{"id":1796,"date":"2018-07-12T15:44:30","date_gmt":"2018-07-12T13:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/didouqen.com\/?p=1796"},"modified":"2021-09-14T10:03:49","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T10:03:49","slug":"invest-in-kids-by-rachid-el-kouhen-samis-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress-haf.ddev.site\/invest-in-kids-by-rachid-el-kouhen-samis-father\/","title":{"rendered":"INVEST IN KIDS, BY RACHID EL KOUHEN, SAMI\u2019S FATHER."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>by Rachid El Kouhen, Father of Sami (after whom Sami&#8217;s Project is named)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center !important;\" align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" id=\"main-image\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.postimg.cc\/28yDZwVL\/The-High-Atlas-Foundation-Launches-its-1-Billion-Tree-Campaign-t.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On Jan 16, 2014 we attended the culmination of HAF&#8217;s 1 million tree planting campaign.\u00a0 On that day, over 10,000 fruit trees and seeds were planted in 8 different provinces of Morocco.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalgiving.org\/projects\/fruit-trees-for-moroccan-school-kids-sami-project\/\">Sami\u2019s Project<\/a> was vital in this campaign with the participation of the youth in over 30 schools and educational centers. \u00a0Thanks to all organizers, school principals and staff, parents and volunteers, children were prepared and eager to put their hands in the mud and start planting.<\/p>\n<p>To be around these kids in such an event was great fun, joy and excitement. \u00a0On Jan 16th, our team attended and planted trees with kids in 5 schools in the Al Haouz province. \u00a0Similarly, on the same day, other HAF teams were attending and planting trees in many other schools throughout from Taza to Boujdour provinces. \u00a0It was a great feeling to know that Sami\u2019s Project was being carried on by many people all at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>Sami\u2019s Project is to help disadvantaged kids, through the participatory approach, deeply appreciate the multiple benefits of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/highatlasfoundation.org\/blogs\/482-hafs-social-enterprise-ha3-selected-for-agoramed-event-\">organic fruit trees<\/a> and take ownership in their education and future. \u00a0We are so pleased with the level and speed by which Sami\u2019s Project is reaching out to these kids in rural areas in Morocco. \u00a0Jan 16th was a great testimony to that. Thanks to the HAF for the extraordinary planning and coordination of this great event.<\/p>\n<p>Investing in Kids is a sure investment. \u00a0Sami\u2019s Project enables our youth to unlock their talents and potentials in a positive and transformational way. Please continue to support this great investment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Rachid El Kouhen, Father of Sami (after whom Sami&#8217;s Project is named) On Jan 16, 2014 we attended the culmination of HAF&#8217;s 1 million tree planting campaign.\u00a0 On that day, over 10,000 fruit trees and seeds were planted in 8 different provinces of Morocco. Sami\u2019s Project was vital in this campaign with the participation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":21488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[54,58],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wordpress-haf.ddev.site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Capture-decran-2021-09-14-105910.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress-haf.ddev.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1796"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress-haf.ddev.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress-haf.ddev.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress-haf.ddev.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress-haf.ddev.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1796"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress-haf.ddev.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21489,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress-haf.ddev.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1796\/revisions\/21489"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress-haf.ddev.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress-haf.ddev.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress-haf.ddev.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress-haf.ddev.site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}