By Markus Faigle | Volunteers
Dear friends,
Thank you to all that already donated to the Global Giving Challenge 2008!
We still have 48 unique donors to go in a week’s time. I’m sure with your help we can reach this goal. Please let your friends and loved ones know about the challenge and encourage them to give too.
We just heard from our friend Ihanta in Madagascar she is very moved by the support we got over the last two weeks. She apologized she could not be more involved, but the fiscal year ends for the Ministry of Health and she is swamped.
We are planning to combine our next visit to Fiadanana and Fiarenana with Santa’s visit to our school in Fiadanana. Last year the over 150 children got among other things a yogurt (more on the website). If you look in the picture they are still reusing the containers months later for their water.
The most exciting and most challenging part of the visit will be to start collaborating with the village of Fiarenana, thanks to the donations through Global Giving. In anticipation of the new project’s launch we already did send some new seeds ahead, so they can plant in-between crops before the rice harvest. Thanks to your contributions we plan to acquire the needed mosquito nets as well, so we can get them to the village before the rainy or malaria season, when the roads become impassable for 3 months. In the community meeting the village will decide how to revitalize the nursery, the next big project we will tackle.
More soon. Thank you.
Jeannette and Markus
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