American and Moroccan Officials Visit Beni Mellal IFMSAS Site

American and Moroccan officials visited, on Friday in Béni Mellal, the construction site of the new Institute for training in health careers and social action (IFMSAS), funded by the Charaka Fund which aims to improve the quality of vocational training in Morocco.

The Beni Mellal IFMSAS is one of nine new technical and vocational training centers under construction thanks to the support of the Charaka Fund which is also financing the rehabilitation works of six other vocational training facilities.

The Charaka Fund finances the construction and rehabilitation works of 15 technical and vocational training centers in various sectors such as health, aeronautics and tourism, which will be managed under public-private partnerships.

The Chargé d’Affaires of the United States Embassy in Morocco David Greene, the Director General of MCA-Morocco Malika Laasri, and the Resident Director of MCC Richard Gaynor paid a visit to the IFMSAS of Béni Mellal, along with the Regional Director of Health and officials from the Mohammed VI University of Health Sciences.

The Beni Mellal IFMSAS will train 600 young people each year in various professions related to the health sector.

In a statement to MAP, Greene said he was delighted to visit the construction site of this new center dedicated to training in health careers, noting that it is one of the projects of Millennium Challenge Corporation which has mobilized 450 million dollars for Moroccan economic development and youth.

“We have chosen the construction and renewal of 15 centers across the Kingdom in several different sectors,” he said, noting that the Beni Mellal IFMSAS will help meet the needs in the health sector.

For his part, Gaynor said he was proud that the MCC is contributing to this project alongside the Charaka fund. “In addition to this institute, we are also funding 14 other projects across the Kingdom as part of a global program worth 450 million dollars,” he said.