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Morocco
Morocco is a country near Europe. It has 54% illiteracy in rural areas, (which contributes in unemployment, which causes problems... like talks about depictions of Muhammad(?)... uhm back to the point) It is located in the Global South, bordering the Global North.

"Morocco has been criticised for a lack of eLearning despite excellent conditions for its implementation. Whilst education is free and compulsory, many children, mostly in rural areas, do not attend school, often due to travel costs or fees associated with schooling such as school books."

For exemple, nearly half of the population have smartphones, which means (for now) Wikipedia Zero.

The Global South
The Wikimedia Foundation: "EU For many readers in the Global South, the primary (and often only) access to the internet is via mobile. However, mobile data costs are a significant barrier to internet usage."

Awareness

 * In Tunisia, Wikipedia Zero was stopped due to a long-time law that went into force.


 * In Algeria, an ad featuring a Wikipedia article does not mention "Wikipedia." The fact that operators do not feature ads for WPZ may be one factor that people are not [wanted to be] aware of this service. Promoting WPZ is our job as local chapters and communities.


 * In Morocco, two operators out of three support WPZ. We will try to have +1 rather than -2.

What we're gonna do
Envisioned collaboration between Wikimedia Global Reach and Wikimedia Morocco. Other chapters help or suggestion on methods of collaboration are very much welcome.

What you can do
If you believe in Wikipedia Zero for the Global South, mention it to people, share on social media #Wikipedia_Zero, and like fb.com/wikipediazero - basically increase awareness.