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A community school for all (children) in Fiarenana

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The community asked Zahana to help them build their school. Over 50 children age 5-15 have no access to a school, others must walk for 1-2 hours to attend overcrowded schools in other villages. project reportread updates from the field

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

In keeping with our participatory philosophy, Zahana pays for materials out of reach for the villagers (doors, roofing iron, nails, cement, paint etc), while they will contribute locally available materials, bricks and their labor. Zahana will find, hire and train one teacher for all students. In addition to the children’s school curriculum, a strong focus on agriculture, crop improvement and adult literacy the teacher’s assignment in providing continuing community wide education for everybody.

Activities

Building a school for their children emerged as highest priority after a clean water system was successfully built. The community requested Zahana to refocus activities on a school and education by making the bricks and donating the land already.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $1,915
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $13,149
Total Funding Goal: $15,064

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This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Education is the key for a better future for all their children. Having a teacher work and live in their community can assure that goal for everybody. Complemented by adult education Zahana’s envisioned rural university becomes a reality for all.

Project Message

“With an astonishing literacy rate of over 70% among the parents of Fiarenana who attended primary school themselves, they see the need, importance and value of school education for their children.”
- Dr. Ihanta (Ramihantaniarivo), President and Founder, Zahana

Who is Running This Project

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Markus Faigle
Volunteer
Project Zahana
PO Box 62223
Honolulu, HI 96839
United States
808-988-9941
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Project Sponsor

Markus Faigle

Organization

Zahana
BP 8362
Antananarivo, Capital 101
Madagascar
18089889941
http://zahana.org

Learn more about Zahana and the project team.

Zahana's Funded Projects on GlobalGiving

Changing lives in the village of Fiarenana
Changing lives in the village of Fiarenana

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in MadagascarMadagascar and can also be found under EducationEducation.

For more information about Madagascar, read the Human Development Report on Madagascar or the Wikipedia entry for Madagascar.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on December 28, 2009.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on July 15, 2009

Latest Update from the Field

Latest nes from the school in Fiadanana

By Markus Faigle, Jeannette Koijane - Volunteers, December 28, 2009 10:59 AM

Inside the unfinished schoolThe new school uniforms made in the villageThe almost finished school in Fiarenana
Our friends in Madagascar just returned Dec 22 from a site visit to the villages and we wanted to send you a short update on the latest Zahana events.

THE NEW SCHOOL IN FIARENENA
The school in Fiarenana, Zahana’s second, is to be completed soon by the community. The building was made a bit bigger than originally planned and a fourth window will be needed. The community has chosen January 17, 2010 for the official inauguration. But: we just learned that the parents and children decided to already attend school, despite the incomplete building, since the teacher is already living in their community. Early in the morning an eager child rings the bell around 7 am and all 55 children in the village rush to school. They stay there all day and are all taught by one teacher. While they go home for lunch, they come back in the afternoon. See our website for more information about the school.

TEACHERS’ TRAINING
Three teacher candidates have been selected by the communities and Zahana. Two teachers are for the school in Fiadanana and one for Fiarenana. All teachers attended a 3-week training with Zahana’s educational consultant in the village. The first week was taught in conjunction with the agricultural specialist and the remaining two focused on the school curriculum. In February or March (depending on the rainy season) another week of training in cooperation with the agricultural specialist will round out the teachers’ training.

We will put photos on our website as soon as we get them from Madagascar.

Happy Holidays and thank you for your support!

Ihanta, Jeannette and Markus

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