http://azafady.us/blog people community environment Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:35:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sheila Funnell is the Research Assistant for Azafady’s Conservation Programme, and over the last few months she has been working with volunteers on the programme and the team of Malagasy guides, on the Biodiversity Research & Monitoring module which has been mainly focussed on herpetology. You can tell from reading ... http://azafady.us/blog/?p=369 Jennifer Carpenter took a break from her job as a Systems Analyst in Dublin to join the Azafady Short-term Community Construction programme in southeast Madagascar in April 2010 for 3 weeks, this is an extract from her blog about her whole experience: I fell in love in Madagascar with a boy ... http://azafady.us/blog/?p=345 At what’s such a difficult time for Madagascar, Azafady is in with a good chance of drawing wide public attention to the situation there through Vodafone – but we need your help! Azafady’s HIV specialist Ailie Judd has been selected from some 2500 applicants to go through to the final ... http://azafady.us/blog/?p=329 S.-Xaali O'Reilly Berkeley was a Conservation Volunteer with Azafady on the Lemur Study module for 4 weeks in April 2010 "Woolly," whispers the forest guide, stressing the last syllable and lengthening it in an almost french manner, while pointing into the midst of forest cover. "Woolly – see?" And before you ... http://azafady.us/blog/?p=299 Reza Pakravan joined Azafady’s short-term volunteering community construction programme and helped build a school for 2 weeks in April 2009 as a break from his career as a financial analyst. He was so inspired by Madagascar and Azafady’s work in the southeast that, since returning, he has continued to raise ... http://azafady.us/blog/?p=290 Lomba (Mahalomba Hasoavana) started working for Azafady in July 2001 as a guide on the Pioneer volunteer programme. In 2006 he was made Team Leader of the Pioneer guide team, a job which he did until the summer of 2009. Lomba then coordinated the Ausaid urban health & sanitation project, ... http://azafady.us/blog/?p=274 A Day in the Life of a volunteer on the Azafady Conservation Programme – by Jenn Beard, USA, Volunteer in April 2010 Today is my 17th day as an Azafady Conservation Volunteer. Although no day is the same, I can at least give you an idea of what a typical day ... http://azafady.us/blog/?p=268 "Hard to know where to start .... but they say at the beginning is usually best. As some of you know, i finally left the UK 8/1 after 2 cancelled flights due to the snow. Arrived in Fort Dauphin a little jaded after all the flying but ecstatic to finally ... http://azafady.us/blog/?p=262 The time has almost arrived for us all to be able to see the incredible pictures that Ed Kashi took at the start of the year as part of the Prix Pictet commission. I hope that you're all as exited as I am to finally see these pictures in print. ... http://azafady.us/blog/?p=256 I do completely adore the unpredictability of working for Azafady in the head office in Madagascar, but on occasion experience waves of culture shock at the levels of social and environmental deprivation here. I have worked for Azafady for 5 months in the HIV department conducting research and supporting the ... http://azafady.us/blog/?p=250