Littles girls learning the Quran at the Quranic school of the village. In few years, most of them, if not all, will quit the school and start taking care of household chores until they get married.

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Mountainous areas in Morocco are home for more than 8 million people, most of which are living in drastic conditions in more than 10 000 small villages. These people are isolated in places with hard access during winter season. Thousand-year-old villages suffer today from the harshness of winter, precarious social and economic circumstances, and the growing effects of climate change.

Second-rate population, who live in a sort of enclosing, far from everything. The concerned places are the poorest zones of the country. without any hospital or health centers, numerous villages are still without roads, and no electricity even though the Moroccan national office of the electricity confirmed in 2015 having electrified 99,15 % of rural areas in the country.

An old couple boiling water to make some mint tea.

Second-rate population, who live in a sort of enclosing, far from everything. The concerned places are the poorest zones of the country. without any hospital or health centers, numerous villages are still without roads, and no electricity even though the Moroccan national office of the electricity confirmed in 2015 having electrified 99,15 % of rural areas in the country.

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A farmer working the land with his mules and hopes to have a good season to get enough vegetables to store them for the coming winter.

Climate change is also one of the problems these populations deal with. It is becoming harder to know the good timing for plowing, and preparing the lands.

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A grandpa on his donkey, on the way to the shop in the village nearby, which is 3 hours away from his place. 

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Kids playing in Tizilli village.

The children of those zones keep being victims of social isolation, academic failure and the oversight of the government.

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Abdel Ghani in front of his family house, in the small village of Tizili. He is 24 years old, and like many kids of his village, he quit school after primary education. After a long period helping the family in the field, He is now helping with painting in the city and alternates the stays between the village and his job.

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Three shepherds in the high Atlas mountains, they made a small fire to stay warm in the cold weather.

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Kids learning the Quran at the Quranic school of Tizili village. The education system is inadequate; most of the children leave school at the end of primary education. The boys work in the fields and keep the cattle until they turn 18-20, then move to cities to find a labor work to make some money and send it to their family in the village.

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Hassan is 18 years old now. Until he was 13, he used to go to primary school and the Quranic school. Then, he started helping his family in the field and keeping the cattle.

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A little girl bringing water, with her brother in her back. Inighdan village.The inhabitants of those villages try to find solutions at their level and to compromise with the hard conditions of their daily life and hope for a better future.

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