Join our non profit mobile library and help with education, mushroom cultivation in Antananarivo, Madagascar

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  Description

  I run a registered nonprofit in Madagascar that started the first mobile library in the country in 2016. We focus on education, re-greening, culinary mushrooms, health and community guidance. This holistic approach provides opportunities to improve literacy, community health, economic well-being, sustainable livelihoods, and environmental conservation. We work on projects through our mobile library that give people in isolated villages access to important opportunities.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Bénévolat

  Pratique d’une langue

  Aide avec des éco-projets

  Enseignement

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  Aide dans une ferme

  Entretien général

  Aide informatique/internet
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  Objectifs de développement durable de l’ONU que cet hôte essaie d'atteindre

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  Qu'est-ce que c'est ?
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  Our Projects Director and Co-founder, Jean (or JJ), was a 12 year veteran tour guide for Madagascar Travel companies and can speak fluent French, Malagasy and English. He can tell you about every animal, tribe, region, plant, etc. and has a very important grasp on Madagascars history, culture and so much more. His wife, father in-law and four daughters help run the Nonprofit Charity. All are extremely warm, welcoming and have developed a special kind of repoire with recieving and working with volunteers over the years already.

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  Aide

  English, French, or Malagasy speaking people that want to teach language. People who want to read and/or teach others of various ages for our mobile library, which is our main project. Also, people who know permaculture, food forests and general agro-forestry. People who understand mycology and the art of growing culinary mushrooms for food and income. We also seek people that are health professionals, can teach health & hygiene classes, IT / internet access experts, clean water implementation, solar installments, and Microfinance / micro loan implementation for NGOs. In some cases, you may even be the type of person with a level of skill that could help us get new projects off the ground, such as our health department.

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Anglais: Courant
  Malagasy: Courant
  Français: Intermédiaire

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  Education is a big part of the Mobile Library and as such various opportunities arise to not only teach, but also learn language in a cultural exchange setting. French and Malagasy are languages we can teach. In Madagascar Malagasy is the first language, French is second and English is third.
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  Hébergement

  Our Co-founder and his family will ensure that you stay in your own private room connected to the family home and will be provided all meals when staying in the capital city and have access to a great toilet/bathroom and utilities. When on tour visiting the villages we stay at local hotels and in these situations we ask that you cover your own costs, which is usually around $45 for a more comfortable stay, food and drinks each day, unless you want to stay as JJ and the team does, which is usually a little more rough for most foreign travelers. We usually stay at the family home in the capital city Friday - Monday and then Tuesday - Friday morning we are on tour.

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  Autres infos...

  There is so much to do and we don't just have a tour option where you would see minimum 2 isolated villages intimately, but also our Food Forest that utilizes agro-forestry methods and features 2 round houses custom designed by Hery, JJ's wife and built by JJ and team. There is also opportunity, depending upon how long you stay, to visit primary and secondary jungles in Madagascar where you can ask just about any question and JJ will be able to give you a real custom tour. Since JJ is a 12 year veteran tour guide you really can't ask for a better way to initiate intimate cultural exchanges and also learn about everything around you no matter how tiny or big.
  
  It is also encouraged to bring gifts with you such as books, old e-readers, solar tech, wifi tech, and general things that could make life in Madagascar easier. There will also be a chance to buy gifts for kids, schools, etc in the capital city before heading out on tour.

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  Informations complémentaires

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    Accès Internet

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    Accès Internet limité

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    Nous avons des animaux

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    Nous sommes fumeurs

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    Familles bienvenues

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  Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

  Internet access is generally reliable in the capital city where the family home is located, but the internet is rarely available when on tour and at the Food Forest

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  Cet hôte a de la place pour les vans.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Deux

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  Nombre d'heures attendues

  Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week