Representative of the Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) attended the opening ceremony of the last phase of the Assilah housing project, which has 204 units.
The residential complex, located in Bir Al Souk, will build 12 buildings consisting of three floors and a basement floor, with each floor containing four apartments of 72sq m each.
A kindergarten and four shops will serve complex.
During his speech, HE the QFFD Director-General Khalifa al-Kuwari said that "today we are opening together this important architecture to continue this journey of humanitarian giving to be a new hope, especially considering the economic crises and major challenges, including the coronavirus pandemic and climate change”.
“The State of Qatar is keen to provide basic livelihoods, which are the right of every human being,” he added.
Assilah Forum secretary-general Mohamed bin Issa said that "the Assilah Forum Foundation has provided a real estate container with an area of one and a half hectares”.
“The foundation also supervised the tracking of construction operations, covering the costs of preservation, registration, apartment division, and the rest of the complementary operations,” he continued. "The Assilah Forum Foundation considers the contribution of the Qatar Fund for Development to be a token of the strong brotherly relations and the spirit of co-operation and partnership that exists between the two brotherly countries."
Qatar's ambassador to Morocco Sheikh Abdullah bin Thamer Mohamed al-Thani said: "Today, in the city of Assilah, we inaugurate the last phase of the project to build 204 housing units financed by Qatar through the Qatar Fund for Development."
"This project is a confirmation and support for the bonds between the two brotherly peoples of Qatar and Morocco, and to activate the interest that Qatar attaches to supporting social and development projects in Morocco," he added.
This project will play an important role in supporting the Moroccan society and the Moroccan people by ensuring the availability of adequate housing.