By Hilary White | Grants Manager
Summer months are very hot and extremely dry in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco, so during the summer vacation, project manager Ouafa Elbarqui decided to visit the trees planted with schoolchildren this past season to see how they’ve been doing in this heat.
[Her report with photos is attached.]
As she explains in the attached photo essay, the school staff and students have made sure that the trees are being watered regularly even during the summer.
In the meantime, the next round of Sami’s Project is in the early planning stages, with one project to plant and distribute 2,000 trees, benefitting 100 students and families in Taza and other projects still to come.
This initiative aims to instill in young schoolchildren an appreciation of nature and allows them to experience that they can make a difference in their environment. Schoolchildren outside Morocco who have helped to raise funds for the trees have learned too that they can help others. We look forward to building upon this as the project enters its second year, and all ideas are welcome.
If you know of any youth group (outside Morocco) interested in teaming up with HAF for Sami's project, please contact me at:
hilary@highatlasfoundation.org.
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