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Closed 17/02/2023
Iʼve raised £1,166 to We at Craftmongers continue to fund the teachers and growth of the school we have built in Madagascar . Every penny goes to the school.
- Madagascar
- Funded on Friday, 17th February 2023
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I visited this tiny community on the south west coast of Madagascar last year. The Vezo people are subsistence fishermen.
I filmed with them for a week. The most generous, kind, giving people I have visisted. Their school hut had blown down the previous year and the teacher left. The children were so gentle and eager to learn.
The cost of a new school house and teacher's house was so little, that I felt we had to try and help .
In our first push, we amazingly raised enough money for the school, which we have built. In our second push we raised enough to build two more classrooms, with three teachers and over 200 children attending.
Now we have been running for over a year. It is incredible what we have all been able to achieve. There is so much to still do and support.
More recently, my dear friend Andy has been given a really bad prognosis and only has a few months to live. He wants to dedicate his last months to fundraising for an arts and music room. He is donating a number of instruments and more, but we need to raise some more funds to make it happen.
Any donations, big or small, will help us achieve his goal.
Toby
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- 2 years ago
Toby Strong
2 years agoId like to thank everyone who gave after my RGS talks. Am so so grateful. Will get the money off to the school soon and let you all know how we are doing . again a million thanks toby
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36
Pippa Galvin
Jan 26, 2023
🙌
£5.00
Anna Markillie
Jan 13, 2023
Best wishes for this project ❤️
£15.00
Harjati
Dec 6, 2022
Wooldridge family
Dec 5, 2022
One day we will visit - such a wonderful initiative
£20.00
Richard Ewell
Dec 5, 2022
Wonderful cause, excellent work.
£40.00
Anonymous
Nov 29, 2022
£10.00
Bianca Siciliano
Nov 28, 2022
I was touched when I found out about this beautiful project. All my respect and big admiration to you all acting through love and compassion to create a better life for these people! ❤️
£30.00
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Toby Strong
Madagascar
I am an award winning wildlife director and film maker based in Devon. We also have a shop called 'Craftmongers' in Ashburton, Devon that supports makers and artists.