When disaster strikes here, Malagasy farmers tend to revert to slash-and-burn agriculture in the forests—torching trees to create ash fertilizer for the soil—while local fishers employ unsustainable methods on the coast. Another negative consequence of the pandemic is that visiting researchers and students, who provide practical and financial support to the island’s conservation efforts, can’t…
Article by Malavika Vyawahare 26 April 2019 Some conservationists believe the threats facing these forests deserved more space in the Netflix series. “While the Our Planet team were in the field they put real effort not just into filming the wonderful species of Madagascar’s western dry forests, but also the existential threats forests face,” Julia P.G.…
This year’s Christmas event at the CALA village was for everyone to make their own little toys to take home. Some of the many art supplies that Enid Bultz (EB) donated were used to create these toys and games for over 70 kids. Enid: A big thank you from all the kids in Antalaha! Rado…
Click here for a montage of what we are facing in our CALA villages and at Macolline in Antalaha. BBC Report from March 11th 2017 Cyclone Enawo: Madagascar death toll rises to 38 (As of 17 March, over 80 deaths have been reported across the country, with many other people reported missing.) Another 180 people were…
http://www.austhachcanada.com/joeys-gift-to-madagascar/ For the past several years Aust & Hachmann (Canada) has been sponsoring an NGO, JHA FUND run by Joey Moscovitch, who has selflessly given years of her time in order to help the people of Antalaha in the vanilla region of the Northeast coast of Madagascar. A few years back we introduced Joey to…
Official opening of the new Ambohitrakongona Clinic donation by AUST&HACHMANN CANADA LTD. Click below for more information and full articles. http://www.austhachcanada.com/health-centre-at-ambohitrakongona/ http://madagascar-actualites.com/ambohitrakongona-sambava-un-nouveau-csb-operationnel/ http://www.newsmada.com/2016/12/06/ambohitrakongona-sambava-un-nouveau-csb-operationnel/
Click on the link below Gifts to Grow! for an excerpt on the distribution of the contents of the JHA/AUST&HACHMANN container! A very special thanks to Marie-Helene Kam-Hyo, Bernd Zschocke, ETS Germain, GIDA English Club, Victoire, Luca, Rado and Ertice! Without your help on this side of the globe, the distribution of the container would…
About a year ago, I sent out a mass email about the idea to send a container full of donations to Antalaha, Madagascar. Within three months, the container was full!! Thanks to AUST & HACHMANN CANADA, the container is now on its way by boat from Halifax, Canada to Vohemar, Madagascar, and if all goes…
JHA FUND 