
Roses flowering at the school
Dear friends,
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Dr. Ramihantaniarivo, Zahana’s founder draws inspiration from Sarvoday in Sri Lanka, one of the largest indigenous community based development organizations. Rooted in Buddhist thinking the Sarvodaya Movement has identified ten elementary and basic needs for development. Number one is: “A clean and beautiful environment”.
Creating a beautiful environment is one of these less tangible things. It does not have a budget or a dollar value attached. It makes people proud to be living where they are. In the spirit of this development need, the children have been encouraged to plant flowers around their schools, creating a beautiful space for them to spend their days learning in a rather arid environment.
How many schools have roses flowering next to their (only) classroom door?
Thank you for your support for our work
Ihanta, Jeannette and Markus

Fiadanana's school house

Flowers close up

Flower bed next to the school

School in Fiadanana

Fiarenana, the second school

Fiarenana, the second school - side view

Fiarenana - the front of the school

Fiarenana - school well in the background
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