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Weʼve raised £2,599 to buy resources for schools in Andasibe, Madagascar, to help save the rain-forest and for community projects
- Andasibe, Madagascar
- Funded on Monday, 19th November 2018
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Ann, Janine and Jan visited the nursery and primary schools in the village of Andasibe, Madagascar. In public schools in Madagascar the government pay teachers' wages and nothing else. Consequently there are just desks in classrooms, and no resources, not even books. Even so, children walk for miles barefoot to get an education.
While we were in Madagascar we worked in the rain-forest next to Andasibe. We saw, and heard, lots of animals, including indris and mouse lemurs. Indri, Madagascar's largest lemur, are rare. There are about 60 resident family groups here with two to five indris in each group. The Good-man's mouse lemur, the smallest primate in the world, was discovered here in 2005 and identified as a distinct species.
Lemur like to eat particular trees. There is a need to pay villagers to collect seedlings of trees from the forest to plant in the tree nursery, and to plant saplings in spaces in the forest.
To generate income from tourism, the rain-forest park, which is owned and run by the local community, need slabs of stone to build a 15 km path, and to pay villagers to lay the path. There are four organised walking trails in the park which give tourists the best chance of seeing lemur.
The community voluntarily work on projects to improve life in their village, but they need funds to buy the resources for the projects.
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- 6 years ago
Ann Slater Janine Blinko Jan Gough
6 years agoThank you for everything that you have done, raising money, walking and/or donating. The £2,599 will be spent in the following ways The nursery will buy 50 plates, spoons, a big pot and food so that they can feed the nursery children. The Primary school will buy books. The secondary school will buy 20 desks and benches. Sand, wood, planks and rocks will be bought to build and maintain paths in the rain forest. Pots will be bought for the tree nursery to plant the saplings found in the forest of the trees that lemurs like. Thank you.
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Ann Slater Janine Blinko Jan Gough
6 years agoWhat a fabulous day! Thanks to everyone who walked, donated or was with us in spirit. Over £1,050. This will make a huge difference to the schools and the lemurs.
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Ann Slater
Nov 18, 2018
Congratulations from Pauline
£10.00
Ann Slater
Nov 18, 2018
Well done from Joanna
£10.00
Warley Primary School
Nov 6, 2018
£218.00
from Nicole
Nov 6, 2018
£216.00
Karen and Juliette
Nov 2, 2018
Great idea for a great cause!
£100.00
Gill and John Slater
Oct 26, 2018
£30.00
Anonymous
Oct 26, 2018
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Ann Slater Janine Blinko Jan Gough
Andasibe, Madagascar
We are raising money for the village of Andasibe in Madagascar. We are walking 10+ miles alongpart of the Jubilee Greenway in London Sunday October 7th 2018.