in Morocco, Kenza went to her heart region, ravaged by the earthquake

Kenza Fenjiro works on the Moroccan coast, in the hotel industry. When she was younger, she lived in the beautiful Ouirgane valley, in the High Atlas, where her father founded a hotel, La Roseraie, fifty years ago. This magnificent mountainous region of Morocco is located just thirty kilometers from the epicenter of the earthquake which struck Morocco on the night of Friday September 8 to Saturday September 9, 2023.

Very quickly, Kenza decides to go there, to “bring comfort and human warmth” to the victims, almost all of whom she knows. The teams from “1:15 p.m. on Saturday” (X, #1:15 p.m.) followed her through the rubble that now litters these remote towns and villages.

“Mom is dead, my mother is gone”

Shortly after her arrival in the Ouirgane valley, this Moroccan woman found familiar faces. Among them, that of Omar, who worked for twenty-seven years with Kenza’s father. His first words are harsh. “Mom died, my mother left. The house has also disappeared, everything has collapsed“, he confides, in tears.

Despite some physical injuries, Omar and his wife are doing well. A miracle when we discover the state of their house, now in ruins. “The walls moved and suddenly everything fell“, explains Omar. “I had a brick wall blocking my chest. People, children, everyone pulled to get me out“, he continues. Kenza will hear heartbreaking testimonies like this one from more than one during her trip to this region where no one has been spared.

Extract from “The village of Kenza”, a report broadcast in “1:15 p.m. on Saturday” on September 16, 2023.

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