Entraide Nationale (EN) was first set up as a private institution of a social nature, recognised as a public interest institution by Dahir No. 1.57.099 of 26 April 1957, then transformed into a public institution with legal personality and financial independence by Decree No. 2.71.625 of 28 February 1972. It is now under the administrative custody of the Ministry of Solidarity, Women, the Family and Social Development.
The mission of Entraide Nationale is to provide all forms of aid and assistance to the populations and to contribute to the family and social promotion. It also controls the private assistance and charitable works it subsidizes and contributes to the training of agents assigned to the works it controls.
The EN may be consulted on the advisability of creating any public work of a social or charitable nature as well as on general or specific measures concerning solidarity and mutual assistance. It may be called upon to participate in the creation of institutions and establishments designed to facilitate access to work and social integration.
Today, thanks to its relocation, its development plan and its strategic dimensions, the EN is now the national actor in the field of social assistance and social cohesion, within the framework of the Kingdom’s policy in the fight against vulnerability, poverty and exclusion;
Entraide Nationale targets mainly:
- Girls and women in difficult situations;
- Children in difficult situations;
- People with disabilities;
- Elderly people without a host or supplier.
The EN is mainly involved in the following areas:
- Social assistance (Reception, listening, orientation, support for people in precarious situations)
- Social care benefits for people in difficult situations
- Assistance for inclusion and social integration
- Emergency and humanitarian assistance
In terms of assistance for inclusion and social integration, for example, EN has the following centers*:
- 1539 Education and Training Centers
- 67 Vocational Training Centers
- 924 Social Protection Institutions to support schooling
- 1008 Kindergartens
- 479 Literacy Spaces
- 50 Centers for People with Disabilities
- 65 Dar Al Mouwaten (DAM)
In total, more than 580,000 people benefited from the services of Entraide nationale in 2018, according to a report provided by the organization*. Also, around 4,200 institutions and social centers have been involved in the various actions to assist the poor, almost half of them in rural areas.
