tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-206073594317353272024-03-19T06:11:45.951-07:00Help Street Children in Antananarivo - MadagascarBlog dedicated to generating ideas and funds to help Alex and his center for street children Ankany FitahianaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20607359431735327.post-3592211172736234802014-01-20T03:30:00.000-08:002014-01-20T03:30:08.129-08:00Thank You Generous People in Tana!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Last weekend's first episode of Les Courses du Coeur (Groceries from the Heart) was a huge success!<br />
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Most clients who did their shopping at Jumbo or Leader Price have given something to help street and other vulnerable children in Tana. The four beneficiaries are:<br />
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<li><a href="http://www.tanastreetchildren.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Akani Fitahiana's children</a> (www.tanastreetchildren.blogspot.com) in Akorondrano</li>
<li><a href="http://www.grainesdebitume.org%29/" target="_blank">Les Graines de Bitume</a> (http://www.grainesdebitume.org/) </li>
<li><a href="http://www.grandirdignement.org/" target="_blank">Grandir Dignement</a> (www.grandirdignement)- helping children in prisons</li>
<li>Centre Sainte Marie - orphanage in Mamasina</li>
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We received hundreds of kilos of rice, boxes full of cooking oil, immense piles of biscuits, milk, sardines, dried beans, pasta, noodles, soap bars, dish liquid etc etc...<br />
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Old and young, Malagasy or foreign, rich or poor, everyone gave something!<br />
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Thank you also to the sponsors: Telma Foundation, Croustipain, Infinithe<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Philippe and me in front of Jumbo Supermarket</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Jeremie is contributing too</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Two boys making a generous rice donation</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Sara Georget of the Green Party is happy with the initiative<br />
that avoids plastic bags too!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">This is just a small part of the collections, in 6 supermarkets at the same time</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Vivianne of Telma Foundation worked tirelessly</td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20607359431735327.post-18119824936286229292014-01-13T01:46:00.001-08:002014-01-20T03:42:35.320-08:00Les Courses du Coeur, or Groceries from the Heart!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This weekend a whole bunch of us volunteers are going to collect donations from clients of Jumbo Score and Leader Price, two prime supermarkets in Tana.<br />
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Shoppers can make a donation for three different project that work with street and other vulnerable children.<br />
Items asked for include:<br />
- rice, sugar, oil, dry beans, salt, biscuits, soap.<br />
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For those in Tana, give generously!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20607359431735327.post-25346435378115763032014-01-09T06:21:00.000-08:002014-01-09T06:36:01.886-08:00Merry X-mas and Happy New Year children!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Thanks to a great donation by the Soroptimistes - a women's group in Tana, 300 children had a great christmas party. All girls got a barbie kit, and the boys a truck. A goodie bag with JB chips and biscuits followed by a festive meal - sponsored by Telma Foundation, made the party complete!<br />
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Thanks all staff, volunteers and sponsors!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20607359431735327.post-214802115442512802013-08-28T12:40:00.001-07:002013-08-28T12:47:10.896-07:00Chickens, Pigs and ....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
With his job savings from 2012, Alex, bought a modest piece of land in Tana. He wanted to have a space where he could do 'income generating projects' that would benefit the center. I personally financed the construction of the guard cabana to protect the premises.<br />
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Apart from that, there was nothing.....But...<br />
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today, with the help of several young volunteers from France, the little spot has turned into a small farm, with chickens and pigs. Viviane and I visited, and donated seeds and gardening tools to keep things up.<br />
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We'll report back in a month to see the fruit of our donation!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20607359431735327.post-12448105547970123312013-02-17T22:11:00.003-08:002013-02-18T21:49:09.579-08:00Bon-JOUR Madame A-meeee<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b>Amy Walter is an education consultant based in Antananarivo. She has been helping the pre-school section of Akany Fitahiana for the past few weeks. Read about her experiences...</b><br />
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preschool classroom at Akany Fitahiana, the excitement of 29 two-to-five-year-olds
is contagious. From the moment I walk into the classroom each week and am
greeted by a resounding chorus of “Bon-JOUR, Madame A-MEEE!” continuing through
the two hours that follow, the children read, draw, sing, create, play, and
participate with enthusiasm. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Thanks
to an introduction from Susanne, I met with Alex and Lalaina, the preschool
teacher at Akany Fitahiana, last November. As an early childhood educator, I asked
what they needed and expressed my interest in getting involved. They identified
the dire need for basic materials – books, educational toys, and art supplies–
and support for incorporating them into the classroom. Since Lalaina teaches
the foundational <i>maternelle </i>subjects
of literacy and numeracy, the idea of our work together is to build on her instruction
by providing materials and implementing activities that extend the children’s
learning and play. This is the first in a series of blog posts and photos on our
collaboration.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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play enables the children to develop their math sense and creativity. From the
first day I brought them in, the children began building and naming their
creations: “Madame Amy! <i>Trano!” “Charrette!”
