Quake survivors line up for meals from military kitchen in Amizmiz, Morocco

Record ID: 1741877

  • Title: Quake survivors line up for meals from military kitchen in Amizmiz, Morocco
  • Date: 17th September 2023
  • Summary: AMIZMIZ, MOROCCO (SEPTEMBER 17, 2023) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF DISPLACED WOMEN AND CHILDREN QUEUING OUTSIDE THE KITCHEN VARIOUS OF COOKS SERVING FOOD IN WOMEN'S PLATES (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) MOROCCAN WOMAN, JAMMO AJAMIL, SAYING: "Everything is here. We were just living outside in the streets. Everything is available in this camp, they treat us well. Thank God and thanks to the king." VARIOUS OF COOKS PREPARING FOOD COOK CUTTING ONIONS COOK PREPARING BREAD DOUGH (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) MOROCCAN WOMAN, JAMMO AJAMIL, SAYING: "They give us medicine, they ask us if anybody is sick and treat us if needed. They come to check up on us at night to see if everything is okay and if we need anything. They offer us all the help we need. God bless our king." VARIOUS OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN EATING (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) MOROCCAN WOMAN, MAJIDA KINA, SAYING: "Food and accommodation is available for us but we still need clothes for our kids." DISPLACED PEOPLE SITTING NEXT TO THEIR TENTS WOMAN GIVING HER RELATIVE, AN ELDERLY WOMAN IN A WHEELCHAIR, A BOTTLE OF WATER AND BREAD ELDERLY WOMAN DRINKING WATER MEAL ON A TRAY IN THE WOMAN'S LAP VARIOUS OF THE MILITARY AID CAMP
  • Embargoed: 1st October 2023 18:34
  • Keywords: Amizmiz Morocco earthquake kitchen
  • Location: AMIZMIZ, MOROCCO
  • City: AMIZMIZ, MOROCCO
  • Country: Morocco
  • Topics: Africa,Disaster/Accidents,Earthquakes/Volcanoes/Tsunami
  • Reuters ID: LVA001267317092023RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:People in a Moroccan camp for those affected by the devastating earthquake queued for meals from a military kitchen on Sunday (September 17).
    Soldiers cook 18,000 meals each day around the clock for displaced people living in the military aid camp in Amizmiz, the military said.
    More than 1,500 people receive the meals, according to the military, with women and children served first followed by the men.
    The people in the camp receive medical treatment daily, the military said.
    "They give us medicine, they ask us if anybody is sick and treat us if needed. They come to check up on us at night to see if everything is okay and if we need anything," said one woman in the camp, Jammo Ajamil.
    Another woman said that while people had food and accommodation, they still needed clothes for their children.
    The 6.8 magnitude quake that struck late on September 8 killed 2,946 people and injured 5,674, according to the latest official figures, making it Morocco's deadliest since 1960 and most powerful since at least 1900.
    (Production: Fanny Brodersen, Emilie Madi, Kinda Makieh)
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