The Réseau international de formation à la production et au milieu rural, or RI-FAR, supports an association of farmers in Madagascar in their efforts to develop rural areas. The Sendikan'ny Orina Ambanivohitra or SOA Network has been chosen to implement the FI-FAR project in Madagascar...

The Farming and Technology Association in the Rural World, or FTA, has contributed to the development of the rural world, through the transmission of different production techniques. The technologies they have disseminated have improved and changed the way farmers think about production...

Beekeeping plays a key role in the rural economy. According to 2012 statistics, Madagascar has 10,300 beekeepers and around 100,000 hives. Production for export fluctuates widely in Madagascar.

The FAFIALA Center's reforestation of the Ankeniheny Zahamena forest continues in Ambohitsilaozana, Ambohidava and Imerimandroso in the Alaotra-Mangoro Region. A second-phase project entrusted to them by Conservation International...

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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