Reports on Support Malagasy Travel Community

Project Report | Oct 12, 2020
Essential Oils to Combat the Winter Blues

By Mirana Francoise Razafindramboa | Chairperson

Dear donor,

Please accept our gratitude for your contribution of $82, or 287.000Ariary in local currency to the project #44848 to help tourism community. With your generosity, we have been able to purchase organic and 100% natural essential oils from one of our sites in Vatovavy Fitovinany. Your donation had double impact: (1) supported tourism community as we purchased locally (2) helped treated those little daily ailments of 2020 winter season.

Malagasy winter occurs between May until July. Due to the lockdown, most of our beneficiaries living in urban areas spent about 70% of their time indoors. Most of the time they were breathing were in all types of indoor and outdoor pollution. Making them more vulnerable to catch COVID-19. Though essential oils are not accessible to vulnerable people due to their price, they are considered valuable during the cold months.

We have listed few reasons why household must-have essential oils for a healthy winter especially this year with this unprecedented pandemic:

They purify stale indoor air with their uplifting scents to have mood-boosting. They could help clean and deodorize the air
They have clarifying qualities that are reputed to reduce the discomforts of congestion and body aches especially for our senior beneficiaries
They helped treated those little daily ailments last winter
Most of the essential oils used were loaded with strong antiseptic properties. It enabled our beneficiaries to disinfect any surface by removing dirt and stain

We have borrowed few essential oil precautions:

Do not apply essential oils directly to the skin. Always use a carrier oil and blend before application
If you live in the same space as a pregnant or breastfeeding woman, you should not use any essential oil. It is still unknown how exactly essential oils can affect pregnant women, so it is best to avoid using them during pregnancy to be safe
You also should not use essential oils on children, especially those younger than seven years old. Essential oils can be quite powerful, and it is possible that children have not yet developed a resistance to the more intense effects

We reiterate our gratitude for making it possible to create a more resilient workforce. Please see as attached a picture of our capacity building recipients seeing the process about how those essential oils were produced. Stay safe!

Warm regards,

Halt Poverty team

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Jun 2, 2020
Assist Workforces with Unexpected Covid-19 Costs

By Mirana Francoise Razafindramboa | Co-founder

Dear donor,

With the COVID-19 pandemic impacting everyday life, we thank you for your continued support and wish you and your community health and peace. The disbursement of your contribution to the project #44848 to improve the transition of women in the workforce was received on April 24, 2020. Ref N. 288631. Please accept our gratitude for your contribution of $295,47

Right now, Halt Poverty faces new challenges. This global pandemic has altered daily life for most of us especially when the lock down has impacted some of the most vulnerable people. As we adapt to these unprecedented circumstances, we will continue to serve our communities as best we can. However, in order to ensure the safety of our community and ourselves, we have made necessary modifications to our programming that we would like to share with you.

With your generosity, we have been able to deploy your contribution of 1.070.000Ariary to the project #44848 to improve the transition of women in the workforce. Given the situation, we have made a few important changes to our programs. These changes include the support of seven (07) disadvantaged employees and undergraduate students with unexpected costs incurred during this unprecedented challenge

Beneficiary 1.
Check # 00467927
Date: 12/05/2020
Amount micro grant: 50.000Ariary
Note: 1st year undergraduate student. Majoring in tourism. From Andapa

Beneficiary 2.
Check # 00467926
Date: 08/05/2020
Amount micro grant: 150.000Ariary
Note: 3rd year undergraduate student. Majoring in tourism. From Ambositra. She recently reported us that she has not benefited yet from our micro grant due to an issue with her ID card. She will inform us once her case is resolved

Beneficiary 3.
Mvola Mobile # 1099633649
Date: 12/05/2020
Amount micro grant: 91.000Ariary
Note: 3rd year undergraduate student. Majoring in tourism. From Ambatondrazaka.

Beneficiary 4.
Mvola Mobile # 1099677833
Date: 12/05/2020
Amount micro grant: 71.000Ariary
Note: 3rd year undergraduate student. Majoring in hotel management. From Vangaindrano

Beneficiary 5.
Mvola Mobile # 1099822762
Date: 12/05/2020
Amount micro grant: 202.000Ariary
Note: 3rd year undergraduate student. Majoring in hotel management. From Toamasina

Beneficiary 6.
Mvola Mobile # 1099733173
Date: 12/05/2020
Amount micro grant: 101.000Ariary
Note: 2nd year undergraduate student. Majoring in tourism. From Ambatondrazaka

Beneficiary 7.
Wire transfer # 28AW00001476
Date: 12/05/2020
Amount micro grant: 405.000Ariary
Note: Dishwasher in a culinary school. Three children

While the changes brought by the pandemic are significant, there is hope in some of the innovation emerging around the globe to address the impact of this stumbling block. We are thrilled you are part of this memorable journey to each one of our beneficiaries. Another example is the UNWTO global guidelines to restart tourism. We look forward to resuming the original programming once it is safe to do so. Stay home. Stay safe.

Warm regards,
Halt Poverty team

Links:

https://www.unwto.org/news/unwto-launches-global-guidelines-to-reopen-tourism

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Jun 2, 2020
Assist Workforces with Unexpected Covid-19 Costs

By Mirana Francoise Razafindramboa | Co-Founder

Dear donor,

With the COVID-19 pandemic impacting everyday life, we thank you for your continued support and wish you and your community health and peace. The disbursement of your contribution to the project #44848 to improve the transition of women in the workforce was received on April 24, 2020. Ref N. 288631. Please accept or gratitude for your contribution of $295,47

Right now, Halt Poverty faces new challenges. This global pandemic has altered daily life for most of us especially when the lock down has impacted some of the most vulnerable people. As we adapt to these unprecedented circumstances, we will continue to serve our communities as best we can. However, in order to ensure the safety of our community and ourselves, we have made necessary modifications to our programming that we would like to share with you.

Given the situation, we have made a few important changes to our programs. These changes include.
With your generosity, we have been able to deploy your contribution of 1.070.000Ariary to the project #44848 to improve the transition of women in the workforce. We have been able to assist seven (07) disadvantaged employees and undergraduate students with unexpected costs incurred during this unprecedented challenge