by Daniel
We have spent our
first and our last days in the rural highland town of Miarinarivo where we had
the honor to gain some insight into an outstanding educational project called
ALABRI. Of course, it was not chance that brought us there but my cousin
Magdalena, who works there as a volunteer. There were some other international
volunteers and them and the German manager of this project gave us a warm
welcome. While they continued their work we had time to explore the project a
little bit.
The focus of this
educational project is opportunity building for disadvantaged children. They
are mostly from poor families from far away villages and with ALABRI they have
the opportunity to access a broad array of academic and educational courses. Of
course, they go to school where they will get their degrees, but when you
realize that most public school French teachers in Madagascar have difficulties
speaking French then this project’s work seems even more important.
Other areas include
nature, sciences, communication, computer science, value learning, etc… Unlike
many other parts of the world all the kids here enjoyed learning and were
highly motivated.
We also stayed
for christmas where we enjoyed a very special christmas celebration with all
the children and many adults from the town and its surrounding villages and,
after the kids had left for holidays, a quiet christmas celebration with the
volunteers. We all took to cooking together and eventually dished up a nice
swabian meal of Kaesspaetzle and warm potato salad.
Although work
could at times get tough for my cousin Magdalena she was always there for us
and what had been a somewhat loose relationship within my family turned into a
real mutual friendship – many thanks, Magdalena!!!
PS: Please
contribute to this outstanding non-profit organization. You can find more infos
on www.alabri.net
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