It’s time to turn your donations into action!
We are
delighted to announce that the Money for Madagascar Concert, Ceilidh and Cross-Bay
Walk raised over £13,000 and donations are still coming in. Thanks to the strong
legs and deep pockets of MfM supporters from across Britain, the MfM knees up
will benefit four needy projects, bringing new hope to hundreds of people
across Madagascar.
Parents
and teachers at Ambohidava are already using £6000 raised by our wild waders to
build 2 new classrooms. They hope to have these ready in time for the students
to use in October.
The ‘rentrée
scolaire’ is an expensive time for any parent. But for community projects
providing education to destitute and disadvantaged children the worry of how to
provide pens, paper and books to hundreds of children at the start of the new
term can be the cause of many a sleepless night. So we are happy to be able to
send grants to Akany Avoko children’s home and La Source special needs school
to help them fund educational supplies for the new school year.
With
donations surpassing our wildest hopes we are delighted to have raised enough
to launch a new project to help women and their children in Toamasina prison. This
programme will provide food, education, counselling and hope to the bleak lives
of these incarcerated women and children. MfM is very concerned that prisoners
should be treated with humanity and given the opportunity for rehabilitation. We
feel the need to help these vulnerable women and children is even more
compelling since the legal system in Madagascar presumes people to be ‘guilty until proven innocent’. This
will be the fourth prison project that MfM has delivered in partnership with
SAF- FJKM Toamasina.
Well done to all the musicians, dancers, waders, swimmers, bakers, crafts-women,
lemur carriers and sponsors who came together to make the MfM knees up such a
great success. Thank you all for playing a part in turning the tide on poverty
in Madagascar! We look forward to reporting on the progress of these projects.
