It
is now 82 days until we depart for Madagascar!
There
is a meeting this Friday at 1:20pm in Mr Cornish's teaching room: everyone is
expected to attend. Please bring your lunch and don't be late.
Mrs
McCall
Tuesday 24 April 2012
Monday 23 April 2012
Indian Ocean with Simon Reeve
Must see TV over the next few weeks is the new series by explorer and travel writer Simon Reeve "Indian Ocean". He has traveled around the Indian Ocean documenting the stories of the people he meets. Next Sunday he will be in Madagascar, not far from the final stop on our expedition, meeting the coastal vezo fishermen.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00pqbfg
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/africaandindianocean/9215866/Simon-Reeve-interview-the-devil-and-the-deep-blue-sea.html
Friday 6 April 2012
Thursday 5 April 2012
School Construction Underway
I Have just returned to Antananarivo after three days staying in Andranosoa, the site of our School Building Project.
Here are some photos with a commentary from my time in the village:
Andranosoa is a large village with a population of 1,300, 425 of whom are children under the age of 16.
The majority of people life in 2-storey traditional mud and wood houses, typical of the local Merina tribe. Although a lot of houses have now got an electricity supply, they only use it for lighting. Water comes from communal taps fed from a local reservoir and all toilets are outside. Cooking is done inside the house using charcoal stoves.
Most of the villagers are farmers with rice and zebu the main produce.
The principal purpose of the trip was to oversee the start of building work on the site of the new school. After meeting the Mayor and President of the village on Tuesday, they gave the go-ahead for work to start on Wednesday. Over 50 local men turned up to start digging the foundations.
Today (Thursday) saw the official ceremony of the laying of the first stones with the Mayor, President and Roland (Project Manager).
Andranosoa is a large village with a population of 1,300, 425 of whom are children under the age of 16.
The majority of people life in 2-storey traditional mud and wood houses, typical of the local Merina tribe. Although a lot of houses have now got an electricity supply, they only use it for lighting. Water comes from communal taps fed from a local reservoir and all toilets are outside. Cooking is done inside the house using charcoal stoves.
Most of the villagers are farmers with rice and zebu the main produce.
The principal purpose of the trip was to oversee the start of building work on the site of the new school. After meeting the Mayor and President of the village on Tuesday, they gave the go-ahead for work to start on Wednesday. Over 50 local men turned up to start digging the foundations.
Today (Thursday) saw the official ceremony of the laying of the first stones with the Mayor, President and Roland (Project Manager).
Monday 2 April 2012
School Building Designs Finalised
I have just finished a very encouraging meeting with Roland our project director here in Antananarivo. He has been working very hard to finalise all budgets and design before my visit here. The foundations will be dug by the village on Wednesday preceding the laying of the first stone on thursday. I will be visiting the village for three days from tomorrow (Tuesday) until Thursday so lots more information to pass on after that. 
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