Fondation Orient-Occident (FOO) is a Moroccan non-profit organization recognized of public utility. Intellectually and practically conceived as a bridge between the two shores of the Mediterranean, its mission is to come towards the difficulties of migrants, refugees and the disadvantaged youth, and to promote employability by setting up socio-educational and professional training centers. Fondation Orient-Occident also works for the protection of diversity, and for the valorisation of all cultures. Nowadays the Foundation is present in several Moroccan cities (and regions), namely Rabat, Casablanca, Larache, Tangier, Oujda, Fez, Marrakech, Youssoufia and Ben Guerir and in Italy. In addition, the Foundation carries out advocacy work at the international level, particularly in the framework of its participation to global meetings such as the World Economic Forum.

What we do

SOS Earthquake

Creation of a crisis unit: SOS Earthquake Solidarity Morocco The Kingdom suffered an earthquake measuring 7 on the Richter scale ...

FOO Morocco

Ever since its establishment in 1994, the Fondation Orient-Occident in Morocco has had the mission to come towards the difficulties ...

FOO Italy

In 2017, the President of the Fondation Orient-Occident, Yasmina Filali, opened in Italy the Social Cooperative Orient-Occident (Cooperativa Sociale Oriente-Occidente), ...

World Economic Forum

International advocacy work through the World Economic Forum In 2016, Yasmina Filali, president and founder of the Fondation Orient-Occident, received ...

News & Events

SOS Earthquake Morocco – Call for donations

Call for donations   Creation of a crisis unit: SOS Earthquake Solidarity Morocco   For many years, the Fondation Orient-Occident has been playing a leading role in Morocco through its various centres. Thanks to international cooperation, the Foundation can mobilise substantial funds, which it will redistribute with the transparency and rigour that such a humanitarian

SOS Earthquake Solidarity Morocco – Fondation Orient-Occident

Call for donations Creation of a crisis unit: SOS Earthquake Solidarity Morocco For many years, the Fondation Orient-Occident has been playing a leading role in Morocco through its various centres. Thanks to international cooperation, the Foundation can mobilise substantial funds, which it will redistribute with the transparency and rigour that such a humanitarian disaster demands.

International Literacy Day

The Fondation Orient-Occident is celebrating International Literacy Day this Friday, September 08, 2023, as part of the project “Techniques Innovantes dans l’Alphabétisation ». This community development project, implemented by the Fondation Orient-Occident, in collaboration with CARE Maroc, is financed by the European Union as part of its “ALPHA 3” national literacy strategy support program. A strategy

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