Khadija’s baby doesn’t have a name yet and his first home is a roadside tent.

He was born just before the deadly earthquake struck Morocco on Friday evening.

Although Khadija and her daughter were unharmed, the hospital where they were staying in Marrakech was evacuated. After a quick check, they were asked to leave just three hours after birth.

“They told us we had to leave for fear of the aftershocks,” he explained.

The magnitude 6.8 earthquake shook the center of the country, with its epicenter 71 kilometers from the tourist resort of Marrakech. Currently, approximately 2,500 people have been killed in a dozen provinces and the number of injured has risen to more than 2,420. About 20 minutes later there was a magnitude 4.9 aftershock.

With their newborn baby in their arms, Khadija and her husband tried to get a taxi early on Saturday to get to their home in Taddart, in the Atlas Mountains, about 40 miles from Marrakech.

But they encountered that along the way the roads were blocked due to landslides they only reached the town of Asni, about 15 kilometers from their final destination.

The family ever since He lives in a simple tent that they managed to build next to the main road.

Angry crowds waiting for help surrounded a local journalist in Asni. Photo: BBC WORLD

“I have not received any help or assistance from the authorities,” she told us, holding her baby as she sheltered from the sun under a thin piece of tarpaulin.

“We asked some people in this town for blankets so we could cover ourselves. We only have God.”

Khadija told us that she only has one set of clothes for the baby.

Friends from your hometown They have been told that their house has been badly damaged and they do not know when they will have a suitable place to stay.

Growing anger

Near the place where Khadija camps, Frustration grows as the days pass and little aid reaches the towns and villages in the mountainous areas south of Marrakech.

In Asni, just 50 kilometers from Marrakech, people say they urgently need help.

A group of angry people surrounded a local reporter and vented their frustrations on him: “We have no food, we have no bread or vegetables. We have nothing.”

The reporter, in the middle of the crowd, had to be led away by police, while people still followed him, desperate and trying to vent their anger.

“No one has come to us, we have nothing. We only have God and the king,” said a man in the crowd who did not want to give his name.

Since the earthquake, she has lived with her four children on the side of the city’s main road. Their house is still standing, but all the walls are severely cracked and they are too scared to stay there.

Mbarka’s house was destroyed by the earthquake. Photo: BBC WORLD

They managed to get back and grab some blankets, the only thing they have to sleep on now.

At one point a truck drove through the crowd. Some people tried to apprehend him, desperately hoping he would abandon their supplies. But the truck continued on its way, followed by boos.

Some say they have been given tents by authorities, but there are not enough for everyone.

Nearby is Mbarka, another person living in a tent. He led us through the side streets to his house, where he can no longer live.

“I don’t have the resources to rebuild the house. At the moment, only the people from the area are helping us,” he told us.

He lived there with his two daughters, his son-in-law and three grandchildren.

When their house began to shake, they ran outside and were nearly struck by the collapse of a much larger house that began to slide down the hill.

“We believe the government will help, but there are 120 cities in the area.” said his son-in-law Abdelhadi.

Because so many people need help, a large number of people will have to wait longer for help.