{"id":23578,"date":"2022-10-11T14:36:33","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T14:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highatlasfoundation.org\/?p=23578"},"modified":"2022-10-11T14:52:22","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T14:52:22","slug":"self-empowerment-workshop-in-the-embrace-of-the-high-atlas-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress-haf.ddev.site\/self-empowerment-workshop-in-the-embrace-of-the-high-atlas-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cSelf-empowerment\u201d workshop in the embrace of the High Atlas Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Hassan Ahmatay, HAF Volunteer<\/em><\/p>\n

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HAF Empowerment Leader, Fatima-Zahra Larbi, conducts a workshop for staff and volunteers. <\/em>
\nPhoto: H. Ahmatay, HAF<\/em><\/p>\n

On Saturday, September 10, 2022, I attended an Imagine empowerment workshop on the subject of \u201chow to create your life as you want it,\u201d presented by the High Atlas Foundation (HAF). All staff members and volunteers were invited to participate, and I did not hesitate to accept the invitation; I refused to miss the opportunity because it would allow me to obtain new knowledge and answers to some of my persistent questions.<\/p>\n

We began excitedly early in the morning by reviewing the workshop\u2019s purpose. Our facilitator informed us that this workshop has always been reserved for women, but this day it was being opened to males so they could learn from it and also familiarize themselves with this important development work that the organization does with Moroccan women.<\/p>\n

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Workshop participants learn about how to identify their goals and work towards them.\u00a0\u00a0 Photo: H. Ahmatay, HAF<\/em><\/p>\n

We learned that \u201cself-empowerment\u201d is based on seven pillars: social relations, emotions, work, relationships, spirituality, sexual relations, and money. We collaboratively decided on the meaning of the term \u201cself-empowerment,\u201d each offering what we understood it to mean. The facilitator wrote our answers on the board until it was completely filled, concluding with a general definition of the term as being a way to improve one\u2019s life.<\/p>\n

Next, we looked at the principles on which self-empowerment is constructed, which include the \u00a0 and \u00a0. We did a \u00a0 exercise and learned manifestation techniques, too. To understand these principles, we were asked several questions:<\/p>\n