At Feedback Madagascar we support communities with many activities to improve their lives including poultry rearing. 

The poultry rearing project started in October 2022, with the aim to improve the income of vulnerable families, we now have over 100 beneficiaries. The project sites are Ambondro village in Ambohimahamasina, Ranotsara village in Vohitsaoka, Menarano and Sambivinany villages in Ranomafana. Each family is provided with three chickens, two female and one male, along with seeds to grow food for the chickens,  vaccines to prevent disease and training and ongoing support for successful  chicken rearing. To date our beneficiaries have produced over 2,000 chickens.

Meet 55 year old RAVAOHARISOA Meline, known as Vaohary. She lives in Ranotsara with her husband and two grandsons. 

She explains about the poultry rearing project, “we started poultry rearing in December 2022.  I decided to be part of this project as I am getting old now and farming work is very hard for me as I have a bad back. I think poultry rearing can help us.” 

She explains, “at the beginning of the project we were given three chickens, now I have 47. During the last year we were able to eat or sell some of our chicken when we needed money. Many people want to buy chicken during December because of the Christmas and New Year celebrations.

Our project technicians have worked with, and taught Vaohary and others how to rear chickens to avoid diseases and increase chicken numbers. 

“Because of this poultry rearing, we can pay all our dues, and can buy furniture for our home.” Vaohary concludes.

Meet 46 year old RAMAROVELO Soampionona, known as Razàna. Her family's main source of income has been farming cassava, a root vegetable.  

She explains, “I decided to participate in this project because I’m a widow and one of my daughters is too. She lives with me with her children and cassava farming is not enough for us. There are ten people living in our home.”

“There are many advantages to this project because we can eat chicken when we want especially during a festivity or a family event and can also sell the chickens which is a real source of income for us. I can say that I’ve already gained more than 100.000ar (£1.75) and we use it to buy school stationery for my grandsons and granddaughters. Apart from those I’ve already sold, I have 25 chickens now. “