This operation, organized in partnership with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), will benefit 1,196 girls and 3,103 boys, from 123 centers in 44 cities of the Kingdom, the ministry said in a statement.

As part of an action plan launched by the department last April for the protection of beneficiaries living in precariousness against Covid-19, the initiative aims to provide children living in protection centers with a prevention kit against the virus.

It provides for an awareness raising campaign focusing on the behaviors to adopt in order to combat the risks of contamination during and after the lifting of quarantine, as well as on the distribution of an individual kit to children inside social institutions.

The operation is the result of a partnership between the ministry, UNICEF and the Entraide Nationale, the American Agency for International Development (USAID), as a donor, and Moroccan Hassania Scouting, whose young members are responsible for the logistical aspect of this operation.

The action plan put in place by the ministry in partnership with UNICEF for the prevention from the repercussions of the spread of Covid-19, concerns the holding of a series of initiatives mainly providing protection against violence, support for street children and psychological and social support for children in social protection centers through the mobilization of specialists and psychologists.

These actions also concern support for remote education, the establishment of a monitoring mechanism for the situation of children in vulnerable situations, made up of 78 local facilities, 70 teams in charge of social assistance and more than 300 professionals specializing in the field of childhood.