GET INVOLVED WITH HAF’S 1 MILLIONTH TREE PLANTING CELEBRATION
On January 16th, 2014 HAF will plant its 1 millionth tree at over 40 sites simultaneously throughout Morocco. We want to share this milestone event with local community members as well as our thousands of individual donors worldwide. Get involved: Watch the planting event streamed live on HAF’s website at noon on Jan 16th (7am EST), and
1 MILLION DOWN, THE 1 BILLION TREE CAMPAIGN BEGINS!
16 January 2014 was an incredible day for community partners and local schools. HAF staff attended planting events throughout 8 provinces, traveling from school to school, community to community, overseeing tree deliveries and environmental lessons presented by local teachers and farmers. Nearly 10,000 trees were planted in the course of 1 day, setting the stage
Trees, Irrigation, and Women’s Cooperatives
This 2006 planting season, the High Atlas Foundation funded the planting of 5,000 fruit trees in the Rural Communes of Ait Mohamed and Ouirgane, in the Province of Marrakech. About 100 rural families received the trees (almond and olive), which will generate transformative socio-economic benefits after six years. Tree planting was ranked by these communities
HAF TO PLANT ITS ONE-MILLIONTH TREE ON JANUARY 16TH
On 16th January 2014 a milestone event in the calendar of the High Atlas Foundation is scheduled to take place in various locations throughout Morocco, with the celebration of its successfully completed ‘One Million Tree Campaign‘. Over ten years, we estimate to have helped 50,000 people make the step out of poverty. The project is poised to
HAF PLANTS THIS SEASON 120,000 FRUIT SEEDS AND SAPLINGS AND COUNTING
This effort is in loving memory of Kate Jeans-Gail, a former Peace Corps Volunteer. This initiative is a model for Morocco because most the saplings for these nurseries come from fruit trees from earlier HAF tree distributions, which means that local people can replenish their own orchards without any additional purchases. Our next goal is to
1 MILLION TREE CAMPAIGN – HAF 2012 PLANTING SEASON
Since 2000, creating synergistic partnerships that drive sustainable, community-initiated development in Morocco * * * P R E S S R E L E A S E * * * FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: June 18, 2012, Tahanaout, Morocco Contact: Ouafa Elbargui, High Atlas Foundation – Tel. U.S. (001) 646-688-2946 | Morocco (212) (0) 524-48-48-24
