Humanitarian Projects from 2008 to 2015
Key initiatives:
Donation of medical equipment to the Ambovombe Red Cross.
Donation of clothing and school supplies in southern Madagascar.
Donation of locally made school benches and tables.
Donation of a fuel-efficient wood-burning cooker.
Donation of 22 manual sewing machines, school materials, medical equipment and computer equipment.
Funding of two carts and two zebu cattle to transport drinking water and, when necessary, schoolchildren. This project was supported by Les papiers de l'espoir.
Donation of medical and orthopaedic equipment
During a 2012 visit to Madagascar, active and executive members of MétisMalagasy distributed equipment through the Ambovombe Red Cross in Androy:
Wheelchairs and walking frames.
More than 200 pairs of glasses collected, transported and distributed.
Seventeen sewing machines to help create a sewing school.
Supporting the creation of a sewing school in Ambovombe
The association organised donation campaigns through radio stations, community sales and other communication channels to collect and transport sewing machines to Madagascar. The objective was to help create local economic opportunities. In partnership with the Red Cross, a sewing school was established.
Five sewing machines were donated to the women’s association Miavotse and seventeen to the Ambovombe Red Cross, enabling local people to receive sewing training. Women were able to develop practical skills and a source of income, with machines available for local use. MétisMalagasy also supplied essential start-up consumables such as thread and scissors.
Fuel-efficient wood-burning cooker
A fuel-efficient wood-burning cooker was shipped in a donated container. Because southern Madagascar is semi-arid and wood is scarce, the cooker was introduced to reduce firewood consumption and dependence on charcoal.
The cooker is used to prepare rice at the Ambotaka school canteen. Built from a metal drum, a bent sheet-metal tube and ash used as insulation, it achieves high combustion efficiency and can use five to eight times less wood than traditional cooking methods.
Two MétisMalagasy members completed training with Bolivia Inti and then trained local users in the correct operation of the cooker.
