By Fatima Zahra Laaribi High Atlas Foundation (HAF) is piloting a new project called IMAGINE Peace On Earth by 2030 or POE Zone for short, in partnership with the Empowerment Institute, New York. The main goal for HAF is to Empower Morocco’s NGOs, faith-based groups, and businesses, among others, to lead Reweaving the Social Fabric
By Hajiba Boumasmar, HAF Program Manager An Imagine empowerment workshop with Tighermine women’s cooperative in Ait Bougmez commune. Photo: HAF Fatima is a 60-year-old mother of a young man who she feels is not responsible, unfortunately, even for his children. He does not have defined goals to achieve or his own dream to realize. Fatima
By Soufiane Mouhsine, Legal Aid Clinician 2021-2022 and second year master’s student in business law at FSJES Fes Face to Face Mentorship with beneficiaries: Advisory and Legal Consultancy. Photo: Safae Bouhlala/HAF Often, project designers are full of ideas, but they find themselves hindered by a lack of means, support, and guidance to pursue and achieve
By Zineb Laadam, HAF-F2F Field Officer HAF’s Imagine team and Members of the Damnatena women’s agricultural cooperative during an Imagine session. Photo credit: Bouchra Zine / HAF Members of the Damnatena Women’s Agricultural Cooperative in Demnate (Azilal province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra region) completed the Imagine empowerment 4-day workshop at the end of August with the High
By Afaf Errafa, HAF Volunteer Women in the Taymate Cooperative participate in an Imagine empowerment workshop. Photo by HAF. The Taymate Cooperative benefited from a self-empowerment program for women in Timoulilt (Azilal province, Beni Mellal-khenifra region) called “Imagine Workshop.” Taymate, meaning “sisterhood” in Tamazight, is an agricultural cooperative created in 2008, composed of 20 members
By Hassan AHMATAY, HAF volunteer Women of the Aboughlou Cooperative, Ourika Photo credit: H. Ahmatay When I remember my visit to the Aboughlou Cooperative as a volunteer for the High Atlas Foundation (HAF), it is immediately the very beautiful smiles of the women of the cooperative that come to mind, and the pride declared in
By Omaima Khalil El Fanne, Dakira Cultural Coordinator Mrs. Suzanne Abittan (right), President of the Association Moroccans for Tolerance, with HAF team member Omaima Khalil (left) at the great synagogue Temple Beth-El. Photo: Synagogue Guardian/HAF. On July 14, 2022, in Casablanca, I had my first visit to synagogues and museums of Moroccan Judaism. It was