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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

Other community development activites addressed by Zahana

• Starting a micro credit system
• Addressing hunger (food security)
• Introducing new crops
• Malaria prevention
• Village clean up and building toilets
• Building fences and animal pens
• Reforestation
• The village of Fiarenena
• Solar cookers for Madagascar
• Improving cook stoves to reduce deforestation • Pictures of imporved cook stoves in action

Making the bricks: As a corner stone of Zahana’s approach villagers contribute their labor and locally available materials to all the projects. The bricks for the school and the communal rice storage facility were made by the villagers on site.
making bricks in Madagascar Making bricks in Faidanana Madagascar

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Planting for the future: Fruit trees were panted as past of the living fence of the schoolyard. Reforestation is the next logical step, since firewood for cooking is in high demand.
Planting trees in Madagascar

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Improving overall health: A two-day village wide clean up was organized to eliminate diseases like Tungaiasis (transmitted by fleas living in the dust).
cleaning the village_in_Fiadanana_Madagascar

Improving overall health: Children and adults have been examined by volunteer doctors joining Zahana on a special visit.|
waiting for the doctor waiting for the doctor_in_Fiadanana_Madagascar

Improving overall health: mosquito nets have been distributed in the village to prevent Malaria.
mosquito nets_in_Fiadanana_Madagascar Using the mosquito net in the house_in_Fiadanana_Madagascar

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