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…
11-year-old girl Rasoanantenaina Olga from needed our help. She had osteitis on her leg, and it had become irretrievably infected, requiring amputation. The only way was to evacuate her from her village, Marolambo, back to the hospital in Tana. Without this, her life was in danger. We arranged for the surgery, and our friends at…
Thanks to the generosity of many of our supporters, we have been able to purchase a bistouri-electrique-erbe-icc-300 for our MMS teams. This wondrous electronic device enables cutting, coagulation, and cauterisation for medical operations “on site” in isolated communities, and is already in use on our Medical Safaris in Madagascar. As the Appeal raised almost £2,000,…
HoverAid is protecting communities in Madagascar from the effects COVID19. Hovercraft are a key element is what makes HoverAid unique. A full programme of MMSs is planned for 2021; fundraising activities to support this are ongoing.
DONATE NOWPlease support our vital medical work…COVID-19 Has now reached Madagascar and we are seeing the effects already… The programme of Madagascar Medical Safaris (MMSs) for 2020 has just started, with the first two taking place in Sahakevo and Ampasinambo, on the Eastern side of the island. In this region 99% of the population are…
Klaus Broersma drove the hovercraft from Tana to Beroroha with the newly constructed trailer which churches in Somerset in the UK have been raising funds for. The new system that Jeroen developed for (un)loading the hovercraft off/on the trailer works very well. We got stuck with the trailer and decided to leave it behind, unload…