
Madagascar
Menabe Region

6
partners
100.000
direct beneficiaries
in 2020
Madagascar : pour une meilleure gouvernance et gestion des mangroves
Louvain Coopération met en route une évaluation de la gouvernance et équité des mangroves protégées et conservées dans la zone d’intervention de son partenaire local, l’OPCI ALOKAINA, dans la région du Menabe, à Madagascar, avec le soutien du Fonds d'Action BIOPAMA. Celle-ci permettra d’évaluer le… +
Madagascar : pour une meilleure gouvernance et gestion des mangroves
Louvain Coopération met en route une évaluation de la gouvernance et équité des mangroves protégées et conservées dans la zone d’intervention de son partenaire local, l’OPCI ALOKAINA, dans la région du Menabe, à Madagascar, avec le soutien du Fonds d'Action BIOPAMA. Celle-ci permettra d’évaluer le… +

Results from 2020
- 239 producers, notably of groundnuts, including 115 women, have improved their agricultural income through membership of an organised sales system.
- 26 ha of mangroves reforested, i.e. approximately 129,920 propagules planted. 403 inhabitants participated.
- 26 Solidarity Savings Groups supported and now operational. They have 516 members, including 325 women.
- 85 adults, including 54 women, have learned to read, write and count. They have each formed an association that manages and runs their own village library
Programmes


Food and economic security
- adult literacy courses
- formation of Solidarity Savings Groups (GES – Groupes d’Epargne Solidaire in FR), which come together to save and develop income-generating activities
- preservation and reforestation of mangroves. Awareness-raising of the inhabitants to the importance of these ecosystems and creation of temporary fishing reserves.
- support for farmers' organisations
Partners : ALEFA Menabe, OPCI Alokaina et FIVE Menabe


Health care
- development and monitoring of the daily operation of the Saint-François d'Assise hospital in Belo-sur-Tsiribihina.
- support to the region's basic health centres, with training of care providers, provision of medical equipment according to needs, vaccinations, etc.
- implementation of a diabetes prevention and management programme
Partners : AMADIA, SDSP Belo/Tsiribihina, ECAR

PASCAL, MENABE REGION
"Before the establishment of a temporary fishing reserve, we noticed a decrease in catches. Fishing is threatened by the use of poison and certain materials, by the migration of people from the south and by the destruction of mangroves (spawning grounds and habitat for fish and crabs). When our village created the temporary reserve, every fisherman saw more crabs and a greater diversity of fish. The selling price of these species also increased because the fish were more fleshy."