“Camion!”</i> (House! Cart! Truck!). With my limited Malagasy, a lot of
gesturing, and help from Lalaina, we improvise and pretend that the blocks are
cameras, windows, and other objects. The children see how high they can stack
the blocks and experiment with balancing them in different positions. We also
use them to talk about quantities (counting and comparing), colors, and shapes.A
group of children work together to see how long a chain they can make.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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books, the children connect their letter reading and writing skills to the
written page, build their vocabulary, and expand their imagination. Each time
we read aloud (translating from English or French to Malagasy), the children
sit rapt and respond eagerly to our questions. On my most recent visit, I
brought enough books for the children to look at on their own or in pairs. They
looked intensively and turned the pages, shared what they observed, and
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">If you are interested in supporting this work, we would
welcome donations, monetary and in-kind, for the items listed below. We seek
materials that are open-ended (i.e., have many uses), child-safe (non-toxic and
not too small), and easy to transport, clean, and store. If you have any ideas
on activities to try or materials to incorporate, we would love to hear from
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preferably in Malagasy or French<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Walter is an independent education consultant based in Antananarivo.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20607359431735327.post-19291538256613720982013-01-02T00:08:00.001-08:002013-01-02T01:47:39.837-08:00Happy New Year!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><b>On behalf of all the children and staff of the Center Akanifitahiana we thank you for all you have done for us. We extend our best wishes for the new year, and we hope it will be full of joy, peace and happiness. Thank you for your cooperation in 2012 and we count on your support for 2013!</b></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20607359431735327.post-35824453042579024312012-12-12T02:33:00.000-08:002012-12-12T02:33:33.933-08:00It's almost Christmas time!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The center will organize some christmas or holiday celebrations on December 21 at the center in Akorondrano<br />
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On December 22 we will visit some of the homes of the children, talk to parents, and offer some small gifts and candies.<br />
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Anyone is welcome, donations too, of course!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20607359431735327.post-41126268614049760122012-10-11T04:12:00.002-07:002012-10-31T03:39:48.116-07:00Yippeee, school started again!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
YES, dear people, thanks to everyone's generous support, the centre Akani Fitahiani's school reopened this week. Just came from a visit and the children are so happy, in the (more or less) clean uniforms!<br />
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A special big thanks to Nuno, Vivianne (and Telma) and my American friends in Tana!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20607359431735327.post-59962795489739845522012-09-20T00:13:00.001-07:002012-09-24T06:34:25.038-07:00SOS Back to School<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Letter from Alex and staff of the center,<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Times are hard in Madagascar, everyone knows that. The center is still there, we just ended our 7th year! We are preparing for 'La Rentree". Our teachers have not been paid throughout the break because there was no money. But they have received teacher-training. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sadly, <span style="background-color: yellow;">our rice reserve is empty.</span> We have lost one of our key donors, Secours Islamique who are withdrawing from Madagascar. Without food many children will not come to the center for their eduation, their 'parents' won't let them.,,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">I am asking for your help.</span> We are in urgent need donations for:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Rice, rice, rice - Our children consume at least 50 KG per day. <span style="background-color: yellow;">For most children this is their only meal of the day</span><b>. </b>Feeding a child during one day costs 500 Ariary (20 cents) per child. Per month 2,500.000 Ariary at least (888 Euro).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Teachers' salaries. Our dedicated teachers work for a low salary, we would like to upgrade it from 70,000 Ar to 80,000 Ar per month (from 25 to 28 Euro per month). <span style="background-color: yellow;">Y</span><span style="background-color: yellow;">ou could adopt a teacher<span style="color: #660000;">!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. Other running costs (rent, internet connections, other cooking stuff (oil, gas etc)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. Inputs, the center collaborates with local communities for cultivation of rice, vegs, raising ducks and brick making. <span style="background-color: yellow;">There is always need for donations for inputs, cash or kind,</span> for seeds, fertilizer and other inputs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can make a donation through PayPal (see link on right) or by transfer (see bank details), by Telma Mvola or pass by the center!</span></div>
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With many ups and down the centre has gone through another year of providing education, food and fun <b>for over 250 very poor street children </b>in Antananarivo.<br />
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It's party time in Madagascar! Yesterday was the annual independance day, June 26. This day is a feast for everyone. But is it really? Many poor people have no means to celebrate. Street children are sent by their masters to beg, because a national day of celebration is also an excellent day for begging.</div>
