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duce domestic fuel consumption by over 50% & help reduce pressure on forest resources.
Tree planting follows the stove trainings & over 3,500 trees are already growing in a
drought area.
Azafady Studio 7, 1a Beethoven St, London W10 4LG; 020 8960 6629;
e [e-mail] ; www.madagascar.co.uk . Works mainly in the southeast of Madagas-
car, aiming to break the cycle of poverty & environmental degradation so apparent in that
area. Projects include tree planting & facilitation of small enterprises such as village mar-
ket gardens, beekeeping, basket making & fruit drying. They fund a Health & Sanitation
Programme to improve access to clean drinking water & basic healthcare; also HIV pre-
vention. Conservation projects include studies of the remaining littoral forest in southeast
Madagascar & of endangered loggerhead turtle populations. They also run the Pioneer
scheme for volunteers (see Click Here ).
The Dodwell Trust 16 Lanark Mansions, Pennard Rd, London W12 8DT; 020 8740
6302; e [e-mail] .uk; www.dodwell-trust.org . A British-re-
gistered charity founded by Christina Dodwell, running a radio project designed to help
rural villagers, through the production & broadcast of a drama & magazine radio series for
family health, AIDS prevention, poverty issues, & environment. The Trust has set up
1,000 listener-groups with donated wind-up/solar radios, to send back useful information
& take part in programmes. In collaboration with the Ministry of Education, the Trust also
sends any donated computers from the UK to Madagascar & assists with the twinning of
schools in the UK. There is also a volunteer programme (see Click Here ) .
Feedback Madagascar 5 Lyndale Av, London NW2 2QD; / f 020 7431 7853;
e [e-mail] ; www.feedbackmadagascar.org . Head office in Madagas-
car: 1er étage, Lot IB 65 Bis Isoraka, 6 Rue Raveloary, Antananarivo 101; / f 22 638 11;
e [e-mail] . A small, but highly effective Scottish charity that
has worked to alleviate poverty & environmental degradation in Madagascar for nearly 20
years. Projects focus on improving primary healthcare & education, & promoting natural
resource management & income-generating schemes. They are currently working with the
Malagasy organisation Ny Tanintsika on revitalising the silk industry & other traditional
crafts, community forest management & beekeeping, social action & awareness cam-
paigns through adult literacy programmes, & capacity-building of communities on health,
agriculture, environment & good governance.
Mad Imports 262 Court St, Suite 3, Brooklyn, NY 11231; 718 802 9757;
e [e-mail] ; www.madimports.org . A socially responsible company that im-
ports & sells handmade art & accessories from Madagascar. The sale of these products
supports community & economic development in Malagasy communities including
Akany Avoko. They work with individual & collective groups of artists to import fine
quality handmade art & accessories for sale in the US. This enables families to gain eco-
nomic independence.