WHO WE ARE

The story of Oum El Banine

Oum El Banine is a Moroccan association supporting women in distress. It was created on May 7, 2001 and it is located in Agadir, Morocco.

It is a small, independent, non-governmental organisation with the aim to support one of the most excluded groups in the Moroccan society - unmarried mothers and their children.

It was created by Mahjouba Edbouche, a well-known name in the Moroccan society, working for over 30 years to improve living conditions and rights for women and children in Morocco.

Our objectives:

To prevent abandonment of the children
To support the mothers
To promote a social reintegration in a familiar environment
To open up for a legislation protecting the women
To organise a public awareness campaign

We provide:

Rehabilitation in a familiar environment
Financial, medical and psychological assistance. If necessary the women are also given support in the administrative and legal domains
Support in the search for an employment and housing
Material assistance for social reintegration (clothes, groceries etc.)
Placement of the babies in the daycare centre to make it possible for the mothers to work and support themselves and their children
Follow-up of the babies during their first three years
Assistance, support and advice in legal matters, family planning, birth control and information about sexually transmitted diseases