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Zahana - Solar cookers for the school in Fiadanana

Address

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

Mission

Zahana in Madagascar is dedicated to participatory rural development, education, revitalization of traditional Malagasy medicine, reforestation, and sustainable agriculture. It is Zahana’s philosophy that participatory development must be based on local needs and solutions proposed by local people. It means asking communities what they need and working with them collaboratively so they can achieve their goals. Each community’s own needs are unique and require a tailor -made response

Programs

Zahana’s work is oriented on the community’s needs and requires a high level of flexibility. It required hiring water engineers, brick-layers, agricultural experts and a teacher’s trainer. It involved bring disease prevention specialist and pediatricians to the village to interview, train and hire both teachers. Over time, as the project grows, villages will learn from each other and applying the lessons learned, more and more villages can be reached.

Zahana's Funded Projects on GlobalGiving

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

Personnel Overview

Ramihantaniarivo, Herlyne - MD, MPH
Dr. Raminahantanirivo has been a practicing physician and works at the Ministry of Health. She, with other Malagasy citizens, founded Zahana, an all-volunteer organization, in 1998, implementing participatory rural development that focuses on priorities set by the communities themselves. Working successfully in the remote village of Fiadanana, Zahana documents everything on its website.

Personnel Statistics

Ramihantanirivo Herlyne, MD, MPH
Founded in 1998
Employees: 2
Volunteers: 50