À propos - Centre Nichan

ABOUT US

Therapy centre for handicapped children
Meknes - Morocco

OUR VALUES

Integrity

We promote honesty in human relationships and in our associative management.

Compassion

We love the children and their families, and share their fight.

Commitment

We want to fight so that the children can do things by themselves again, grow up and progress.

Solidarity

We welcome all the children indiscriminately and we help them in their difficulties.

NICHAN CENTRE

Nichan centre is a nonprofit organization, founded in 2006 to respond to the challenge of access to healthcare for handicapped children in the city of Meknes.

IT AIMS TO:

Allow a better accessibility to healthcare
To encourage the autonomy of the children
To help them overcome any kind of discrimination so that they can fully live in the society according to the respect of human rights.

IT IS INTENDED TO BE A PLACE:

For learning and training the parents coming with their children so that they can continue care at home
For encouragement, support and solidarity

To restore hope to children and their families in their struggle!

THE BEGINNINGS

Word of the founder

« As we had helped develop many Children’s Therapy Centers in Morocco, we wanted to help the families in the “Old Medina” of Meknes. A great house in the medina became available. After doing many renovations to make the house safe and comfortable for the children and families we began to register families in the spring of 2007.

We were surprised at how many families quickly came and brought their young children who had a variety of physical challenges such as cerebral palsy. We started with Samira who was a great trainer of early intervention therapy and has done wonderful work for all of these years.

Nichan means to go « straight » in directions, Be an honest straightforward person. So we wanted to have a center with a « Nichan reputation » and lovingly seek to straighten (help the limbs of our dear children become more « Nichan »).

Parents were attracted to our center because of the « loving atmosphere », « priority on training parents for their work in the home with their child », « very low cost or donation » and « high quality work » centered on « play therapy » by our women who provide the therapy.

Bachir and Sofia have done excellent work at leading the center since the fall of 2010.
Nichan Center has been blessed by so many people involved and helping give financial donations to keep the charity going since 2006 ».

Mike Cloud

With compassion, commitment, determination and respect for each individual, the physiotherapists Samira, Sanae, Souad, Naima and Fouzia are doing their best to care for the children, supported by Majda and Jihan, cleaning staff. They are under the supervision of Bachir and Sofia, directors of the centre.

THE TEAM

DIRECTORS

Bachir and Sofia

PHYSIOTHERAPISTS

Naima, Fouzia, Sanae, Samira, Souad, & Majda (from left to right, Jihan missing)