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17 October 2024

Nahy, a mother at the heart of Ehavo’s agricultural initiatives.

Nahy, 34 years old, is a devoted mother of eight children, including four girls and four boys. That day, we find her in the middle of a field, working alongside village farmers’ association members. Together, they grow vegetables such as tomatoes, zucchini, and leafy greens. This community vegetable garden was est...

07 October 2024

In Madagascar, integrating play into malnutrition treatment

It’s a difficult afternoon for five-year-old Fifaliana who has been suffering from seizures for the past week. She is being treated at the pediatric unit at the Befelatanana hospital, in the city of Antananarivo. Her caregiver, 21-year-old Mialisoa Francine, is by her side trying to comfort her. University Hospita...

15 September 2024

Mobile health and nutrition teams work to reach every child in remote southeastern Madagascar

The aftermath of cyclones in 2022 and 2023 continues to be felt in southeastern region in Madagascar, with 115,000 children requiring treatment for moderate to severe acute malnutrition in 2023. In the Atsimo Atsinanana region, the rate of acute malnutrition stands at 12.4%, surpassing the national average of 7.7%...

06 September 2024

Micronutrient Supplements: Improving Nutrition for Mothers and children

Sambitia watches Ranto, a community worker, test iodine levels in the family’s salt at home in Fitovinany Region, southeastern Madagascar, in July 2024. Iodine is an essential micronutrient. Rafaliherinjatovo Nampoina, Community Health Volunteer - CSB2 Soavinandriana Itasy UNICEF Madagascar/2024/Clemence Andrianai...

03 September 2024

Georges Rasolofomandimby, community health volunteer

Georges Rasolofomandimby is a friendly man. He knows how to put his guests at ease. The village chief of Fenoarivo has a firm handshake. “ I am delighted that you have come to Fenoarivo because you bring joy to my fellow citizens. Selected households have already been sensitized to carry out medical tests at the h...

In Fenoarivo, the investigators were welcomed with joy

The joy is visible in the faces of household members who were selected by drawing lots, first for participation in the ENCM survey, and secondly to benefit from a diagnosis of anaemia and malaria, advice; and investigators were sent to Fenoarivo, South-East of Madagascar. To get to the village of Fenoarivo – locat...

In Madagascar, Community Savings Groups contribute strongly to the nutrition resilience of families

“Every day we eat rice with vegetables that we harvest from our fields,” says Jacquise Tombondrasoa – a mother living in the village of Ambalatenina, in Vavatenina, in eastern Madagascar. The description of her diet is a good example of the daily life of local families, two years after the Hafa Velotegna project ...

Vavy, midwife and scout dedicated to serving the community

In the heart of Esanta, a sandy village surrounded by the emblematic cacti of southern Madagascar, dawn breaks to the sound of joyful, energetic singing. A group of young scouts has gathered to invite the community for a meeting. Vavinirina Fostin, nicknamed Vavy by her scout totem, is among them and will lead an ...

Scouts are committed to preventing malnutrition in their communities.

The calls of the patrol ring out, announcing the gathering of scouts in the village of Tsimananada, an hour's walk from Ambovombe, in the south of Madagascar. Aubin Zafisola, also known as Goata Mahitsy by his scout totem, sets the tone. Once all the installations have been set up, the scouts sing the anthem and c...

On the frontlines: reimagining integrated programmes to fight against malnutrition.

In the early morning, the mobile clinic from the humanitarian organization Médecins du Monde, supported by UNICEF, disembarks by boat in the community of Ampadimana, in the south-east of Madagascar. En début de matinée, la clinique mobile de l’association humanitaire Médecins du Monde, soutenue par l’UNICEF, vient...

Reimagining Integrated programmes to fight against malnutrition in isolated areas of Madagascar.

In the early morning, the mobile clinic team from the humanitarian organization Médecins du Monde, supported by UNICEF, disembarks by boat in the community of Ampadimana. The village is a 45-minute journey along the Pangalane Channel from the town of Mananjary in south-east Madagascar. Under the watchful eye of th...

29 January 2024

Food bowl, to support the efforts in ensuring healthy feeding for a baby

This is the tool for promoting good practices for better infant and young child feeding, intended specifically for the southern regions most affected by malnutrition in Madagascar. In Maroalimainty, in southern Madagascar, Marignaze and Vahatandiove are loyal members of the community nutrition site in their villa...