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To avoid letting children go beg on the street, the center for street children I'm supporting had a great idea: organizing a Tsikony. This is a Malagasy tradition whereby children are cooking! But how to finance this? I sent an email to my generous friends here in Tana and raised a good sum of money and support. Thank you <span style="color: #660000;"><b>Amanda, Patricia, Anita, Nieves, Kyong, David, Pascale, Alain and Fedor</b></span>!</div>
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It was a lovely event. All the food and cooking utensils bought by the center were displayed like a market. The children were getting 'monopoly money' worth 30,000 Ariary per group. They had to buy stuff and prepare the food, in the cutest little dishes, with mini spoons and minuature pots and pans, like in a giant doll house. We the guest, were 'selling' chicken, sausage, even shrimp, and veggies, rice, pasta, fruits, etc and giving points for cleanliness and cooking skills.</div>
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So we watched three-year olds cutting tomatoes, six-year olds sweeping the floor, toddlers fanning the charcoal cookers and all ages running back and forth to buy spoons full of cooking oil. </div>
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Honestely, got to give it to these kids...I don't see 'our' little ones preparing a whole mini-meal in one hour. Bravo!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Bon appétit les enfants!</td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20607359431735327.post-47967644071876411152011-11-27T00:18:00.000-08:002011-11-27T01:01:59.001-08:00Happy Anniversary Center<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">The center just celebrated its 7th birthday. Seven years in which it has grown from 20 to 300 children. Seven years of trial and error, of near shut downs and rescues. Seven years of joy, laughter, tears, theft, fire, donations, support, disappointment, surprise and mostly...300 children getting food and schooling!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Doing a dance for the guests</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Birthday cake! Enjoy!</td></tr>
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20607359431735327.post-6200000029983707082011-11-15T22:57:00.000-08:002011-11-15T22:57:02.165-08:00Red Dress Run Huge Success: Raising Over 6 million Ariary<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><div class="yiv1650330966Section1" style="line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div class="yiv1650330966MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Dear All,</span></div><div class="yiv1650330966MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">A big thanks to everybody who made that first ever RED DRESS RUN a huge success and most important a funny day.</span></div><div class="yiv1650330966MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Please send me your pictures of that day on CD or on Web and read this email to the end.</span></div><div class="yiv1650330966MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><i style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="color: #365f91; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Un immense merci à tout un chacun pour avoir fait de ce premier RED DRESS RUN un succès mais plus important une journée très amusante.</span></i></div><div class="yiv1650330966MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><i style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="color: #365f91; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Merci de m’envoyer vos photos sur CD ou sur Web et n’oubliez pas de lire cet email jusqu’à la fin.</span></i></div><div class="yiv1650330966MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="height: 120px; line-height: 1.2em; margin-left: 61px; margin-top: 232px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; width: 117px;"><img alt="http://www.skol.mg/sites/default/files/skol.png" height="120" src="http://f319.mail.yahoo.com/ya/download?mid=1%5f14615%5fAFzPjkQAAT0WTr4xGwtuQ3w4kIg&pid=5&fid=Inbox&inline=1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" width="117" /></span><span style="height: 71px; line-height: 1.2em; margin-left: 457px; margin-top: 284px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; width: 160px;"><img alt="Falck_logo_YouWillNeverAlone.jpg" height="71" src="http://f319.mail.yahoo.com/ya/download?mid=1%5f14615%5fAFzPjkQAAT0WTr4xGwtuQ3w4kIg&pid=6&fid=Inbox&inline=1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" width="160" /></span><span style="height: 75px; line-height: 1.2em; margin-left: 217px; margin-top: 282px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; width: 184px;"><img alt="madarail developpement.jpg" height="75" src="http://f319.mail.yahoo.com/ya/download?mid=1%5f14615%5fAFzPjkQAAT0WTr4xGwtuQ3w4kIg&pid=7&fid=Inbox&inline=1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" width="184" /></span><img alt="RDR group.jpg" height="356" id="yiv1650330966Picture_x0020_1" src="http://f319.mail.yahoo.com/ya/download?mid=1%5f14615%5fAFzPjkQAAT0WTr4xGwtuQ3w4kIg&pid=8&fid=Inbox&inline=1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" width="639" /><i style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><u style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></u></i></div><div class="yiv1650330966MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv1650330966MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><u style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">A BIG THANKS to -<i style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="color: #365f91; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">UN GRAND MERCI à</span></i></span></u></div><div class="yiv1650330966MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv1650330966MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><u style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">our sponsors :</span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span></div><div class="yiv1650330966MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">SKOL</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"> (which financed the beer, the beer stop, the food provided by Café de la Gare, the goodies, the T-shirts,….)