns in the hard-hit Al Haouz region, some buildings have been reconstructed, but most remain heavily damaged as they were the day of the earthquake.
The magnitude 6.8 quake, the biggest to hit the North African country in 120 years, struck on September 8, 2023 and killed nearly 3,000 people.
Many buildings in villages and towns around Morocco’s High Atlas mountains, like in Amizmiz, were reduced to rubble.
Amid the neatly swept piles of rubble that remain, some buildings are still standing, while others are abandoned or damaged. The process of restoring normal life has slowly begun.
In the year since the earthquake shook the town, its residents have had to navigate a multi-step bureaucracy to secure the needed funds to rebuild their homes.
After authorities assessed the damage, households were provided 8,000 to 16,000 euro sums ($8,900 – $17,800) to rebuild their homes, offered in instalments. Some also received cash support for immediate needs.
Abderrahim Alachoun, a plumber in Amizmiz, was optimistic about the future, though acknowledged that some residents were still waiting for support.
“Today, things are gradually getting better. Some residents have benefitted from the (government) support, and others are waiting,” he said.
Those who have not yet received support have been forced to seek alternative sources of funds to rebuild or stay in temporary housing, waiting for the completion of the necessary procedures to begin reconstruction work.
Though earthquakes are rare in North Africa, last year’s earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in the region.
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