By Aleksander Esmann HAF Intern The webinar “Groundwater: Potential and Pitfalls for Africa” took place on March 20, 2023, as a side event of the UN 2023 Water Conference. This session discussed the groundwater program of the African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOW), including case studies on the benefits of groundwater development and institutional advances

By Aleksander Esmann HAF Intern The webinar “Water Management in Action for Productive, Climate Resilient Food Systems” took place on March 22, 2023, as a side event of the UN 2023 Water Conference. The event explored how irrigation systems in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and North Africa can be scaled sustainably to achieve sustainable

Cheikh Akmach HAF Site Coordinator, Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab region Planet Earth is in dire need of environmental protection and sustainable development. Every day, we witness the devastating effects of climate change and the gradual depletion of natural resources. There are organizations and individuals who are working tirelessly to create a greener, healthier world. And the High

Cheikh Akmach HAF Site Coordinator, Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab region The first community forum in the Bir Gandouz municipality (credit: Hajiba Boumasmar/HAF). On February the 21st, the High Atlas Foundation’s (HAF) Dakhla Team organized its first community forum in the Bir Gandouz municipality. This community forum is part of a Middle East Partnership (MEPI) program for participatory

Cheikh Akmach HAF Site Coordinator, Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab region February the 16th marks the start of the training series provided by the High Atlas Foundation (HAF) with nomadic people in the Bir Anzarane municipality of the Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab region. We began the four-day Imagine women’s empowerment workshop. The training is part of a Middle East Partnership

Houria Chouhab F2F Field Assistant and Volunteer Technical The Wachmat Cooperative in the Demnate municipality is setting an example of how cooperatives can adapt to the challenges they encounter. Wachmat Cooperative was initially established in 2021 and included five women and two men in its membership. The initial goal of this cooperative was to extract

Bouchra Zine HAF Program Coordinator Women of Nisae Aska Cooperative in Ait M’Hamed municipality, Azilal province (photo: Bouchra Zine/HAF). The HAF staff recently traveled to the Beni Mellal-Khenifra region to assess the progress of HAF’s literacy programs, funded by the European Union. Three hundred seventy-eight (378) rural women have participated in the literacy programs, which

حجيبة بومسمار كثبان ذهبية كثيرة و أعشاب مستوطنة في الصحراء كالطلح و ام ركبة و السدر؛ و و في كل مرة قطيع مهيب من الإبل يقطع علينا السير و هو أ حق بالمرور في صحرائه و الأغنام هنا و هناك ترعى باحثة عن الكلأ، صوت الرياح يكسو المكان ما يقطعه إلا رغاء و ثواج القطيع؛

– اليوم العالمي للمياه : أثر التغيرات المناخية على حقوق الإنسان, Masra Lyoum. بقلم أميمة خليل الفن، مؤسسة الأطلس الكبير رشاشات تسقي شتلات أشجار الفاكهة في مشتل تسيره نساء في جبال الأطلس الكبير، المغرب. يوليوز 2021. تصوير: مؤسسة الأطلس الكبير يحتفل العالم في 22 مارس من كل سنة باليوم العالمي للمياه، وهي مناسبة ترتكز على زيادة

بقلم: هجر لحضيري      نعلم جيدا مدى أهمية محو الأمية في تنمية المرأة القروية ، بحيث تعتبر المدخل الأساسي لتحقيق التنمية الشاملة بالنسبة للمجتمعات المدنية، ففي أحد مساجد دوار أهل مبارك امسعود بجماعة ايت الطالب إقليم الرحامنة تجتمع نساء وبنات الدوار ، هدفهن الاستفادة من دروس محو الأمية والتمكين الذاتي وتكوينات اخرى لها علاقة بضرورة

– نساءُ كْرونَة, Aroa Press. بقلم: زينب لعظم ارتدت النساء ذاك التاج للمرة الثانية، و بريقه يخترق حجب الخيال بأشعته تارة، ويتلقى إيحاءات الصمود  المرتقبة تارة أخرى… بريقه جعل ضوء المكان أكثر إشراقا، ضوء مصحوب بظل … وعندما رأت النساء ذاك الظل، انجلى لديهن خياران: إما أن يسلطن بريق التاج، أو يخترن الهروب ومواصلة البحث

Houria Chouhab F2F Field Officer HAF’s representatives in a cultural discussion with participants in the GVANIM program. Photo Credit: HAF When I hear Dar Malika, I immediately think of Malika’s lovely smile and welcoming spirit. Malika is a woman in her sixties who invites local and international tourists to have a cup of Moroccan tea

عبدالله الكساني، طالب باحث بماستر العلوم الجنائية والأمنية،  وطالب بالعيادة القانونية بمراكش مما لا شك فيه، أن العيادة القانونية بمراكش تلعب دورا محوريا في ربط ما هو نظري بما هو تطبيقي، خصوصا وأن هذا الأخير بدونه لا يمكن أن تكون المعلومة القانونية مفهومة وبسيطة. لذلك عملت مؤسسة الأطلس الكبير في إطار مشروع تعزيز مشاركة المجتمع

من إعداد : هيثم فنان طالب بماستر القانون الإداري وعلم الإدارة، وطالب بالعيادة القانونية بمراكش Students of the legal clinic in training – Photo Credit: Youssef Mazdou HAF, Program Assistant     في إطار مشروع ” تعزيز مشاركة المجتمع المدني و الجامعة” الممول من الصندوق الوطني للديمقراطية قامت مؤسسة الأطلس الكبير بشراكة مع جامعة القاضي عياض

