One year after the earthquake, where is the reconstruction?

In the battered mountains of the Moroccan High Atlas, dotted with ruined buildings and entire villages reduced to dust, the first houses under construction now stand alongside makeshift shelters. A year after the powerful earthquake, reconstruction is underway. A grieving resident builds his house on land that belonged to his grandfather. These are the first foundations of a new life.There is nothing better than starting from scratch, rebuilding your house, but I only think of them, I would have dreamed that my children would settle in this new house.” he confided.

Reconstruction takes time. Along the narrow, winding roads that had delayed the arrival of help, dozens of excavators are installed. They are digging into the mountain’s limestone, a colossal and dangerous task. In the province of Al Haouz, the epicenter of the earthquake, the blue of the lake rubs shoulders with the gray of the concrete buildings. It has become an open-air construction site. 33,000 houses need to be rebuilt throughout the country. The Moroccan state has released no less than 11.7 billion euros until 2028.