Help Ambohibola & Andavadoaka Fight Hunger & COVID
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Hello,
My name is Sabrina and I was a volunteer in the fishing communities of Ambohibola and Andavadoaka in southern Madagascar in 2011. Since then, these villages have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as persistent food shortages and a lack of access to currency, soap, and clean water.
Ambohibola and Andavadoaka are remote villages, and the fish collectors who used to purchase fish from the fishermen to sell in the city of Toliara (Tulear) are no longer visiting on a regular basis. When the rare fish collector does visit these villages, the fishermen are being paid the equivalent of the cost of 1-cup of rice for each kilo (2 pounds) of fish they catch. Because of the lack of currency, people in the villages have resorted to trading fish kabobs with each other for basic necessities, but supplies are very low, and the fish kabob economy is not sustainable in the long term. To learn more about Ambohibola, please watch this video: Video About the Fishermen of Ambohibola or check out the website my fellow volunteers and I made about the town here: https://sites.google.com/site/ambohibolamadagascar/.
The rainy season in Madagascar is fast approaching, with months of storms, rough seas, and little to no income due to the inability of the fishermen to get their handmade boats out over the large surf breaks. Please join me in raising funds to purchase enough dry goods, soap, and clean water to get Ambohibola and Andavadoaka through the rainy season, as they continue to battle COVID-19.
100% of donations will be used to purchase food, water, face masks, and soap by two in-country friends of mine who can purchase dry goods cheaply in the cities where they live, and then distribute them to the villagers who need help the most when they visit the south in November and December. A little goes a long way in Madagascar, so please donate whatever you can - even $5 is a huge help!
Thank you so much,
Sabrina and the people of Ambohibola and Andavadoaka
My name is Sabrina and I was a volunteer in the fishing communities of Ambohibola and Andavadoaka in southern Madagascar in 2011. Since then, these villages have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as persistent food shortages and a lack of access to currency, soap, and clean water.
Ambohibola and Andavadoaka are remote villages, and the fish collectors who used to purchase fish from the fishermen to sell in the city of Toliara (Tulear) are no longer visiting on a regular basis. When the rare fish collector does visit these villages, the fishermen are being paid the equivalent of the cost of 1-cup of rice for each kilo (2 pounds) of fish they catch. Because of the lack of currency, people in the villages have resorted to trading fish kabobs with each other for basic necessities, but supplies are very low, and the fish kabob economy is not sustainable in the long term. To learn more about Ambohibola, please watch this video: Video About the Fishermen of Ambohibola or check out the website my fellow volunteers and I made about the town here: https://sites.google.com/site/ambohibolamadagascar/.
The rainy season in Madagascar is fast approaching, with months of storms, rough seas, and little to no income due to the inability of the fishermen to get their handmade boats out over the large surf breaks. Please join me in raising funds to purchase enough dry goods, soap, and clean water to get Ambohibola and Andavadoaka through the rainy season, as they continue to battle COVID-19.
100% of donations will be used to purchase food, water, face masks, and soap by two in-country friends of mine who can purchase dry goods cheaply in the cities where they live, and then distribute them to the villagers who need help the most when they visit the south in November and December. A little goes a long way in Madagascar, so please donate whatever you can - even $5 is a huge help!
Thank you so much,
Sabrina and the people of Ambohibola and Andavadoaka
Co-organizers (3)
Sabrina Mashburn
Organizer
San Diego, CA
Chloe Amoo
Co-organizer
Joey Ayoub
Co-organizer