Many people in Madagascar have urgent needs, particularly the elderly. The Mission House seeks to express Christian love in the form of practical help to meet those needs. The photographs and testimonies below come from a recent project to distribute blankets and mattresses to the elderly in Antananarivo. Bako and Naly (staff) with … Continue reading Caring for the Elderly in Madagascar
Read Article...A huge ‘thank you’ to all who responded to our famine relief appeal for the people of Tsiombe, Southern Madagascar. In the photos you will see the dried up river bed where people dig down to access (dirty) water for their daily needs. It has rained in this area for only one day in the … Continue reading Madagascar Famine Relief
Read Article...The House of The Nations base was founded by Faly Rafieferana and his wife Clara. The base is located near Ambohitrinindriana Village, about 20 kms north-east of Antananarivo the capital of Madagascar. It is about an hour’s drive from Antananarivo over deeply rutted mud roads. We have been privileged to see the base grow over the years and … Continue reading House of The Nations
Read Article...Ambondrona School near Antananarivo in Madagascar now has over 200 pupils. A recent addition to the site is a new refectory building, funded by donations raised by The Mission House in conjunction with Abbot’s Hill Independent School for Girls in Hemel Hempstead, UK. The new building serves multiple purposes as refectory, as an assembly hall … Continue reading Ambondrona School Refectory
Read Article...With over 200 pupils now attending Ambondrona School, a reliable water supply becomes critical. A recent project provided water wells and washing facilities for the school. This was funded mostly by the pupils from Abbot’s Hill Independent School for Girls in Hemel Hempstead, UK. The Strawberry Harvest The system takes excess water from a local … Continue reading Ambondrona School Strawberries
Read Article...With over 200 pupils now attending Ambondrona School, a reliable water supply becomes critical. A recent project provided water wells and washing facilities for the school. This was funded mostly by the pupils from Abbot’s Hill Independent School for Girls in Hemel Hempstead, UK. In this video, Faly, the school principal, describes the benefits of the water supply system to the school.
Read Article...With over 200 pupils now attending Ambondrona School, a reliable water supply becomes critical. A recent project provided water wells and washing facilities for the school. This was funded mostly by the pupils from Abbot’s Hill Independent School for Girls in Hemel Hempstead, UK.
The system takes excess water from a local spring overnight, and stores it in a series of tanks for use by the pupils during the day for washing, drinking and irrigation. In this video, Faly, the school principal, shows us the storage tanks and describes the system. At the end of the video we see the school washing facilities.
Read Article...This article contains a video of Ambondrona school as it was in 2006. It is useful to compare this with the video from 2012 to see just how much the school has grown and developed over the intervening years. The article also contains a photo gallery from 2006.
Read Article...This article contains a video of Ambondrona school in 2012. It is useful to compare this with the video from 2006 to see just how much the school has grown and developed over the intervening years. The article also contains a photo gallery from 2012.
Read Article...Beverly Stevens, a long-time supporter of The Mission House and Head of Geography at Abbot’s Hill Independent School for Girls in Hemel Hempstead, UK takes a guided tour of the classrooms at Ambondrona School and hands over an electronics learning kit donated by the girls from her school.
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