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The community builds a school in Madagascar

Communal rice and corn storage bulding in Madagascar

Improving Cookstove technology in Madagascar

Adressing food Security in rural Madagascar

Zahana's photo gallery about rural transofmation in Madagascar

Other issues addressed by zahana in Madagascar

Zahana: Accomplishments and Results

In 2010 we assess the work done in the last 4 years on a shoestring budget. Sometimes we get the question: “how do you measure success?” This is a question often driven by the thought of accountability for the money spent. It is hard to determine, or prove in hard numbers, if the mosquito nets at the cost of a few dollars have avoided any malaria cases.

test BUILDING A SCHOOL IN FIARENANA

All 56 children in the village now can go to school where they live. More: school in Fiarenana

SCHOOL FIADANANA: Over 150 children in now go to school taught by two teachers. Before 2006 there has never been a school in the village and none of the children attended school regularly. More: school Fiadanana

CLEAN WATER IN FIADANANA: 1000 people have access to clean, safe drinking water in Fiadanana since 2006. A community built and community owned water system, from the spring in the mountains to the village, provides water with seven communal faucets throughout the village. MORE

CLEAN WATER FOR FIARENANA: 286 villagers now have clean water through a completely rebuilt community well in Fiadanana. More: water for Fiarenana

test A COMMUNAL GRAIN STORAGE BUILDING IN FIADANANA for all village farmers to store the rice and corn after the harvest safely for the first time. MORE

A COMMUNAL GRAIN STORAGE FOR FIARENANA: The community made the bricks for a communal grain or rice storage building. Zahana provided the corrugate roofing iron, one door, two windows and the cement for the floor and walls. in use by the community since the rice harvest of 2009. More

Mosquito nets for Fiadanana, madagascar - zahana MOSQUITO NETS: At first, the villagers asked Zahana for medication to treat malaria. Zahana decided preventing malaria in the first place using a comprehensive public health approach was a better way. 106 mosquito nets were distributed in Fiadanana in 2006. More

Mosquito nets for Faireanana, Madagascar - zahana MOSQUITO NETS: All households received mosquito nets in Fiarenana. Mosquito nets can prevent getting malaria in the first place. As most families sleep in one bed, all women and children are coved. More

building the school in Fairenana Madagascar - Zahana Building a school for Fiarenana is a community wide effort. Everybody, from the small children to the parents participated in making this happen. Carrying the bricks across the hill and building the building the school brick by brick. More

The need to reduce the need for firewood is more immediate. To address this Zahana developed and promoted an improved cookstove that can be built in a few hours with a few bricks and mud. In the rainy season solar cooking is not a viable option and the improved cookstove, in tandem with reforestation efforts, is a practical immediate solution. More

Microcredit a "true seed fund". Creating a dedicated seed fund for micro-enterprise projects. Initiated and implemented by the villagers, with support from Zahana, it makes a huge difference overcoming the grip of object poverty. More

Zahana was invited to participate in National Geographic’s (yes, the iconic yellow magazine) Global Action Atlas. With the reach of National Geographic, this is tremendous opportunity for Zahana. Please visit the Global Action Atlas though our website.

One example tells it all: Since 2006 Fiarenana has a clean, safe water system. Since then no child has died of diarrhea related (or water borne) diseases, a sharp contrast to before where almost every months a child or infant died in the village.

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