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Tinghir launches social and health projects

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Moroccan social, health, education and water-development projects have been launched in several municipalities in Tinghir province. Three vehicles for people in precarious situations, including dialysis patients, were handed over for 1.35 million dirhams, along with an ambulance costing 402,000 dirhams, according to MAP.

The governor of Morocco’s Tinghir province, Ismail Haykal, launched several social, health and water projects in different municipalities on Saturday, including 12 million dirhams earmarked for 26 school buses in 2026, according to the MAP news agency. The National Initiative for Human Development (INDH), the ministries concerned and elected councils are contributing to the financing of the projects.

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