من إعداد : هيثم فنان طالب بماستر القانون الإداري وعلم الإدارة، وطالب بالعيادة القانونية بمراكش Student in the legal clinic Haytam Fanane – Photo Credit: Youssef Mazdou HAF, Program Assistant نظمت مؤسسة الأطلس الكبير بشراكة مع جامعة القاضي عياض كلية العلوم القانونية والإقتصادية والإجتماعية، وجمعية العيادة القانونية للدراسات والأبحاث بتمويل من الصندوق الوطني للديمقراطية ورشة

By Youssef Mazdou, HAF Program Assistant On February 16, 2023, the High Atlas Foundation organized a trip for a group of students from the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia and Cadi Ayyad University to visit Anamer in the mountainous Setti Fadma municipality outside of Marrakech. During the trip, students had the

By Ibtissam Niri Program Manager In order to complete conducting impact assessments with host organizations that benefited from F2F technical assistance in 2020, I went to Ouarzazate and Taroudant for three days and met again with people there. Thursday morning, Mr. Hassan the Farmer-to-Farmer (F2F) driver, our tree planting colleague Safaa Ben Karoum, and I

Cheikh Akmach HAF Site Coordinator, Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab region On February 6th, the HAF team in Dakhla commenced a workshop series aimed at empowering women in the municipality. These special workshops are a crucial aspect of the High Atlas Foundation’s approach to achieving sustainable development. The training is part of a MEPI (Middle East Partnership Initiative)

Ibtissam Niri HAF Program Manager After three years have passed since the establishment of the women’s cooperative. I witnessed its upbringing. I am here today the 6th of January to visit the cooperative again. The women’s cooperative, or rather the group of women, was the first group that was visited immediately after starting work with

English Version بسم الله الرحمان الرحيم 26-24 فبراير 2023/ 3-5 شعبان 1444ه فاس، المملكة المغربية صدر البيان التالي خلال المؤتمر الدولي حول الإسلام والتغيرات المناخية، الذي نظمته مؤسسة الأطلس الكبير بشراكة مع كلية الشريعة التابعة لجامعة سيدي محمد بن عبد الله بفاس، ومبادرة LINGO، وجرمان واتش، وغرين فايث، بمشاركة خبراء المناخ والفقهاء في نقاش يهدف

Arabic Version In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful  February 24-26, 2023 Fes, Kingdom of Morocco The following statement was issued during the International Conference on Islam and Climate Emergency, which was organized by the High Atlas Foundation (HAF) in partnership with the Faculty of Sharia at Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Leave

– Morocco: Literacy program empowers women toward sustainability, Esi-Africa. For International Women’s Day, the High Atlas Foundation team is honored to share with you highlights and milestones from the first year the Family Literacy program we are implementing in the Marrakech-Safi and Beni Mellal-Khenifra regions of Morocco, which is financed by the European Union. This program is multi-faceted, including Imagine empowerment workshops, literacy

فاطمة المريني، مراقبة ميدانية للأشجار لطالما اعتقدت أن مساعدة الناس هي غايتي ، فكلما ارتسمت ابتسامة على وجه شخص ما اشعران روحي ترقص من الفرح والبهجة . لقد خلقنا من أجل التعارف والتشارك من أجل مساعدة ومساندة بعضنا البعض  ، فكيف سيكون الإنسان إنسانا دون التحلي بمشاعر الرفق واللين والشعور بمتاعب الآخرين  فكما نحب أن

Houria Chouhab F2F Field Officer I joined the High Atlas Foundation´s (HAF) Farmer-to-Farmer (F2F) team in December 2021, and my first field experience was a visit to the Ahl Rhoufrane Cooperative in the Bouchane municipality, in the Rhmana Province with my colleague Ibtissam Niri. On our way there, my colleague explained that the members of

Cheikh Akmach HAF Site Coordinator, Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab region The women stand up after the ´Room Exercise´. Credits: Hajiba Boumasmar/HAF On the 5th of January, the High Atlas Foundation´s (HAF) women’s empowerment trainers Hajiba Boumasmar and Hana Ezaoui embarked on a journey to the distant Bir Gandouz Commune to conduct a women’s empowerment workshop for the

Arabic Version Houria Chouhab F2F’s Volunteer Technical Members of Msalla Cooperative engaged in one of the workshop’s exercises. Photo Credit: HAF/ F2F staff member. In the weekly meeting of the High Atlas Foundation´s (HAF) Farmer-to-Farmer (F2F) team, one of my colleagues told me about an Imagine women’s empowerment workshop with the Msalla cooperative in the

Mustapha Tarhbaloute, HAF Tree Monitoring Coordinator On February 21, Executive Director Tomer Malchi and Chief Technical Officer Ben Cohen from the not-for-profit organization called Cultivaid visited the team members of the High Atlas Foundation and community tree nurseries that HAF supports. We started with the nursery at the Jewish cemetery in Akrich, where we saw

By Emilie Changeux, HAF’s Intern On February 22nd, the World Research Institute, Realize Impact, and Barka Fund organized an amazing webinar on the future of sustainable restoration finance. Presenting a number of experts and entrepreneurs who have developed methods to help fund mid-sized sustainable restoration organizations in Africa, this meeting was incredibly educational to the

Cheikh Akmach HAF Site Coordinator, Dakhla-Oued-Ed-Dahab region On January 2nd, 2023, the High Atlas Foundation (HAF) Dakhla team embarked on a 143-kilometer-long journey to visit the Bir Anzarane municipality. This is one of the three communes selected for the implementation of the Participatory Planning and Implementation of Community Initiatives in Oued Ed-Dahab Region, in collaboration

Jennifer Anne Sopoci F2F US Volunteer F2F intervention during an Environmental Forum at the ENCG in Beni Mellal. Photo Credit: HAF On February 6, at the coordination of Aziz, we were able to go to the University Sultan Moulay Slimane School of Science and Technology to meet with research students and hear about their climate