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will need to find someone to show you the way. 'It's very inviting for a swim,' observed
reader Luc Selleslagh, 'but they told me there are ghosts in the pool under the falls which
will grab your legs and pull you to the bottom'.
On the outskirts of Betafo there are hot springs, where for a few ariary you can have a
lingering hot bath.
CONTINUING SOUTH ON RN7
Leaving Antsirabe you continue to pass through typical highland scenery of rice paddies
and low hills. Some 20km south of Antsirabe you enter the Amoron'ny Mania region,
Betsileo country, and the province of Fianarantsoa. It's another 76km along winding roads
to Ambositra.
ASSOCIATION MADALIEF/FITIAVANA
This inspiring Dutch/Malagasy organisation demonstrates how visitors can work with
local people to make a real difference in Madagascar. Fitiavana was founded in 2000
by Malagasy women in Ambositra who used their own money to help needy children
intheirtown.TheywerejoinedbythreeDutchwomenwho,aftertheirvisitstoMada-
gascar, wanted to do something for the Malagasy children. They founded their organ-
isation, Madalief, in the Netherlands to raise funds for the projects in Ambositra.
In 2003 they had raised enough funds to build an orphanage for 17 children (not
all of these children are strictly orphans; some have mothers who are unable to care
for them properly). By 2006 the group had built another three houses for homeless
women, which include a crèche and a sewing room. Gradually these women are re-
building their lives, and their children (now more than 40) are provided with clothes,
schooling and medical care. Fitiavana has also helped families repair their houses,
built two new classrooms for the local school, and runs their kindergarten. They pre-
pare a daily snack and once a week a good meal for the children.
They have also recently opened a guesthouse to the south of Antsirabe, providing
the children with employment after they complete their education and generating
funds for the organisation's social project. See Résidence Madalief on Click Here .
For further information or to arrange a visit contact Mme Honorine Razafindranoro
( m 033 14 155 91 ), Vice President of the Association in Ambositra, or Remi
Doomernik ( e remi.madagaskar@gmail.com ; www.madalief.nl ).
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