Assistant in an NGO
Fadma
Ouammou, whom everyone calls Aïcha, has been employed as an assistant for years
in the “Terres des femmes” NGO, which works for the promotion of rural female
pottery in Northern Morocco. Its founder, Agnès Goffart, Belgian ceramist and family assistant,
discovered this type of pottery on the roads and in the souks of Morocco before
going to meet the pottery artists in the remote hamlets. She was the one who encouraged
Fadma Ouammou, who was at that time a housekeeper, to come and work within the association. "With my colleagues, we go around the
hamlets nestled on the heights of the Rif mountains by car, but also sometimes
on the back of a donkey!", she says. Her colleagues and her discovered the objects
that women use in their everyday life: jars, candle holders, gourds, dishes, salad
bowls, smokers and, of course, the famous tagine dishes. Having become a true passionate woman about Northern
pottery, Fadma Ouammou, became aware of the need to act for these destitute
women. She fights
with the other members of the NGO to perpetuate the know-how of these potters
and also ensures, as a commercial agent, the proper functioning of the premises
of the association in Oulja Salé, one of the two boutiques of the association.