</span></div><div class="yiv1650330966MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Falck</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"> from <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1321426456_0" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(54, 99, 136); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 2px; cursor: pointer; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Europe</span> (Thanks Thijs, yes we will never Falck alone)</span></div><div class="yiv1650330966MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Madarail developpement</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"> for providing the great secured <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1321426456_1" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(54, 99, 136); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 2px; cursor: pointer; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Soarano</span> facilities in the heart of Tana.</span></div><div class="yiv1650330966MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><i style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><u style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="color: #365f91; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">nos sponsors :</span></u></i></div><div class="yiv1650330966MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><i style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="color: #365f91; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">SKOL</span></i></b><i style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="color: #365f91; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">, qui a financé non seulement la bière mais le beer stop, les cadeaux, les brochettes fournies par Café de la Gare, les T-shirts,..)</span></i></div><div class="yiv1650330966MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><i style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="color: #365f91; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Falck </span></i></b><i style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="color: #365f91; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">depuis l’Europe (merci Thijs, oui nous ne falckerons jamais seuls)</span></i></div><div class="yiv1650330966MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><i style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="color: #365f91; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Madarail Developpement</span></i></b><i style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="color: #365f91; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"> pour nous avoir donné accès à ce superbe site sécurisé de la Gare de Saorano en plein <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1321426456_2" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(54, 99, 136); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 2px; cursor: pointer; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">centre ville</span>.</span></i></div><div class="yiv1650330966MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv1650330966MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">(The total budget of the day was around 4.5 millions ariary!). So thanks again.</span></div><div class="yiv1650330966MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><i style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="color: #365f91; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">(Le budget total de cette journée fût d’environ 4,5 millions d’ariary !). Encore merci.</span></i></div><div class="yiv1650330966MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv1650330966MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><u style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">All the Hashers/friends</span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"> who moved their ass to collect some money for the charity Hash fund raising:</span></div><div class="yiv1650330966MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><i style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><u style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #365f91; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Tous les hashers/amis </span></u><span style="color: #365f91; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">qui se sont mobilisés pour récolter des fonds pour ce Hash spécial œuvres caritatives :</span></i></div><div class="yiv1650330966MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv1650330966MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Sheep Shager-Cheap Hot Spot, Blue soccer, Le Pimp, Comatose, Nicolette, Heiko-Catherine, Johnson and Johnsen, Taquita, Multilingus, Susan, BB-AA, SD-Talented Tongue, High Millage, I am Game, Jeremie-Ietje, Counting Nurse-Jeroboam The Thirst, Joana-Keke, Randy (ou Randa?), Kinky Reggae, Alyssia, Antonie-Christian</span></div><div class="yiv1650330966MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv1650330966MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><u style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">All our individual sponsors:</span></u></div><div class="yiv1650330966MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><i style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><u style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #365f91; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Tous nos parrains, sponsors individuels:</span></u></i><i style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #365f91; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span></i></div><div class="yiv1650330966MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv1650330966MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Falck (Thijs), Will, Mike-Laurie, Roger-Tania, Pierrot-Marie Pierrot, Joe-Rachel, Olivier, Ken, Joni, Roger-Hasi, Suzie, Dave, Soline, Jacques, Minou-Michou, Kim, Sarah, Katell, Jennifer, Pieter, Ada, Pascale, Ariane, Herman-Ans, Kristi, Thibault, Mathieu, Pinkaka, Marketa, Sidne, Julie, Patricia, Kara, Flip Flop, Jean-Marie, Loïc, Audrey, Maylis, Simon, Annette, Jeff-Rose-Sofia, Amanda, Connie, Mijntje</span></div><div class="yiv1650330966MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Bernard, Elly, Sabine, Yume-Ryota, Monika, Krishna-Muriel, Anne, Tina, Jaap, Joëlle, Naoko, Jean