HELP for the Compassion Madagascar association
Objective: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger.
Purpose: To provide emergency food aid to the population of a village.
Location: South of Madagascar. Ambovombe region. Ambazoa village.
Duration: 2015
Local partner: Malagasy Association “Compassion Madagascar”
Finantial partner: GHA
Description of activities: Distribution of specific emergency food rations for children in great distress and distribution of bags of rice, oil and bags of dry beans.
Status: COMPLETE
Some only ate ash mixed with crushed cactus.
To this day, there are still 3,000 severely malnourished children in and around this village. An assessment of the situation was made, in order to imagine a sustainable project in this village and to eliminate the episodes of famine (approximately every 10 years). We hope to undertake substantive work to establish a long-term plan and bring concrete solutions to this region.