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Looking for a meaningful way to give this holiday season? HAF’s Made in Morocco partners might just have the thing you are looking for! Our partners are committed to using local materials and talent to produce high quality products that respect both the environment and the people who create them. They partner with us on events, contribute in-kind services and products, and donate a percentage of their sales to HAF.
When you purchase a gift from one of our partners, you will not only give something beautiful, but you’ll be bringing clean drinking water to rural villages, planting fruit trees so families can increase household incomes, and helping women form cooperatives to provide for themselves and their children.
Green Sahara Gifts: Unique, Handcrafted, and Sustainable
A wide assortment of beautiful gifts – from candle holders to cutting boards to tea trays – handcrafted from reclaimed and sustainably harvested Moroccan olive, walnut, cedar, and juniper woods. We were thrilled that Green Sahara Gifts donated their elegant three-hole candle holders for guests at HAF’s fifth annual NYC event to take home. Green Sahara Gifts' parent company, Green Sahara Furniture, was featured in the fall issue of Royal Air Maroc’s in-flight magazine (and mentions our partnership to replant trees in Morocco!).
Moroccan Prestige: Custom Designs from Morocco to Your Home
With so many beautiful things to choose from, where do you start? Our favorites include these bright blue glass perfume bottles, made from recycled materials and finished with authentic delicate Moroccan metal work. They were recently featured in Lucky magazine. 
We also love these French vintage Latoile leather poufs. Fun and colorful, they can be used outdoors or indoors. This design is exclusive to Moroccan Prestige, and they were recently featured in Interior Design magazine.
Jeanne Beatrice: Handmade Market Baskets
One woman’s quest to replace paper and plastic bags in US households led to the birth of Jeanne Beatrice. With so many styles to choose from, there is sure to be something for everyone on your list. Perfect for a trip to the grocery store, a day at the beach, or a picnic in the park. We are huge fans of La Vie, featured in the November 2009 issue of Romantic Homes Magazine. (P.S. free shipping on orders over $100!)
The Butter Man: A Children’s Story set in the High Atlas Mountains
Recipient of nine notable awards, most recently a Children’s Africana Honor Book, The Butter Man is the perfect gift for Morocco lovers – both young and old. Shortly after its release, in the spring of 2008, HAF teamed up with the book’s authors, Ali Alalou and Elizabeth Letts Alalou (RPCV Morocco 1983-1986), and illustrator, Julie Klear Essakalli, to share their Moroccan tale of “patience, perseverance, and hope” with HAF friends and supporters.
You can purchase the book here or receive a complimentary copy signed by the authors when you join HAF’s Founders’ Circle by making a gift of $250 to support community-based projects in rural Morocco.
And what do you get those people who already have everything? You can make a donation in their honor to help bring clean drinking water to rural Moroccan communities through supporting HAF’s GlobalGiving project. You can even select a GlobalGiving e-card or print-at-home card to notify that special someone of your gift! Learn more and donate.
Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR. Photos by Simon Russell.
Over 125 guests, including Moroccan expatriates, former Peace Corps Volunteers and staff, business leaders, and academicians, participated in HAF’s Fifth Annual New York City reception held on the evening of November 6th at the American Institute of Architects New York. Guests enjoyed Moroccan hors d’oeuvres, a traditional tea pouring ceremony, henna art, and music.
The event raised nearly $15,000 to support fruit tree planting with rural Moroccan communities, including 20,000 walnut and cherry saplings that will be planted as part of the Kate Jeans-Gail Tree Nursery Memorial, transforming the lives of 250 families in southern Morocco. We look forward to updating you on this project in the coming months.
Read about the event in Maghreb Arabe Presse.
Thank you to the event’s honorary chairs, generous sponsors, community partners, volunteers, and guests for making the evening so special!
HAF will host its fifth annual New
York City reception – a Moroccan hefla – on the evening of Friday, November 6th (7pm-10pm) at the American Institute of Architects New York. Approximately 150 guests, including Moroccan expatriates, returned Peace Corps Volunteers, politicians, business leaders, and academicians, will take part in the evening’s festivities that include Moroccan hors d’oeuvres, a traditional tea pouring ceremony,
henna artists, and music.
The event will raise funds for fruit tree planting with rural Moroccan communities, including 20,000 walnut and cherry tree saplings for the Kate Jeans-Gail Tree Nursery Memorial. Since 2003, HAF has planted nearly 150,000 fruit trees, benefitting 20,000 rural people, with the goal of planting one million trees throughout Morocco. Download the project description to learn more.
Individual tickets are being sold for $100, $75, and $50 – $1 plants one sapling in a community tree nursery. Puchase tickets online today!
Communique de presse (Francais)
Mabrouk Ramadan from all of us at the High Atlas Foundation!
You are invited to join HAF Board members, supporters, and friends for Ramadan ftoor during the month of September. The cost includes a donation to HAF to support its One Million Tree campaign (cash and checks please). More information about HAF’s newest project – a nursery of 60,000 fruit tree saplings – will be available at the events.
Please RSVP to Nora: nora@highatlasfoundation.org
Traditional Moroccan Ftoor
Date: Wednesday, September 16th
Time: 7:00pm (break-fast 7:03pm)
Where: Tagine Dining Gallery, 537 9th Avenue @ 40th Street
Cost: $25
HAF’s project to bring clean drinking water to Moroccan villages is featured as part of GlobalGiving’s Ramadan Giving Campaign.
Please consider making a life changing gift to help 1,600 people in five villages in southern Morocco have access to safe drinking water. Just $15 provides clean drinking water for one person and $150 for an entire family. And, thanks to our generous supporters, we've already raised over $15,000 of the $25,000 project goal! Your gift will help us get that much closer to completing the project.
Learn more about the project, read updates from the field, and make a secure online donation
From all of us at the High Atlas Foundation, Mabrouk Ramadan!
Media coverage of GlobalGiving's Ramadan Giving Campaign:
• USA Today: As Ramadan nears, Muslims plan to donate
• Washington Post: Organizations Help American Muslims with Ramadan Giving
• Albany (NY) Times Union: Ramadan, a time for giving…to the right charities
• Philanthropy News Digest: A New Era of Muslim-American Philanthropy Requires Fewer Obstacles to Giving (commentary by GlobalGiving Program Officer Saima Zaman)
