High Atlas Foundation

High Atlas Foundation Park West Station, PO Box 21081 New York, NY 10025 United States (646) 688-2946 http://www.highatlasfoundation.org

Mission

HAF is a nonprofit organization founded by former Peace Corps Volunteers that works to establish development projects in Morocco that local communities design and manage. These projects are in partnership with government and non-government agencies.

Programs

HAF currently supports projects in fruit tree planting, potable water, irrigation, and activities related to women and youth development. In June 2006, we launched a campaign to plant one million fruit trees with throughout Morocco. HAF also provides training opportunities in community consensus-building and managing bottom-up social change.

Funded Projects on GlobalGiving

Tree nursery to benefit 10,000 Rural Moroccans

Personnel Overview

Jason Ben-Meir - President, High Atlas Foundation
Jason served in Morocco as an Associate Peace Corps Director (1998-1999), managing the environment program, and as a Peace Corps volunteer (1993-1995), helping to establish projects in communities that border the Toubkal National Park. He is currently writing his doctoral dissertation at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. He publishes widely on the subject of international development.

Deborah Dausses - Morocco-U.S. Liaison, High Atlas Foundation
Deborah is a nurse who has worked at children’s hospitals, most recently in Palestine and Casablanca. She currently resides in Morocco and serves as High Atlas Foundation’s Morocco-U.S. liaison, playing a vital role in building partnerships and meeting with rural communities throughout the country.

Personnel Statistics

Kate McLetchie,
Country Director
Founded in 2000
Employees: 1
Volunteers: 15