Community Health
For twenty years, we have been working to improve the wellbeing of people living in Fort Dauphin and the wider Anosy region. In this remote part of southeast Madagascar, it is everyday conditions such as childbirth, diarrhoea, coughs and colds that pose the most serious health risks. Today, we are helping mothers to safeguard the health of themselves and their babies, increasing students’ awareness of sexual health and STIs, supporting communities to build clean drinking water wells and safe sanitation, and much more. Our programmes have produced significant positive changes but the current situation in the country is challenging and much work remains to be done.
At only $22 per day, the Malagasy national health system is amongst the worst funded in the world
WHO, 2014
Madagascar’s health system has never been robust but the political crisis in 2009 had a devastating impact on the provision of formal services. Government spending on health has dropped dramatically and as the number of services provided has shrunk and the quality slipped, the impact on those unable to afford private healthcare – almost everyone in Madagascar – has been serious.
Current projects
Miatrika
Project Miatrika seeks to improve the health status of children aged 6-59 months in the southeast Anosy region through a holistic response to acute malnutrition.
Project Miatrika
Safidy
Supporting student peer educators to improve sexual health education for the prevention of HIV, STIs and unplanned pregnancies.
Project Safidy
Votsira
Worked to increase knowledge of sexual, reproductive, maternal and child health among the women of Fort Dauphin.
Project VotsiraCompleted projects
Food Distribution in Anosy Region
Providing emergency food relief to people facing extreme food shortages due to COVID-19 and drought.
Food distribution in Anosy 2021
Magnampy 2
Supported livelihoods and wellbeing improvements through CLTS, water security, agro-forestry and fuel-efficient stoves.
Project Magnampy 2
Manambaro Hospital Latrines
Improved the sanitation facilities at the Manambaro Hospital by providing hygienic and sustainable latrines
Hospital Latrine Project
Ready for Rights
Working in conjunction with Project Mahampy and MHM, Ready for Rights teaches school children about sexual and reproductive heath
Ready for Rights
Mitao
A comprehensive situational analysis of Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) knowledge, provision and capacity in 3 rural communities.
Project Mitao
COVID-19 Response
Working with the community to prevent and control the spread of Coronavirus in the Anosy region.
COVID-19 Response
MHM Pilot Project
Working in conjunction with Project Mahampy, a pilot Menstrual Hygiene Management project in Sainte Luce, Madagascar.
Project Mahampy: MHM