Friday morning at Ambatolahy. Maholy dispensing medicines to people who have been waiting patiently for many hours, only partly sheltered from the nights ferocious storms… The team dry Matresses and Bedding after a tropical storm raged through the night. Bruno the boat captain for today’s journey up the Pangalene canal. Lots of pushing and pulling the…
UK Team arrives with parts and expertise to make ready our Hovercraft for 2022 Oliver and Johnny, old hands with HoverAid get to work on the Vortex.. https://uk.hoveraid.org/wp-content/uploads/Vortex_Spin_Up.mp4#t=8,27 Patrick spins up the Vortex for the first time in a while! Patrick testing the connection to the middle spark plug, he thinks he’s found a problem…
After 19 hours of traveling, 10 different visa forms, quarantine and PCR tests, John has undertaken the 12 hour journey to Ambatolahy with the Malagasy team on the first medical mission of 2022. Video: John in quarantine looking forward to the Medical Safari Picture: Equipment preparation for the Medical Safari to Ambatolahy. https://uk.hoveraid.org/wp-content/uploads/VIDEO-2022-03-13-15-21-37.mp4 Andy has…
Key members of the UK team, John, Gwyn and Andy will be visiting Madagascar this month to work with our local team at the start of our 2022 Medical Missions. They will provide vital support to our Madagascar operation including essential maintenance to the Hovercraft. Check back regularly for updates on the progress of their…
In Ankatafana our team distributed food for 1000 families. We will continue tomorrow. Fishermen could fish for the first time for 10 days. The sea is calmer. Many people will have a good meal tonight. Donate to our emergency appeal
Ankatafana. 4000 people. 900 homes damaged or destroyed. 100 living in this school. Baby Estefia born yesterday in the school. Mum is called Basteny. They have lost everything but now they have each other. Donate to our emergency appeal
Sadly the SALFA health post has been wrecked by Cyclone Batsirai. Two nurses and midwife are now living here as their own homes were destroyed. A HoverAid team are now distributing rice and cooking oil in the area.
Join us for this year’s truly epic and frankly marvellous quiz night and learn more about HoverAid and its work reaching the unreachable. Are we overselling this? Nope…it’s going to be great!! HoverAid is a humanitarian charity based in Madagascar, UK, Netherlands, and France. We use hovercraft and other means to reach isolated communities. Recommended…
John Greaves recently delivered a fascinating and challenging talk updating the Kaleidoscope group on the work of Hoveraid: Because so much of Madagascar cannot be reached by car, boat or aeroplane HoverAid uses hovercraft (hence the name) to conduct its relief work – reaching the unreachable. We also learnt that… Madagascar is larger than California;…