Nearly 400,000 young people enter the labor market each year in Madagascar, according to statistics. However, companies cannot satisfy such a demand, given the economic context. The agricultural sector can make up for this lack, but requires know-how in terms of production in rural areas, hence the need for training.

FARMADA, a network of more than a hundred production training centers in rural areas, contributes to improving this training.

A partnership agreement between the FARMADA network and the Ministry of Technical Education and Vocational Training was signed on April 12, 2022. About ten network training centers will benefit from this partnership by improving the quality of the training they provide. provide, as well as the capitalization of the experience of 50,000 rural people, these are the results expected at the end of this partnership.

 

 

 

 

Message from the Bishops at the end of the Pilgrimage

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, You who have come in such large numbers to take part in this national pilgrimage, as well as all of you who are following it from home through the media. We, the bishops of Madagascar, would like to express our deep gratitude to you for having responded to our invitation and for having brought this jubilee initiated by Pope Francis to life spiritually. With you, we take up Mary's song: ‘My soul exalts the Lord’ and we repeat with her: ‘What shall I repay the Lord for all the good he has done me?’....

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Love and Salvation

Christmas is a great joy, because it is the love of God that has come to us, proclaims Fr. Bizimana Innocent, Provincial Superior of the Salesians Don Bosco of Madagascar and Mauritius, presenting his Christmas greetings. Salvation is accomplished, so life is not in danger of disappearing. It is this love and this salvation that we wish to fill our life so that we have peace.

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Zatti, our brother

The short film "Zatti, our brother" (Argentina, 2020) focuses on one of the most difficult episodes of his life. We are in Viedma, in 1941: at the age of 60, Zatti is forced to leave the hospital he has attended for decades. His faith and strength are tested.

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