Shout out to the Rowers!

Everyone at HoverAid wants to shout out a huge THANK YOU! to all who took part and supported us in our recent Mangoky Rowing Challenge. We are pleased to announce that we have raised nearly £6000 via the wonderful web platform  along with more direct donations and promised match funding, we hope that the final…

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Olga’s Story

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…

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Nirina’s story from the 2020 Floods

DONATE NOWSUPPORT OUR URGENT APPEALFlooded communities like Nirina’s need our help now Nirina’s Choice. When it became clear the river would not stop rising, the communities on the banks of the mighty Betsiboka had only one decision to make; what to take with them as they fled.   Making for high ground, away from the…

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News: Shelford, Madagascar, and Hovercraft?

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;…

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