The Ultimate Rain Experience

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Blog by MBP Reforestation Volunteer, Jarro   Should you ever be tired of the usual dull drizzles we call rain back home – that is to say on European soil for my part – do consider taking a look at the singular pretty large landmass off the south-east coast of Africa. Separated from the mainland through the Mozambique Channel, Madagascar’s central highlands take their job as a cloud-barrier seriously leaving the western parts of the … Read More

Madagascar National Marine Day

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May 22, 2012 is recognized as Madagascar National Marine Day, festivities for which coincided with this year’s International Day for Biological Diversity designed to raise awareness and inspire practical action. Here’s a photo of the poster highlighting the activities of the day. MBP is noted among the list of contributors to this important event.     Learn more about the International Day for Biological Diversity by clicking here.  

Rocket Stove Workshop

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Mindy and the crew from the Genetics department at the Henry Doorly Zoo have put together a short video explaining how to make a rocket stove like the ones they are teaching the Malagasy people to make. It’s a great idea for anyone interested in a cleaner way to cook in the great outdoors!    

Building a Well for a Nursery

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  In order to be sustainable, MBP digs a well for every nursery built, near each community to provide water during the dry season. The building of these wells are all hand dug. There is no electrical power or cranes used, only man power! Here you see the men putting in concrete cylinders for the sides of the well, so that it does not collapse.    

Camp Life at KAFS

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Blog from 2011-2012 MBP Varecia Volunteer, Ryan Hello all!  I’m Ryan, one of the newest volunteers to take over for Mary and Sophie on the Varecia project. As I was packing and preparing for my time in Madagascar, I made sure I checked out the website to try and figure out what I had gotten myself into. While I enjoyed reading the blogs about frogs and chasing lemurs written by the previous set of volunteers, … Read More

The Do’s and Don’ts of being an MBP Volunteer

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Blog from 2011-12 MBP Prolemur simus monitoring team volunteer, Elle   Working in the field following lemurs day in and day out, I have definitely learnt the hard way on some of the things you should and should not do! This has allowed me to devise a helpful Do’s and Don’ts guide, which is as follows:   Do’s and Don’ts Always trust your guide. If he warns you to go slow, take his word or … Read More

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