The SUEZ Foundation in Morocco
SUEZ Foundation has supported the Bayti Association in Morocco since 2000.
In 1995, pediatrician Dr. Najat M’Jid, M.D. created the Bayti Association – “bayti” meaning “my house” in Arab. Bayti focuses mainly on school, job, and social integration for exploited, mistreated, or abandoned street children. The only future for many children is misery, clandestine immigration, prostitution, and other subjugation. Bayti works to give these children hope for a better future.
Thanks to a multi-disciplinary team of professionals (educators, social workers, psychologists, doctors, teachers, and artists), Bayti provides programs for children's social integration, including scholastic support and personalized instructional workshops.
SUEZ Foundation sponsors several Bayti projects:
The "Street children" project has established social and job reintegration programs for youngsters in Casablanca, Meknès, and Essaouira. Over one thousand children have been welcomed into group homes and received training in Bayti workshops.
In Casablanca, a program for female minors ("little maids") was initiated in 2000 to come to the aid of young girls in difficulty. The objective is to reduce domestic exploitation and sexual abuse and to provide schooling for them. These "little maids" are welcomed into group homes that provide them a first experience in social integration. Workshops are organized to facilitate adjustment to group living and to improve their job skills.
In partnership with Aquassistance and Aquassistance Morocco, SUEZ Foundation has participated in the development of a school farm, in operation since 2005. The school farm receives approximately forty young people, offering them training in agriculture (animal husbandry and farming), as well as courses in reading, writing, mechanics, and small-project development.
Internet site: www.bayti.net
