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Today is World Water Day. One billion people in the world do not have access to clean drinking water. Nearly 1.8 million children die every year from waterborne illnesses. But you can help change this.
Download a free copy of "World Water Run: The Race to Provide Safe Drinking Water to the World" to learn more about the world water crisis. This beautifully photographed 122 page coffee table book highlights some of the innovative solutions being pursued to solve the crisis and in so doing offers hope and inspiration.
Water is life. As we share this Blue Planet, we must promise each other that no person will ever again have to live - or die - without clean, fresh water. Fulfilling that promise is within the reach of each of us.
-Excerpt from book's foreword by Robert Redford
You can also make a donation to HAF's project to provide clean drinking water to five Moroccan villages. Just $15 provides clean drinking water for one person...every drop counts!
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Between February 19th and 23rd nearly 20,000 cherry and apple trees were distributed to 250 households, including twenty-eight villages, in the Tifnoute Valley as part of the Kate Jeans-Gail Tree Nursery Memorial. Trees were also distributed to local schools in the valley, allowing children of all ages to participate in this community-wide project. More trees will be distributed later this planting season, and currently community members are receiving technical training in fruit tree agriculture best practices from local experts. The community will continue to care for the nursery, plant more saplings, and propagate new trees through grafting techniques. In this way, the nursery will remain a permanent part of the community, supplying local varities of fruit trees for many generations to come. Please check back soon to download the full project report.
This nursery was created two years ago to remember the spirited life of Kate Jeans-Gail. Thank you to Kate's family and friends who gave so generously to allow this project to grow and flourish.
HAF's project to bring clean drinking water to five Moroccan villages is featured as part of GlobalGiving's "Fill the Glass" fundraiser in celebration of World Water Day. Your donation before Sunday, March 22nd could help HAF earn an additional $1,000 in project funds...we are already off to a great start!
Just $15 provides clean drinking water for 
one person - every drop counts! What small thing can you do today to contribute to this life-saving effort? Give up your morning coffee run and brew it at home? Walk instead of taking a taxi? Bring your lunch to work instead of buying it? Let us know what you are doing to help bring clean drinking water to Moroccan families by leaving a comment below (you'll help inspire others to do the same!) and then make your donation online.
Fast Facts:
- World Water Day is on March 22nd - it is an initiative that grew out of the 1992 United Nations Conference on environment and development
- Over one billion people worldwide do not have access to safe drinking water
- An astounding 1.8 million children die every year from water related diseeases
- In Morocco, an estimated 40 percent of rural inhabitants lack full access to clean drinking water
Thanks to the continued generosity of donors like you, HAF has already started implementation of three clean drinking water projects - benefitting approximately 1,000 people. Raising an additional $11,000 will bring clean drinking water to two more villages, drastically improving the public health conditions of a total of 1,600 people for this project. Thank you for your support!
Learn more about the project and make a donation online.
In partnership with the American Chamber of Commerce in Morocco (AmCham), HAF has launched a corporate social responsibility program. The program targets the over 250 Moroccan and US companies that are members of AmCham, with a particular focus on engaging small and medium sized enterprises. The goal of the program is to provide a platform for companies to invest in high impact socio-economic development projects, and in so doing create a network dedicated to investing in local community initiatives.
Why become a sponsor?
- Reach over 5,000 Moroccans and Americans with your logo featured in HAF's quarterly electric newsletter and on the corporate sponsor page of HAF's website (with link to your company's website).
- Position your company as a leader in the field of corporate social responsibility, investing in the lives of rural Moroccan families.
- Associate your company with the High Atlas Foundation - a US NGO exclusively dedicated to advancing participatory development in Morocco, with a focus on building productive partnerships and promoting cooperation between the US and Morocco.
- Receive invitations to special events and to visit projects supported by your sponsorship.
How is your sponsorship used?
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Community Champion: $6,000 (or 50 000 MAD) provides clean drinking water for one village, approximately 300 people
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Community Visionary: $3,000 (or 25 000 MAD) funds a one day training in participatory development for twenty-five local leaders
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Community Partner: $2,000 (or 15 000 MAD) plants 500 fruit trees, which at leasts doubles the income of ten families when the trees reach maturity in four-six years
Corporate Sponsorship Opportunities (English PDF)
Possibilité de parrainage institutionnel (Français PDF)
Contact us to learn more about the corporate sponsorship program
We look forward to counting you among our corporate partners!
On January 22nd, HAF held its first training session at the Center for Community Consensus-Building and Sustainable Development. This day-long workshop trained twenty-five Master level students - selected from over 100 applicants - at Hassan II University's Faculty of Law, Economics, and Social Sciences, in the basic approach to participatory development through interactive activities and discussion. Taught in Moroccan Arabic, participants worked in small groups to identify and prioritize opportunities for change in their community (in this case the university) through community mapping and pairwise ranking exercises. Together, as a large group, participants reached consensus for areas of priority reform at the university.
