Still day 9 of our Madagascar trip:
In the afternoon we went to our ophtalmology clinic’s site, where we met up with Dr. Parfait. He gave us an insight into his work with the patients he treats free of charge.
Here some impresions of our eye-clinic:
Monthly Archives: Thursday July 17th, 2014
Repaired wheelchairs
Day 9 of our Madagascar trip:
This afternoon we could return the repaired wheelchairs to their grateful owners. Thanks to our local team’s great work the wheelchairs look like they were new and work again.
Here are some pictures of the “new” refurbished old wheelchairs:
2nd visit at the program to support women
Day 9 of our Madagascar trip:
Today we went to the workshop where women learn to weave bags and hats. We bought some and will sell them at local markets and events here to get donations.
Here are some pictures of the nice things they make:
New mattresses for the orphanage
Day 9 of our Madagascar trip:
A couple of days ago we went to the orphanage. Looking around we saw that some matresses had to be changed (they were torn, broken and dirty). So today we went to buy some new ones and brought them to the kids.
Here some pictures…
Teaching at the orphanage
Still day 7 of our Madagascar trip:
In the evening we went back to the orphanage, where we gave lessons to the children. Today’s classes consisted of basic maths for the young kids as well as English vocabulary and conjunctions.
The kids were very motivated and concentrated. It was great fun teaching them!
Here some pictures of our eveing class:
Distribution of clothes in the lepra village
Day 7 of our Madagascar trip:
Today we wento to the lepra village again. After geting an overview last time, we came with clothes and blankets today. We were especially happy to give them the blankets knitted by a group of women from the “Westerwald” in Germany. Thank you for your colaboration!
Here some photos of the distribution:
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Distribution of wheelchairs and walking aids
Still day 6 of our Madagascar trip:
In the afternoon we welcomed a group of handicapped people on our clinic’s site. Each one tried out different walking aids or wheelchairs and were then given the one that they felt most comfortable with.
Some of them came with wheelchairs that were broken but could be repaired. So we kept them to repair and can hopefully return them soon as good as new.
Here photos of today’s distribution:
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Visiting the School
Still day 6 of our Madagascar trip:
During the late morning we visited the catholic school. The nuns were happy to welcome us. We had a look at the building and the site belonging to the school. This was important for David, as he will give lessons here in the following weeks. We set up a timetable with the nuns for David. Following this the nuns invited us for a wonderful meal, which as every year was delicious. To celebrate our visit they even made a banana cake for us 🙂
Here are some pictures of our visit:
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Visiting the women’s formation course
Day 6 of our Madagascar trip:
After a day of regeneration our timetable was full again:
In the morning, we visited the house where our support project for women is located. The women learn to weave bags and hats. We try to sell these, to partially autofinance this Project.
Some of these bags were already brought to spain at our last journey. We sold them at the International Festival in Javea in June.
Take a look at these pictures of the making of these bags…
Distribution of clothes and toys at the orphanage
Day 4 of our Madagascar trip:
We were at the orphanage today, visiting “our” kids. Clothes and toys were distributed among everyone. The children were excited about all the new things. We also took a look at the house. Some points had already been improved/refrubished with the help of donations from La Vision. Other aspects still have an urgent need for action.
For example the dorm rooms: the mattresses in the childrens’ beds have already been partially exchanged. During inspection, we noticed that there are still about five to six dirty and broken mattresses. We will buy new mattresses for these beds shortly and exchange them at the next visit.
Here are some pictures of the distribution of clothes and toys…
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