Lee, Ximena, Emmanuel, Natasha, Soary, Georges, Joana, Malanto, Fanja, Claude, Alphonse, Suzette, Tahina</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"></span></div><div class="yiv1650330966MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv1650330966MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">We have raised for our 2 charity institutions:</span></div><div class="yiv1650330966MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><i style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="color: #365f91; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Nous avons collecté pour nos deux actions caritatives :</span></i></div><div class="yiv1650330966MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv1650330966MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><u style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">6.500.000 Ariary</span></u></b></div><div class="yiv1650330966MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><u style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">We will keep you posted about the final payments (stay connected to our website)</span></u></b></div><div class="yiv1650330966MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><u style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Nous vous tiendrons au courant de leur utilisation (restez branchés sur notre site Web)</span></u></b></div><div class="yiv1650330966MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv1650330966MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">And last but not least, a deep hashy thanks to the mismanagement committee, thanks guys, we did it and it was fun all way long</span></div><div class="yiv1650330966MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">(please convey this email to your individual sponsors)</span></div><div class="yiv1650330966MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="height: 117px; line-height: 1.2em; margin-left: 201px; margin-top: 302px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; width: 117px;"><img alt="http://www.skol.mg/sites/default/files/skol.png" height="117" src="http://f319.mail.yahoo.com/ya/download?mid=1%5f14615%5fAFzPjkQAAT0WTr4xGwtuQ3w4kIg&pid=9&fid=Inbox&inline=1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" width="117" /></span><img alt="RDR-MM.jpg" height="416" id="yiv1650330966Picture_x0020_3" src="http://f319.mail.yahoo.com/ya/download?mid=1%5f14615%5fAFzPjkQAAT0WTr4xGwtuQ3w4kIg&pid=10&fid=Inbox&inline=1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;" width="554" /></div><div class="yiv1650330966MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">Part of the mismanagement in action preparing the RED DRESS RUN.</span></div><div class="yiv1650330966MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px;">-- </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">ON ON</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Le PIMP,</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">GM</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Visit us at </span><a href="http://madahash.hpage.com/" rel="nofollow" saprocessedanchor="true" style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-align: -webkit-auto;" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1321426456_3" style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;">http://madahash.hpage.com/</span></a><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">To answer: send an email to </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1321426456_4" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(54, 99, 136); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 2px; cursor: pointer; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-align: -webkit-auto;">lepimp.h3@gmail.com</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">To unsubscribe: send an e-mail to madagascar-hash-house-harriers+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20607359431735327.post-37177657686633502062011-11-03T11:25:00.001-07:002011-11-03T11:25:57.571-07:00Red Dress Run Coming Up!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">This Sunday 6 November, we will organize a red dress run to raise more money for the center. The idea is that we walk or run in a red dress, men and women, in down town Tana. We have sponsorship from corporate companies, and the individual walkers and runners will have themselves sponsored by friends, colleagues and families!<br />
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If you are in Tana: JOIN US<br />
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If you are abroad: SPONSOR US!<br />
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Thank and ON ON<br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20607359431735327.post-36458974257174827922011-09-22T07:08:00.000-07:002011-09-22T07:09:27.139-07:00The Famous Fete du Pain<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Today was a very special day for the center. We were invited to participate at<i> la Fete du Pain</i>, a big event at the train station in Tana, organized by LMM - Les Moulins de Madagascar - a large flour mill in Antsirabe. The objective of the day was to promote flour, and bread, and cakes, and rolls, and baguettes, and croissants, and..... Well you get the picture, right?<br />
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You may wonder why such basic products like flour and bread need any special promotion in Madagacar?<br />
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</tbody></table>Well, that is because Madagascar is traditionally a rice-consuming nation. It's rice, rice and rice again here. Three times per day prefarably.<br />
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LMM reopened his mill in Antisrabe a few months ago, and to celebrate this event they organized a day with baking demonstrations, speaches, workshops for bakers, and the like.<br />
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As I am friends with Mark and Karen Reed, he is the <i>administrateur general </i>de LMM,sometime in June we were brainstorming about this day. I then proposed that the streetchildren of the Akanifitahiani center could make hand-embroidered<i> sacs a baguette. </i>as a nice give-away for the invitees. They liked the idea, and more even, they asked the children to come and sing some songs, and Alex to make a speach to promote the center.<br />
