Ho Avy's recent progress
Improved Cooking Technology Distributed at Ranobe Comunity Center
The Ho Avy Association and it's partners from the Universita Degli Studi di
Torino in Italy, the European Union, BIRD contract n. FED/2009/217077 GERP
Groupe d'Etude et de Recherche sur les Primates de Madagascar and Jane
Goodall's Roots & Shoots program in Antananarivo donated 78 solar ovens to
the Ranobe community and community center. In addition another 22 fuel
efficient wood-burning stoves were donated in loving memory of Federica.
Read the full story here!
Special thanks go to:
- Groupe d'Etude et de Recherche sur les Primates de Madagascar (GERP) for donating the materials
- Professor Giancario Bounous from the Universita degli Studi di Torino from the Dipartimento di Colture Arboree
- ADES for leading the training
- The University of Antananarivo-Ecole Normale Superieure for starting Environmental Education in Ranobe
And a big thanks to:
- Josia Razafindramanana at Jane Goodall's Roots and Shoots Madagascar Program for organizing the solar oven-fuel efficient cooking technology and kicking off the environmental education program in Ranobe in collaboration with Ho Avy
Engaging local students
University of Toliara supports our research by engaging local masters students in the Biodiversity and English departments.
Video spot about Ho Avy's activities
Created by Michael van Rooyen and Anthony Arnold our new video spot will take you directly to Ranobe! Enjoy!
Biogas Generation II
In July a PhD candidate Ondra Cundr from the Czech Agricultural Institute arrived along with two other students
in SW Madagascar on his second trip to set up a second generation biogas digester in Isalo National Park.
Water Grant
Ho Avy just recently got funding for the project that aims to set up wells as a reliable source of clean drinking water for
Ranobe villagers. With strict time-limit to complete the project by mid-November Ho Avy has been in high gear with the
help of our new, highly motivated social-coordinator Balzac.
Gardens and Nurseries
The “Terra Preta ny Madagasikara” soil improvement project supported by Rufford Small Grants has produced some very noticeable results.
In areas where soils have been amended with charcoal and nitrogen rich compost, we have giant squash, a plethora of tomatoes, beets,
carrots, basil, and salad never grown in the village before.