Project Report
| Aug 17, 2015
Successfully passed the high school entrance exam
By Markus Faigle | Volunteer Project Director
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Papers in hand waiting for the exam to start
With great pride we post this update for Zahana. Email and SMS (or text message) makes it possible to share the good news almost in real time. “Our brave country boys Doré and Donné passed their exam! They are among the 51% in the entire region of Tsiroanomandidy who successfully passed their BEPC (high school entrance exam). I`m really happy, we will celebrate with them. They will be living in Tsiroanomandidy and go to high school there. There is no better tenth anniversary gift for Zahana. Back in October 2005, when Raleva our traditional healer donated the land to built our community school nobody even dreamed of such a wonderful result.”
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The door to the high school entrance exam room
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Inside the exam room, waiting for the test to star
![The parental house they grew up in]()
The parental house they grew up in
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Back at home to study for the test
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Their family back home
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Jul 29, 2015
The BEPC exam on August 3
By Markus Faigle | Volunteer Project Director
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Our 'Santa' with the new tree growing well
"The BEPC (Brevet d'Etude du Premier Cycle) exam starts this coming Monday, August 3 from 3 to 5 PM. The test will be held in Tsiroanomandidy*.
They will go to high school in Tsiroanomandidy if they pass the test. Once again, they will stay there by themselves like they were in Bevato for middle school. So let's pray for them they will be successful not just in school but especially as a reward for their exceptional behavior, they are so humble and understand where they came from. They are the best role model Zahana could wish for.
As I couldn't be with our courageous students, our Zahana Santa agreed to do that for them. He is leaving the capital on Friday to drive them from the village of Fiadanana to Tsiroanomandidy and find temporary housing for them there. We already sent new clothes donated from my colleagues to them, everyone seems to admire our brave country-boys."
Ihanta (Founder of Zahana)
*Explanatory note: Tsiroanomandidy is the next (and only) bigger town in the area. Tsiroanomandidy can be reached via a paved road from the capital (a five hour’s drive) and has such amenities as a hospital, electricity and a high school. It takes about four to five hours to walk from Fiadanana to Tsiroanomandidy.
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Jun 30, 2015
High school here we come!
By Markus Faigle | Volunteer Project Director
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Donne and Dore getting ready for the Highschool
We have very exciting news: High school is so close for Donné and Doré, they can almost touch it.
Both have been admitted to take the BEPC (Brevet d'Etude du Premier Cycle).
The BREC is a nation-wide entrance exam for high school taken in July. Both have been living in the small town of Bevato attending the equivalent of middle school for the past few years (after they passed their CEPE), being first and second in their class almost every year since. We are confident they will pass their BREC with flying colors.
Nine years after the opening of our school in Fiadanana, they will be the first in their community to ever attend high school. Currently they are at home in Fiadanana studying hard for the BREC, full of hope and expectation, since Zahana promised them we would support them all the way through university.
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