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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Claire GOUNON

Long Winter For Morocco Quake Survivors

In their misfortune, the earthquake survivors from Douzrou village feel lucky that Moroccan and Dutch NGOs built barracks for them, and they are insulated from the cold (Credit: AFP)

Long, cold months have passed since an earthquake levelled Abdallah Oubelaid's impoverished village in Morocco's High Atlas mountains.

Every day, he or other villagers come to inspect the debris. They hope to find pieces of wood for heating and cooking, or even to recover objects of value that have so far escaped them, and all the while a bitter Oubelaid wonders when he will get the government aid that he applied for.

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