In a “symbolic” move that has reached all parts of the world, a village group in northern Morocco has allocated 66,000 dirhams of financial aid to help China buy medical masks to fight the Corona virus, which has caused fear and dismay throughout the world and has been repeated many warnings By the World Health Organization regarding its risks.
The village group “Lota”, which is located in the territorial territory of Al-Hoceima, and its collective council agreed unanimously to allocate funds for the purchase of “masks” and hand them over to one of the civil bodies in China according to an agreement, after the Moroccan public authorities have marked them.
Behind this initiative is Makki Al-Hanoudi, head of the “Lota” group, who confirmed, in a statement to the online newspaper, Hespress, that “China is currently suffering from the deadly” Corona “epidemic, and it is the duty of the human conscience to show solidarity and support during major disasters, epidemics and tribulations.”
And on the reasons that helped him financially assist China in its ordeal with the “Corona” virus, Al-Hanoudi explained that “China provided us with important assistance during the Al-Hoceima earthquake, and the Lota group directly benefited from an important part of this aid, and it is imperative to return the Chinese people.” According to the expression “Lota” president.
The speaker acknowledged the weakness of the group’s budget that he heads in Al Hoceima; but he considers the initiative led by “symbolic” in its depth, “the group’s budget” is really poor and the amount of support is also limited, modest and symbolic, and the size of the modest support is very proportional to the size of the limited budget, ”Al-Hanoudi says.
And regarding the criticisms leveled against him on the grounds that the group he heads is “poor”, Al-Hanoudi considered that “there are those who favored this initiative and recommended it in its symbolism and beautiful human dimension and there are those who are guilty of it, because China is persecuting the Uighurs, and there are those who criticized it on the grounds that Lot’s population is the first To interfere. “
The head of the collective council, Lota, said, “The amount of support is set at 66,000 dirhams, whereby the collective council decided to purchase masks and deliver them to one of the civil bodies in China according to a simple agreement, and this, of course, after the public authorities have indicated.”
The Chinese official stressed that “the Chinese media interacted with this initiative, praised it, considered it noble and praiseworthy … and I have certainty that China will take interest in the Lotta group after overcoming this ordeal and eliminating the Corona virus.”
Al-Hanoudi stressed, in a statement to the online newspaper, Hespress, that “the Lotta community decided to return Gemayel in a simple, symbolic way, with a human dimension in solidarity with the people of China and the suffering of this deadly epidemic.”