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So there I am breaking my head over finding a song in French that has anything to do with bread. Then Michel helps my out...Joe Dassin's famous Petit Pain Au Chocolat! Yes, got it. So we rehearse and rehearse. We ven went for general rehearsal on stage yesterday.<br />
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Today was the big day. The LMM bus picked up the kids at 11 AM, we dressed them in their LMM caps and t-shirts and went on stage. The sang like nightingales!<br />
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And as far as their preference for rice or bread concerns...these pictures speak for themselves!<br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20607359431735327.post-36181882989106532612011-09-15T22:50:00.000-07:002011-09-15T22:52:14.022-07:00Good News and Bad News<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Which one you want first? The bad news is that there has been a burglary in Alex's office (annex bedroom, annex living room) and three laptops were stolen. Apart from the hardware, a lot of files have been lost: book keeping stuff, the new website which was almost ready, and the foster parents files. There was no back up...We learn everyday. Alex is helping the police to track down the thieves, some sort of gang in the neighborhood. He has many sleepless night. Poor guy...<br />
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The good news is that the first harvest of produce from the countryside sister project has arrived! Tomatoes tomatoes tomatoes!<br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">The community is helping with some tents, but there is an enormous need for day to day objects like food, clothes, mattresses, blankets, kitchen utensils, buckets etc. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">Alex and the staff of the center are raising cash and kind to help out. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">Your donation would be very welcome...I have not yet seen the disaster as I am still in Belgium, but we'll go by the end of this week to see and assess the situation.</span><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">On behalf of the center, Alex and the children</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">T H A N K Y O U</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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p.s. 1.6 million Ariary is about 580 euro or 820 USD!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20607359431735327.post-54503857779480733562011-06-04T00:49:00.000-07:002011-06-04T01:44:44.499-07:00A Field Trip with Teachers and Children<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">By: Fide, 12 years (translated by Susanne).<br />
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We went on a fields trip yesterday. Mr Alex asked us to come along. We got a ride with Madame Susanne in the car. The road was bumpy, we laughed a lot.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">About 80 ducklings are growing up to become ducks. </td></tr>
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Then we came to the village. Mr Alex showed us the caneton project (ducklings). The lady opened the door of the duck house, and woooshhh, they all came out waggling. There are 79 ducks now, from the 120 ducklings that Mr Alex bought. The ducks will lay eggs and we can eat them.<br />
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Then we took a boat to cross the river. I was scared because I can not swim. We had a picknick. The Chinese lady had made 'dumplings', we had never tasted before. It was very nice.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A scary boat ride as most can not swim</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alex handing out dumplings made by Hasi. I am the child in middle with blue jacket</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1/3 of these beans are for centre, 1/3 for the rural families and 1/3 for seeds</td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">After three months of preparation,the Akani Fitahiani center has opened a workshop to make school uniforms. They have four sewing machines, two if which are still rented. If we can generate enough income the center can buy the machines.</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">They are making uniforms for every boy and girl of the center. They also produce sports costumes.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">This young boy is helping to make napkins. About forty children of the center help embroidery and crocheing. We're looking forward their work.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div></div>hasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16144982191055412626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20607359431735327.post-29830780399204235062011-02-04T04:26:00.000-08:002011-02-04T05:40:25.123-08:00The First School Benches Have Arrived<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Yes! Super! The children of the center no longer have to sit on the floor! Thank you to Pete, Mieke, Ietje, Saskia, Delphine and Helene. Alex is very proud of his new class room. We even had money to pay for some black boards!<br />
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Other classrooms will follow soon!<br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20607359431735327.post-86786722217178631992010-12-07T07:23:00.000-08:002010-12-23T04:19:31.099-08:00Invite to a Virtual BrainstormingThis blog is dedicated to generate ideas and tips on how to help Alex and his center for street children in Antanananarivo - otherwise known as Tana.<br />
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The center is called Akani Fitihani. It is located near one of the busiest routes in Tana, a street that is surrounded by many many street children. Nobody knows how many, but thousands and more children in the city have no proper home.<br />
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1 - Children whose parents have been living on the street (usually for generations)<br />
2 - Orphans and abandoned children<br />
