People with disabilities

Upholding the foundation’s commitment

Each year, a number of associations working in favor of the disabled benefit from the Foundation's solidarity. Most importantly, the Foundation has sought to adopt a comprehensive approach, which aims to achieve greater social and professional integration for people with disabilities. Accordingly, it has focused on training and qualification. The Foundation has also launched a national program for the development of mixed-gender training centers, in partnership with the Vocational Training and Labor Promotion Office.

The Foundation has also set up facilities offering socio-educational and medical services. This approach led to the establishment of the Mohammed VI National Center for the Disabled (CNMH), which opened in 2006. Setting a new standard in Africa, this social welfare institution operates six sections. Since 2010, it has also been offering vocational training courses in occupations suited to people with mental disabilities.

To enable people with disabilities to be as independent as possible, the Foundation set up, in 2015, a work-based integration and support center within the CNMH. This pilot experience offers mentally impaired young people trained at the CNMH a suitable working environment that is open on to its surroundings. Young people are thus hired, supervised by specialized educators and participate actively in social life.