“2023-2024 Short Film Featuring JHA Manager Ertice Iarozafy, Filmed and Produced by Digital Creator Falo Beriziky”
Conservation Across Continents : Madagascar from Erik R Patel -15 min documentary
Conservation Across Continents : Madagascar from Erik R Patel on Vimeo.
That Malagasy forest featured in Netflix’s ‘Our Planet’? It’s vanishing fast
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.…
EARTH DAY 2017 IN ANTALAHA
We need to take care of our environment so that our environment can take care of our people. Earth Day is today, April 22nd and Antalaha needs our support more than ever since the passing of cyclone ENAWO last month. There is still much work and supplies needed to restore the entire C.A.L.A. leprosy villages and MACOLLINE, where…
Living through the cyclone, before, during and ENAWO
I wanted to share some texts and messages from all over Madagascar, from friends and students and people living through the cyclone, before, during and after ENAWO. Just to clarify, I had left Antalaha 2 weeks before the storm hit to return to Canada . When I left Madagascar on February 20th, ENAWO was not yet on…
Cyclone ENAWO Relief Effort
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…
A local mission. One step at a time.
My months in Antalaha, Madagascar feel like a natural fit. It is inspiring working with people that are so eager and appreciative to have opportunities, however meager they may be. Waking up every morning knowing there is more to life than you, realizing that fulfillment comes from doing your best and doing what is right, being in…
Charting Change in Madagascar
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/28/travel/charting-change-in-madagascar.html -NY Times article from September 26, 2014 “A Glance at Madagascar.” That was the title of the pamphlet that Hilary Bradt, a British guidebook publisher and tour operator, wrote about the island nation in 1984. And what an ambitious task she took on: to glance at a country that split from mainland Africa, then…
Can Madagascar cope with deforestation?
Can Madagascar cope with deforestation? Madagascar has lost over 90% of its original forest, which has negative effects on the country’s growing population. Watch this CNN clip for more information.



