Madagascar: Village school: Misereor

Madagascar is an island with fascinating nature and a young population. But many children have no access to education. VOZAMA is committed to ensuring that children in remote villages can learn to read, write and do maths.

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Continent

Africa

Thematic focus:

Protecting human rights and facilitating peace

Around a third of people in Madagascar cannot read or write. Only two out of three children are enrolled in school. In rural regions, the nearest school is usually kilometres away. Families are often too poor to buy school uniforms, exercise books and books.

The Misereor partner organisation VOZAMA organises the construction of schools and trains teachers. The initiative also helps with the purchase of pens, exercise books, books and other school materials that most families cannot afford.

In the village schools of VOZAMA, the children can learn, but also play together.

A child from the village of Soanihasina by the fire.

Josephine Rasolonomenjanahary was trained as a teacher by VOZAMA.

For them, this is a great addition to their work in agriculture.

Reading, maths, writing: Children learn important basics here.

Thanks to the tree nursery, there are new seedlings for farmers.

The school project breaks the vicious circle of poverty and illiteracy. Every year, around 5,000 children learn to read, write and do maths in the village schools. When the children grow up, they can make the long journey to the nearest state school. More than half of them go on to achieve a higher level of education. To ensure that the children are looked after by qualified staff, VOZAMA also trains teachers.

In Madagascar, periods of drought are occurring more and more frequently. During these periods, many people are affected by crop failures and hunger. VOZAMA also supports the reforestation of fallow land so that the soil becomes fertile again. Despite challenges such as poor-quality seed, caterpillar infestation and heavy rainfall, the production of young plants in VOZAMA's tree nurseries has been significantly exceeded.

Over 5,000 children were able to go to school
100% of parents from VOZAMA pilot projects were able to pay the school fees themselves
88% of teachers have passed additional certification exams
680,000 seedlings that have been planted
1000 kilos of potatoes harvested in the last growing season

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For example, a set with a watering can, shovel, spade and seeds for growing plants costs €13.

For donations by bank transfer, please state the project number "P10058" in the reference.

To ensure that your donation has an impact in the long term, Misereor uses a small proportion for important administration an related tasks. This way, we make sure that projects are selected carefully and implemented responsibly and that their effects are regularly monitored. Should it not be possible to use your donation as planned, we will use it where it is currently needed most.

Our local partner organisations

VOZAMA

Misereor works with the literacy movement VOZAMA in Madagascar. The name is an abbreviation and means "Let's save the children of Madagascar". The initiative was founded in 1995 to break the vicious circle of illiteracy and poverty. In addition to primary education, VOZAMA also promotes various development activities for parents, offers counselling services for health care and environmental protection and campaigns for children's and women's rights.