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 that she really is wild [...]

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 can spot the first Woolly [...]

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 might be. We are awakened [...]

Hi, my name is Jessica and I decided to get involved with Azafady before the start of my gap year in the summer of 2008. I had always wanted to spend some time in Madagascar and lemurs have fascinated me ever since I learned about their existence, so the Lemur Venture programme was just what [...]