Education Madagascar Project #20463

Help us Build Manambaro Lycee

by SEED Madagascar

Project Report | Nov 30, 2015
Construction work on classroom 1 begins !

By Sue Beaumont | International Volunteer Coordinator

Construction team brick laying

After the successful construction of the well and latrine, construction work is now well under way on the new school. Thank you all so much for your support!!

The well is now fully kitted out with a fence, built by members of the local community on the well management committee. Not only is the well supplying clean water to the school’s children and staff, it is also relieving the pressure on the well in the town.

The latrines are now being used regularly by students and staff at the school. Further, Azafady’s team have scheduled in WASH sessions with the headmistress of the school. This is expected to lead to a higher standard of health among the students. By missing fewer lessons through diarrheal diseases, students should be able to have more productive learning experiences.

Since the traditional groundbreaking ceremony for the new school building, the local community has helped to clear the land and help source some building materials locally. International volunteers, our permanent construction team and construction workers from Manambaro have brought the building along a great deal.

The foundations have been laid, the reinforced concrete pillars are up and the brickwork is now well above window level. The foundations for the floor have been put down, the reinforcing concrete belt has been installed above the windows and work has even begun on the landscaping around the school.

We expect the roof to be put down any day now and rendering on the walls should be completed too. In January the floor will be completed, the door will be fitted and the building will also be painted. By the end of February, the benches will have been built and the building will have been furnished; hopefully putting the project a month ahead of schedule.

When this stage of the project is completed, one hundred extra students will be able to study at the Lycee every year. This is a really important step in allowing them to access high quality jobs. We could really do with more of your support to get these other three buildings up too. Just think, in 10 years time, the Manambaro project will have given 4000 children the chance to complete high school. Keep supporting us please!!!

good progress on school build

Steel reinforcing !

New well head in place

2- cubicle composting latrine completed

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Sep 2, 2015
Work starts on new latrines for Manambaro Lycee !

By Ben Whitcombe | Assistant to Director of Operations Madagascar

Working on the latrine platform

The first stage of the construction at Manambaro has been completed; the latrine and well have been built!

With the help of your incredible donations, we’ve been able to start work at Manambaro Lyee. Azafady’s construction team, along with Pioneer volunteers, have built a two-cubicle composting latrine and a well.

Before the construction students had to defecate openly in nearby bushes, or go home to use toilet facilities, since there were none on the school grounds. Combined with a lack of clean water for drinking or hand washing, this made a significant impact on students’ attendance and health. The construction of a latrine and well brings a new era for Manambaro Lycee, allowing students to access improved sanitation and clean water, and putting an end to open defecation around the school.

Alongside the building of new facilities, Azafady’s Community Health team have been supporting the community with their well and latrine management structures and will begin educational sessions later this year.

However, despite this exciting start we still need your help to finish the project. Manambaro Lycee currently only has the capacity for 200 students. This means that 500 students are turned away every year, and one entire year group is being taught in the town hall.

Azafady plans to build four new brick and concrete buildings allowing the students who currently are unable to study because of a lack of classroom space to attend school. In a region where 73% of the population are illiterate, being able to go to school could dramatically affect the futures of the children of Manambaro. Thank you to all those who have donated and to all those who are thinking of supporting the Manambaro Lycee.

Laying breeze blocks for the latrine

Manambaro Students

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http://madagascar.co.uk/projects/education/sekoly

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Aug 25, 2015
Update on Manambaro Lycee project

By Gillian Whitworth | Administration and Communications Assistant

After 3 months on GlobalGiving, the Manambaro Lycee project has raised an amazing $2419, thanks to the generosity of our donors. We cannot stress how important this money will be to the project: so far we have enough for 20 sheets of aluminium roofing, 35 benches and desks, and 36 bags of cement. These materials will help ensure that the school can provide adequate learning spaces for the students that are safe, sheltered and sustainable all year round.

However, we still need to raise an additional $30,877 to achieve our aim of building two school buildings, a well and a latrine, which Manambaro Lycee desperately needs. The school currently has to turn away more than 500 students per year due to insufficient space: this is especially problematic in the impoverished Anosy region where education is central to improving career and life prospects. In addition, current students have to drink from a pool and defecate in the open. With your help, we aim to provide adequate sanitation facilities that will reduce the number of days students have to take off for illnesses such as diarrhoea.

In the long-term, the proposed construction will benefit 2,500 high school students in the next decade and over 12,500 members of their households. Clearly, this money will be invaluable to alleviating poverty in the region.

Therefore, we ask you to spread the word about Manambaro, and continue to donate to ensure that we start construction as planned in January. It costs just $12 for one bag of cement to render the walls of the classrooms, so that it is functional all year round; $95 will paint the interior walls of one classroom. As you can see, this money will allow more children to attend school in the community that Manambaro Lycee serves and help drive development across the south of Anosy.

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