Sahara Roots Foundation
A grassroots approach to reduce desertification in the Moroccan Sahara
Our Main Goals
To help preserve the Moroccan Sahara and help provide a better environment for the people living there.

Combating Desertification: a combination of Nettoyage, Education and Tree-planting During my first trips to Morocco since 2002 I was enchanted by the beauty of nature, the friendliness of the people and the purity of the culture, especially in the area at the edge of the Sahara Desert south of Ouarzazate around the village of M’hamid […]

Tree planting in combination with the Permaculture system and Groasis Waterboxx’s. Why plant trees? Trees help combat climate change and desertification. They absorb excess and harmful CO2. Trees help us breathe clean air and absorb odours and pollutant gases (nitrogen oxides, ammonia, sulphur dioxide and ozone. Trees help communities achieve long-term economic and environmental sustainability […]

Nettoyage: The Sahara is sadly becoming polluted. This puts the fragile balance of the ecosystem of the Sahara in danger and as well as the oasis villages around the edge of the Sahara. During one of my first hiking trips in the desert area around M’hamid I saw a strange bird flying through the air. […]
Journal Posts
Closing 2022 and new challenges for 2023!
We are pleased to inform you that our financials for 2022 are now available.Please visit About us: Financials Sahara-Roots Foundation 2022 A thank you to all for the wonderful trust & support that we have received. We look forward to the new challanges that 2023 will bring!!
Tree planting and construction: a continuing challenge!
September 2022: activities during the Zamane Festival in M’hamidOrganised by Joudour Sahara Together with our loyal Sahara-Roots team members Ilham Bakal & Anouk Schaedtler, we participated in the first Zamane Festival which was held between September 23 – 25th. On arrival in M’hamid, we met directors of our US partner “Playing for Change Foundation” (PFC), […]
Hip, hip hurray, we were finally on our way!!
After 2 ½ years absence in Morocco due to Covid, our Sahara-Roots team (Ilham Bakal, Adriaan and me) was once again on the way to M’hamid to see the developments of our projects there. Grateful that Halim Sbaï & our tree caretaker Habib were able to watch over the trees and shrubs during this period, […]
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