The Madagascar 2012 Expedition will follow 14 years of world travel and community projects organised by The Coopers' Company and Coborn School. In 2012 a group of 34 year 12 and 13 students will spend one month in Madagascar, with the aim of completing the building of a secondary school block in the Merina village of Andranosoa. Pupils will also spend time experiencing the vulnerable wildlife, people and landscapes of what is a unique country by travelling to the west coast via a 3 day canoe journey along the Tsiribihina river, visiting the Tsingy de Bemaraha, Kirindy Forest and the Avenue de Baobab. As a team, we are hoping to raise £20,000 to cover costs for the charity project. The aim of this blog is to provide information about Madagascar, the team and the fund-raising project. Please visit the pages shown on the right to learn more about the expedition.

Sunday 12 June 2011

Madagascascar Latest Development Data

Since the political crisis in 2009, Aid to madagascar has been stopped by the UN and most other developed nations. A recent household survey by the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) found that aid sanctions are biting the wrong people: 

  • school enrolment has plummeted 
  • health indicators are in decline
  • 60% of rural people don't have use of a toilet
  • 45% of the population does not have ready access to drinking water
  • Only 12% of the population light their homes with lightbulbs
  • The inhabitants of a quarter of households don't go to sleep in a bed.
 


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