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Azafady is a registered UK charity and Malagasy NGO, established in 1994, working in southeast Madagascar.

 

       Azafady aims to protect and enhance the unique environment of Madagascar. It also aims to support local communities by providing appropriate health & sanitation infrastructure and education; and by helping to develop alternative sustainable livelihood strategies to improve their well-being. Azafady also provides an opportunity for people from developed countries to get an understanding of the complex issues in conservation and development, gaining skills and experience at a grassroots level.

 

Azafady works with village communities in a region containing the last remaining stands of littoral forest in southeast Madagascar. It is Azafady’s belief and experience that nature conservation is impossible to impose; rather it must be proved to be of benefit to the local community to be sustainable, so its projects are both humanitarian and conservational. 

 

Azafady’s projects have received many prestigious endorsements over the years such as those from Sir David Attenborough and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

 

I participated in Azafady’s Pioneer Scheme which was the winner in the “best volunteering organisation” category of the 2007 Responsible Tourism Awards.

 

Departures for Azafady's Pioneer Scheme (10 weeks of general volunteer work) or Lemur Venture (4 or 8 weeks of lemur conservation work) are in January, April, July and October.

 

More information about Azafady, the work they do in Madagascar and what you can do to help can be found on their excellent website.

 

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Madagascar is the world's fourth largest island. It has an absolutely staggering diversity of plant and animal species, 80% of which are found nowhere else on the planet. However, while one of the biologically richest places on Earth; it is also one of the world’s poorest countries. Only about ¼ of the 17 million people have access to safe drinking water, and the infant mortality rate is a horrendous 1 in 10. The country typically spends as much on debt repayments each year as it does on health and education combined.

 

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