On the 14th July, a meeting of the Ministry of Environment and Development (Ministère de l’Environnement et du Development Durable, MEDD), Asity and other NGOs, was summoned in the building of the Ministry in Antananarivo. Asity, member of BirdLife International, is the official partner of the Ministry of Environment for Read more
The people of the small, very remote village of Mitahy have been the most motivated from the start and and are determined: They need a school for their children! However, the government had “forgotten” Mitahy and not included it on the list of villages that should have a school at Read more
Our colleague and friend, Elyse has again undertaken the arduous journey to Voatovo – 1 day with the Taxi Brousse from Toliara and then a very long day with the ox cart – to get an idea of the progress of the school construction in Vohitovo, and to organise the Read more
What people in the three villages around the Mangoky Reserve want most is schools for their children. Mangoky Reserve has therefore developed a plan together with the village council for the construction of three village schools. Once the schools have been constructed, they will be taken over by the state Read more
Our boats ordered in South Africa in autumn – five kayaks and an aluminum motorboat – have finally arrived in Toliara! It was a long journey, from Parys in Freestate via Port Elizabeth to Toamasina, from there to Antsirabe and finally to Toliara. The boats are now well secured at Read more
The boats from South Africa have finally been cleared and left the port of Toamasina today. Many thanks, Hanta, for the great work in Toamasina, and many thanks to Heather and Lisa in Port Elisabeth and Parys in South Africa for their help. Now the boats are on the truck Read more
The first week in March, Richard visited the villages asking Mangoky Reserve for support in building schools. There he met the village people and discussed their expectations, their contribution and the next step to be done. Here below Richard gives some impressions from the meetings: First, we went to Voatovo. Read more
03.04.2020 This enchanted staircase leads into the Mangoky Reserve forest. It was built a long time ago and connects the river with the ruins of the “White House”. Now the stairs are uncovered again and waiting for volunteers to climb up and help us protect the forest and build a Read more
31.3.2020. The Mangoky Reserve in the rainy season is a fantastic, deep green wilderness that only a few people from outside have ever seen: the area is just too inaccessible. Our colleague Richard has just been there – on an adventurous journey through waist-deep mud holes and man-sized grass. His Read more
The Mangoky Reserve is part of a larger protected area, the Mangoky-Ihotry Wetland Complex. This complex consists of dry dense forests, thorny forests, lakes including Lake Ihotry and its surrounding lakes and mangroves with the Mangoky River Delta, and is managed by Asity, a Malagasy Environmental Association (cf. http://www.asity-madagascar.org). In Read more