By Ahmed Eljechtimi

AZGOUR, Morocco (Reuters) -As rains swept into Morocco’s Atlas Mountains earlier this month, 72-year-old Lahcen Abarda rushed to reinforce the plastic sheeting of the tent where he has lived for the past two years.

Abarda, a victim of the 2023 earthquake that killed nearly 3,000 people, says he has already had to repair his tent from sun and wind damage as he still waits for promised aid to build a new house.

“I have been living in plastic tents since my home was destroyed,” said Abarda, a subsistence farmer, who shares the tent with his two daughters. “Whenever I ask, they say you will benefit later.”

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