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MMS Nosy-Varika
MS Nosy Varika took place from October3rd to 7th 2022. This is is a community on the East coast of Madagascar, hit hard by the cyclones in January 2022.
New Country Director – Doreen Mutoni
Doreen Mutoni Kayiranga joins us this month as the new Country Director of HoverAid Madagascar.
MMS Ambatolahy
Our MMS in Ambatolahy, 2 days drive from Tana near the west coast of Madagascar, was a great success.
Our team carried out a record number of interventions, partly due to the unique benefit of having two rooms to do surgical operations simultaneously.
MMS Ampasinambo
A new gold mining quarry is being built an 8 hour walk from Ampasinambo and the men have gone there to find work.
MMS Mangabe
This is Frenclain, a 4 year old child seen at this week’s MMS in Mangabe. He has hydrocephalus and some signs of paralysis..
MMS Marolambo
Our departure for Marolambo was delayed by 3 hours because of bad weather, there were a lot of clouds and we had a hard time landing too, but thank God we arrived safely. When we arrived, it was raining heavily and it was very cold, but that didn’t stop our team from installing equipment and…
Ambatolahy to the Pangalene canal
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…
Vortex and RR403 Progress
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…