FAZASOMA
Ambositra, Fianarantsoa region, Madagascar
DESCRIPTION
SUPPORT OF VULNERABLE POPULATIONS
The purpose of the project is to support children’s education in the Ambositra region by financing school canteens which improve – and sometimes determine – school attendance.
Since its creation in 1999, the mission of Fazasoma France hasbeen to support the most vulnerable people in the province ofFianarantsoa by managing shelters/homes, financing school canteens and providing school supplies, as well as developing income-generating activities.
The current situation in Madagascar is dramatic: 5th poorest country in the world, facing the loss of all tourism resources due to the Covid 19 crisis, and the surge of a dengue epidemy in addition to the spread of Covid 19. The already very vulnerable population is facing a major crisis and needs basic support.
IMPACT / MAIN INDICATORS
• Over 1,000 children in 10 schools served meals in school canteens.
LOCAL
PARTNER
Fazasoma
Selection
Duration
Project selected in September 2017
Multi-year project: 9 years
Financed
by
The Comgest Foundation
COMMENT FROM THE AMBASSADOR
Didier Darré
We are proud to have helped 1,000 children attend school by financing their school canteen.
The Covid crisis has hit Madagascar severely, impacting an already very vulnerable population and disrupting food supply logistics. The local branches that they work with are increasingly in demand by vulnerable local people and helping them remains Fazasoma’s priority. The association’s commitment to the Ambositra region also allows them to help tuberculosis and leprosis patients as well as prisoners. A new gardening project, “le resto des p’tits coeurs” (restaurant of the little ones), will start on a field which has been loaned to the organisation so that children can be introduced to gardening and the importance of a healthy diet. Fazasoma will increase fundraising efforts to find new regular donors because they are aware that without the generosity of Comgest and other patrons, they could not pursue activities in Madagascar.