3 - Children whose parents are extremely poor and children who have run away from awful circumstances (think: drug abuse, physical and sexual abuse by parents and relatives).<br />
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When the center started in 2000, Alex had 18 children to look after. Now, there are 250 children. The center providers education and life skills, playing time and occasional meals (depending on availabiltty of funds).<br />
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Madagascar currently does not have an internationally recognized government, and receives very little aid as a result. The center is on the brink of closing down.<br />
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This is an invitation to all to help generate ideas and tips on how we can help Alex and the center survive, so that he and his team can continue the essential work they're doing.<br />
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Click on More about the Cenrtre (right) to find an overview of the Center's needs. This may help you come up with ideas.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b>Ask your children to come up with suggestions, they may have original ideas too :-)</b></span><br />
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</b></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20607359431735327.post-83919457317992388442010-12-02T05:15:00.000-08:002012-09-20T01:04:47.670-07:00What the Centre Needs<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Based on discussions with Alex, the centre's staff and two Malagasy social workers, we have come up with this overview that summarizes the needs of the center.<br />
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Children receive lunch at the school when the school has the rations available. For most children the meal at the centre is their only meal for the day. Lunch (rice, veg, sometimes meat) : 500 Ariary (20 euro cents) per child per day and 600 Ariary or 25 cents with morning milk included.</div>
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<u>Per month we need 888 euro.</u></div>
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A total of 17 people are helping out in the centre: teachers, cooks and social workers. They receive a stipend equivalent of minimum wage (which is really really minimum, considering costs of living in Tana). At present, the average salary at the center is 30 Euro but the teachers are getting only 12 Euro per month. Motivation of the teachers is low, they have little teaching aids (books, programmes) and some are considering leaving the center. </div>
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To earn enough to make a living and to be motivated, salaries need to be at least modestly increased. Suggested per person per month: between 80,000 and 100,000 Ar or between 30 and 37 euro per person per month. <u>Per month for all staff: around 600 euro.</u></div>
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The center has received donations to make school furniture. We did that, it's great, but they need constant maintenance and repairs<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><b>.</b></span><br />
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We also need books, pencils, crayon, pencil cases. <u>Per child for one year: 10 euros</u></div>
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The older children (from 12) learn how to sew and knit. They produce items that can be sold to cover some of the running costs of the centre. A <u>manual sewing machine costs 25 Euro, Electrical sewing machine = 100 Euro</u></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">Scholastic and for fun reading, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">in Malagasy, French and English new or second hand books all are welcome. School books as well as fun or reading books. The idea is to make some sort of library for the center.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">A <u>book can be bought for around 3 euros.</u> We are currently collecting second-hand books but a few new ones would be really welcome!</span></span></b></div>
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The center recently purchased an internet connection. The idea is to open an internet cafe to cover the costs of the connection, as well as to be able to manage a website for fund raising. (Alex is a computer guy) A secondhand computer will cost around 250 euro. <u>A total of 5 to 6 computers would be needed, around 1500 euro</u></div>
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To copy school books. With over 150 school-aged children it is too expensive to buy books for each child. Price of a photocopier: <u>around 300 euro</u>. Paper and ink for one year 75 euro.</div>
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For Christmas (and the rest of the year too!); the children have very little to play with. Because of the large number of children we’re not thinking of individual toys like dolls and cars, but games and toys that can be shared easily. They will be kept in the library.</div>
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We’re aiming for toys of a certain quality, not those made in China because they will not last long with this kind of target group <span style="font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></div>
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Footballs = 5 euro each, (Pump = 10 euro), Blocks = 10 euro per set, Jump ropes = 2 euro each, Basketball = 5 euro, Net = 10 euro, Jeux de boules = 5 euro (per set), Game of Monopoly (local) = 8, Domino = 5 euro, Memory/Concentration game = 5 euro, Table football = 75 euro, Swing set and slide 150 euro.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Even without toys or games kids can play!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Playing marbles</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Entrance to the centre</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Water facilities almost there...but not connected!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trying to put some colour into the kids lives</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Volunteers helping with Christmas presents distribution</td></tr>
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