A community school for all (children) in Fiarenana

Since 2007 Santa has started his worldwide tour by visiting our schools in rural Madagascar. This year again his long-awaited visit was celebrated on December 20. You can see the excitement of the children (and parents), while they are lining up to receive their Santa gifts.

We wanted to share the pictures that arrived this morning via email with you. There should be more to come, but the reality in Madagascar can be challenging as this email from Monday, Dec. 22 illustrates: “the rain was so heavy yesterday cutting the power to all our devices, so I couldn't upload some new photos from Santa’s visit. I'll try to send some photos from my office tomorrow, if possible.”

Happy Holidays!

Ihanta, Jeannette and Markus

PS: We updated our project page on GlobalGiving to reflect the changes since we first started trying to build a school.

And yes, it is the season again: If you are in a position to decide about your end-of-the-year giving, we hope you will think of our villages in Madagascar and donate to Zahana. Thank you!

GlobalGiving offers options with just a few clicks:

Looking for a gift in honor of somebody? Why not consider a gift in her or his name (with an e-card or physical card sent to the lucky recipient by GlobalGiving)

GlobalGiving has an end-of-the-year campaign for 2014. To get one of the cash prizes, Zahana needs to raise at least $1,000 from 30 different donors. So if you would like to support e.g. our reforestation efforts you can do this with a few clicks and help us get closer to our additional monies goal.

And to sweeten the pie, if you set up a recurring donation to Zahana, the amount of your December donation will be doubled by GlobalGiving (up to $200), making your gift twice as big.

Or you may just click on the button “give now” below.

Thank you!