Category: Hygiene and health
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December 1 is World AIDS Day.   This year's theme is: Community leadership in the fight against AIDS. Everyone in society has a responsibility in the fight against AIDS, especially if they are aware of it. The majority of Malagasy people are not yet convinced that HIV/AIDS exists - around 1% in Madagascar. There are two categories of carriers of the virus: HIV-positive people are those who are carriers of the virus, and AIDS sufferers. It is transmitted by sexual intercourse, blood contact, mother-to-child transmission...

Category: Women empowerment
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There are 10 fundamental children's rights that children demand from educators, parents and society. We're 16 days into the fight against gender-based violence, starting on November 25. People who witness violence are accomplices if they don't report it to the authorities. Some of these rights are: The right to have a family, i.e. a biological father and mother, the right to have a name at birth, i.e. to have a copy of it, the right to dress according to the situation...

Category: Hygiene and health
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Plague symptoms: hot skin, headaches, sudden fatigue. There are two types of plague: bubonic and pneumonic. Symptoms of bubonic plague include swollen, tender lymph nodes and muscle pain. Signs of pneumonia: bloody sputum, cough, chest pain. Plague treatment is free at the health center, so if you have a suspected case, it's always best to go to the medical center. Plague can kill people in a matter of days if not treated in time. After forest fires, lean seasons and places where there are piles of garbage, plague is most common as rats climb over farmland and enter the house...

Category: Hirika
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The FARMADA network has introduced a Soa Far Label for its affiliated Training Centres. It has been awarded to 13 centres. The FARMADA network has made a significant contribution to improving the quality of training offered to young people and farmers in order to improve agricultural production and rural areas in our country. The Soa Far Label is a mark used to distinguish training centres that are improving and innovating their systems...

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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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