Volunteer Positions Available 2015-2016

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  FOR CANDIDATES WITH THE ABILITY TO JOIN THE PROGRAM IN JULY – WE ARE OFFERING A LIMITED-TIME DISCOUNT! We will waive the $210 deposit and offer a 50% discount for accommodation fees! – Inquire for more details!   Lemur Monitoring Seeking qualified and highly motivated volunteer research assistants to contribute to an on-going lemur monitoring program in southeastern Madagascar in the second half of 2015 and again in 2016. Nine lemur species, several of … Read More

Getting to Grips with a variety of Saplings

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Blog by MBP Reforestation Volunteer, Danielle     It has been just short of 3 weeks since I started my position with the reforestation team at the Kianjavato Ahmanson Field Station and in this short space of time I feel I have achieved a lot! My first month has involved a lot of learning, not only the names of the team I’m working with, or the villages and tree nurseries I’m visiting, but also the … Read More

Conservation Credit Reward Program Gaining Momentum

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    The MBP’s Conservation Credit Reward (CCR) Program currently has over 900 participants (and growing) in Kianjavato enrolled! MBP Kianjavato Community Liaison, Fredo, distributed 26 Tough Stuff Solar Kits last month (April) CCR participants of Andalamahitsy, Ambolotara and Ambodifandramanana. Another 23 participants are on track to receive their CCR items in May! The MBP’s ideas about incentivizing participants with conservation credits for event involvement have sparked other organizations to start similar programs. In January, … Read More

First Impressions of Madagascar

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Blog by MBP Volunteer, Robin Photos courtesy of Robin   The first thing that hit me about Madagascar was the level of development or rather the lack of it. For the drive from the capital “Tana” to Kianjavato I had mentally prepared myself, expecting to be shocked by the lack of forest. Whilst there were very few trees remaining until we got close to Ranomafana national park the thing that took me by surprise was … Read More

Market Day

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A Blog by MBP Volunteer, Rachel   Every Sunday is Market Day in our local town, Kianjavato. There is normally a procession of people heading to Market from the surrounding villages and along the way is the smell and sights of cinnamon and rice laid out to dry at the roadside. We head down early in the morning and the street is already bustling with people and lined with stalls towered with fruit and vegetables … Read More

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