B.C. woman fundraising after family members killed in Morocco earthquake
Global News
Kenza Lahlou from B.C. has turned the grief of losing family members in a September earthquake in Morocco into action, raising funds to help rebuild schools and hospitals.
A B.C. woman is raising funds to support Morocco’s earthquake victims after losing seven family members herself last month.
Kenza Lahlou, who lives in Williams Lake, left Morocco in 2019, but many members of her family remained.
“We couldn’t get ahold of (my) grandparents, cousins, uncle and auntie. Later that week, we received the news that unfortunately they all died in the earthquake,” she told Global News.
The 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit Morocco on Sept. 6. Entire mountain villages collapsed and thousands of buildings were severely damaged, killing more than 2,900 people.
Lahlou said during the first few hours after the initial earthquake, it was like a living nightmare for her.
“It was terrifying, just sitting at work, not knowing what was going on. I was on edge all day,” she said.
She has now turned her grief into action, raising money that she said will be going toward rebuilding schools and hospitals in the devastated region.
“We’re just hoping to give them as much as we can so they are able to have those services,” Lahlou said.
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