The High Atlas Foundation participated in a benefit concert at New York City’s Carnegie Hall on Saturday evening, December 14, 2012, given by virtuoso pianist Rita Saher. Rita, who is originally from Casablanca and began studying piano when she was ten, treated the large and appreciative audience to works by Mozart, Schubert, Poulenc, Albéniz, and Falla; and she responded with

I was pleased to receive a call from Mr Brahim, a member of an association for “education and development” in Boujdour city this morning. He invited me to go to visit their association to learn about its activities. In the afternoon, I went to meet Mr Brahim at L’Entraide Centre Nationale (National Solidarity Center) with which they

Wednesday was an amazing day.  A day full of possibilities and adventure for the HAF Interns we have been training, as well as for our professional staff.  The training was.  The High Atlas Foundation’s MEPI program in Mohammadia had its first large scale – 65 people – meeting and training (held in the main auditorium

   Azul La Luz, PhD., CCHt, Curriculum Specialist, High Atlas Foundation Mohammadia, Morocco It happened again!  Except this time it was twice as great and full of even more excitement than the last time.  The second large MEPI training of students took place in the auditorium of the University of Hassan II in Mohammadia.  This

A blog from Fatima Zahra Laarbi, HAF’s Administrative Assistant انطلاقا من تجربتي الشخصية التي دامت شهرين بمؤسسة الاطلس الكبير اكتشفت ان هذه الاخيرة تسعى الى تكريس مبدأ تنمية العالم القروي ،و خدمة الفئات الهشة فى المجتمعفالمؤسسة هي مؤسسة تقوم بأعمال خيرية محضة دون السعي الى الكسب ، هذه الاعمال تولد لك الاحساس بالسعادة نظرا لأنها تساعد المحتاجين اولا و تساهم في تنمية المغربثانيا و لأنها تخدم الانسانية كافة هذا المبدأ الذي يتماشى مع الفطرة السليمة. فيما يخص عملي بمؤسسة الاطلس الكبير جعلني اعيش تجربة فريدة يغلب عليها الطابع الخيّر المتمثل في اعانة الاخر.فضلا عن التكوينات المستمرة التي تمد جسور الخير والتواصل هده الاخيرة التي تساهم هي الاخرى في تكريس مبدأ الخير المتبادل، فعلى سبيل المثال لا الحصر حضرت احدى التكوينات المستمرة حول المقاربة التشاركية التيكانت بمقر المؤسسة ابتداء من 22 نونبر الى غاية 24 منه فسجلت مجموعة من المواقف اهمها هيمنة العمل النبيل على العلاقات العملية بين اعضاء المؤسسة فضلا على ان هذهالتكوينات لا تنمي العالم القروي فحسب بل تنمي ايضا القدرات الشخصية لكل فرد عامل بالمؤسسة فالإحساس الدى يراودني و انا أؤدي عملى بالمؤسسة اشعر انني انمي قدراتيالشخصية وأساعد على تنمية بلدى فبالرغم من ان هذه المؤسسة صغيرة إلا ان اهدافها كبيرة و تحقق مشاريع اكبر فمؤسسة الاطلس الكبير تقوم بمجهودات جبارة تجعلك تعيش احساس السعادة هدا الاحساس الذي يكبر مع نجاح كل مشروع تنموي انساني لكن هذه المجهودات ليست وليدةالصدفة بل هي ثمرة تكتل كل اعضاء المؤسسة خاصة رئيس المؤسسة السيد يوسف بن مير و السيد عبد الرحيم ورغيدي اللذان يحرصان دائما على اداء المهام بكل اخلاصوتفان و اتمنى المزيد من التألق و العطاء لهذه المؤسسة و ان تكون سنة 2013 سنة ازدهار و نجاح.

Advancing Participatory Democracy A Training Program in Partnership with the National Endowment for Democracy The High Atlas Foundation (HAF) is organizing in partnership with the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) an experiential participatory training program for the locally elected women (LEW) to communal councils in the AL Haouz province.  The purpose of the training program

   Azul La Luz, PhD., CCHt, HAF Curriculum Expert Mohammadia, Morocco Happy New Year, may it be a wonderfully growing experience for you.  It has begun that way for me at the third MEPI training that took place in the auditorium of the University of Hassan II in Mohammadia.  The five Student Interns conducted the