(MENAFN - Morocco World News) Rabat – Under royal instructions, Mohammed VI Solidarity Foundation began its humanitarian interventions to aid residents of mountainous regions, where isolation and cold temperatures sweep the region.

Rural populations exposed to the cold and will benefit from the aid by , according to a statement issued on January 6.

The Foundation's teams are mobilized in several sites to provide assistance and aid to the residents of these areas.

The residents have so far benefitted from the distribution of a Cold Weather Kit consisting of food products (flour, rice, sugar, tea, salt, oil and milk) and blankets.

This program, dubbed the 'Great Cold-Winter' is annually organized by the foundation when climatic conditions, particularly significant snowfall, cause the populations of the mountainous regions to be isolated and limit their access to food resources.

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