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Meet School Feeding Officer - Maneva
Meet Maneva, one of our School Feeding Officers. She focuses on ensuring the children in six of the schools in her district are given a healthy meal every school day.
Here she tells us a little about herself and describes the work she undertakes.
Celebrating International Women's Day
Happy International Women’s Day! It's a moment to reflect on the remarkable achievements, resilience, and contributions of women across the globe. In Madagascar, this day holds particular significance as it serves as a reminder of the vital role that women play in shaping communities, driving progress, and fostering positive change.
Meet Rasoa - a local supplier
Rasoa, who has worked with Feedback Madagascar for many years, is the president of the women's association in Ambohimahamasina. The association helps supply our school feeding programme.
My name is RaZAFINDRASOA Blandine called Rasoa.
In 2006-2007, I worked with Feedback Madagascar for the first time learning to read and write.
Meet Mamy - Field Agent
Allow us to introduce Raherivelo Maminirina Lucien, affectionately known as Mamy, who serves as a Field Agent with Feedback Madagascar. Following in his father's footsteps, Mamy has developed a profound passion for photography. Recently, Feedback Madagascar received a high-quality camera as a generous gift from professional wildlife photographer Philip Price, which we entrusted to Mamy.
Helping communities get on their bikes
Feedback Madagascar and the Adsum Foundation continue to support Malagasy communities through bicycle distribution.
In collaboration with Bike Aid Africa, the Adsum Foundation has spearheaded a dedicated initiative aimed at gathering bicycles and other essential items to aid the people of Madagascar.
Spotlight on local suppliers
Feedback Madagascar collaborates with local communities to assist them in becoming vegetable suppliers for our School Feeding Programme, which provides a nutritious meal to over 98,000 children every school day.
Celebrations launch School Feeding Programme
Feedback Madagascar and partners Mary’s Meals work hand in hand with the community to offer a meal for children at school and in December a huge celebration took place to mark the launch of school feeding in the Ikongo region of Madagascar
Improving lives through poultry rearing
At Feedback Madagascar we support communities with many activities to improve their lives including poultry rearing.
The poultry rearing project started in October 2022, to improve the income of vulnerable families, we now have over 100 beneficiaries
Celebrating achievements and looking to a New Year
Thank you all for your support and encouragement throughout this year. For too many of the people we work with in Madagascar it has been amongst the hardest. Horrors like famine, after last year’s cyclones and the world economic crash, made our work to improve people’s lives
Celebrate World Lemur Day
World Lemur Day is celebrated this year on Friday 27th October. It's a day to celebrate lemurs and spread the word about the importance of their conservation. With 98% of lemur species threatened with extinction and 31% critically endangered
UK Ambassador trip
Last week a British Embassy team led by the Ambassador, David Ashley, visited the parts of southern Ikongo worst affected. They came to see projects undertaken by Feedback Madagascar and Ny Tanintsika, as well as the World Food Programme.
Madagascar: one year on: Health centers
Cyclones Batsirai and Emnati hit the southern Ikongo district within two weeks of each other in February 2022, tearing through communities and leaving an aftermath of destruction. Hundreds of schools were totally destroyed and hundreds more lost their roofs.
Madagascar: one year on: A story of determination
Feedback Madagascar has worked with the community of Antoebe, near the forest in the Ambohimahamasina municipality, for 3 years.
People-First Watershed Conservation
“In 15 years” says Nathalie, “the situation has barely improved and people are just as poor as they were back then. We need to start encouraging the local communities not to wait for the government or NGOs to come and improve things, but to have the confidence to take their own initiative, to know that they can make the changes themselves”