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:
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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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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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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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…
Day 3 of our Madagascar trip:
Today, we invited all families of our project “families help families”. On the site of the opthalmology clinic, we welcomed them, followed by a prayer. Clothing and toys were distributed among all attendees.
Here are some pictures of the families during the distribution…
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Day 2 of our Madagascar trip:
Today we visited the lepra village outside of Fort Dauphin. We got a general idea of the situation and will return in a few days to distribute clothes and blankets which is what is needed.
Here are some insights into the life inside the lepra village…
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Yesterday we started our journey to Madagascar and today we finally arrived in Fort Dauphin. We will stay here for the next 12 days to take care of all our La Vision projects.
Here some first impressions of our ophtalmology clinic…
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David Lauf will be flying to Madagascar on 08th July for 8 weeks in order to do an internship as a volunteer at La Vision.
He will teach children at the school and the orphanage. In addition he will help with the distribution of clothes from our container and at our ophtalmology clinic.
Reports and further information will follow.
We wish you the very best and good luck. He hope that you will enjoy your time in Madagascar.
A year ago I spent my summer holidays working in Madagascar. It was a time I will never forget; something very special. I wanted what many young people my age are looking for: go abroad and experience something unknown, something new. For me this was Madagascar, an island which many only know through the cartoon.