Madagascar

 Some of the children who have already benefitted from Project Tatirano

Success through simplicity

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 02/25/2019 - 9:23am

At first glance the small cluster of wooden houses, sat next to a dirt road under the dappled shade of lychee and mango trees, in the rural community of Belavenoky, looks like any other you might find in south east Madagascar.

Look a little closer however and you notice their palm thatched roofs are draped in a series of slanted tarpaulin sheets and there are blue tanks by their walls.

These houses are part of a project called Tatirano (meaning ‘to collect water’ in Malagasy), set up by engineer Harry Chaplin, which is hoping to expand its clean drinking water project to...

Escape to Madagascar

Event Date: 
08/07/2013 - 7:00pm
Venue: 
Reed Hall, Streatham Drive, University of Exeter, EX4 4QR

Join us for a night of food and music from Madagascar, followed by an auction. All held in the beautiful Reed Hall.

5 years ago Blue Ventures set up a women's health project in South West Madagascar. Blue Ventures are now planning on replicating the project further North in the Country. All proceeds from the evening are going towards funding this vitally important work! it has been organised by Dr Vik Mohan, a local GP, who also helped establish the project along with a group of local medical students.

Evening starts at 7pm with food at 7:30pm followed by the auction...