World Malaria Day
April 25th
was world Malaria day. For this occasion many volunteers in our region headed to Fort-Dauphin, where another volunteer was organizing the city's second annual World Malaria Day festival. The
two-day event was a huge success, reaching around 900 people with education about how to prevent and treat this terrible disease.
The first day's event took place at the Fort-Dauphin town hall and was attended by hundreds of students from local schools. In addition to information stands set up by various local health organizations, two PCVs helped a local soccer coach lead a 'grassroots soccer' activity, which uses soccer to teach children about malaria. In the evening we screened a movie about malaria prevention (from USAID and PSI) for the public.
The first day's event took place at the Fort-Dauphin town hall and was attended by hundreds of students from local schools. In addition to information stands set up by various local health organizations, two PCVs helped a local soccer coach lead a 'grassroots soccer' activity, which uses soccer to teach children about malaria. In the evening we screened a movie about malaria prevention (from USAID and PSI) for the public.
The next day we headed to the rural town of Ampasy Nahampoana. In addition to more education about malaria prevention and treatment, free malaria tests were made available to any interested community members. Thirty people tested positive for malaria, and were provided with free treatment.
For more
information about this event, check out the organizing volunteer's
blog:
Schoolhouse Reconstruction
With all of the materials now
purchased, we've finally begun construction on the schoolhouse here
in Ambondro! The laborers have been hard at work tearing down the
old, damaged parts of the building and preparing it for construction.
They've also begun using the cement we purchased to make bricks.
Things are well ahead of schedule, and if all goes well we'll be
finished with construction by the end of this month!
For your viewing pleasure, I've
included a few pictures of the work we've completed so far:
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| The Schoolhouse |
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| Bricks being prepared for the schoolhouse. |
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| Sand provided by the community. Cactus is used for security. |
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| Tearing out old support bars. |
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