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 named Jamal. He’s about 7 [...]

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 [...]

“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 be in Madagascar. The nothingness, [...]

My name is Stacey Williams and I am currently volunteering as an English teacher for Azafady in Fort Dauphin which is in the south east region of Madagascar. The demand for English lessons here is outstanding, but unfortunately we only have volunteer English Teachers available until June. In order to keep continuity with the English [...]

Touching down in Madagascan soil for the first time truly feels like you’ve entered a special and unique place. From the slightly hair raising walk across the tarmac into the smallest arrival hall you can imagine…everything is spectacularly different from home, especially the beautiful sunshine! We met at Antananarivo airport ready to spend the night, [...]

Education facilities in the Anosy region of Madagascar are extremely limited. In some communities, children have to walk 20km to reach their nearest school. But even then the facilities are minimal and often inadequate. Azafady’s Project Sekoly is all about addressing this.
Agnenga was one of the many tiny hamlets to be found in Madagascar with [...]