Volunteer in Madagascar

Azafady
A registered U.K. charity (No. 1079121) and Malagasy Non-Governmental Organization working in southeast Madagascar to alleviate poverty, improve well-being and protect beautiful unique environments. Azafady offers two volunteer programs: "Pioneer Madagascar" - which allows volunteers to work at a grassroots level, helping to combat extreme poverty and environmental degradation; and "Lemur Venture" - which is specifically focused on conservation efforts to aid threatened lemur populations.

Contact: Studio 7, 1A Beethoven St., London W10 4LG, U.K.; 011-44-208-960-6629; mark@azafady.org, www.madagascar.co.uk.

Blue Ventures
Volunteer in Madagascar
is an award winning not-for-profit organisation dedicated to facilitating projects and expeditions that enhance global marine conservation and research. The field research of Blue Ventures projects is carried out by our overseas volunteers, who work closely with our field research scientists and camp staff. We are currently looking for overseas volunteers to work at our site in Andavadoaka, Madagascar in Africa.

Contact: enquiries@blueventures.org, www.blueventures.org

people and places
Responsible Volunteering in Madagascar
We offer several projects that enable volunteers to make genuinely worthwhile contributions to communities of immense cultural richness, great ethnic and religious tolerance, yet often economically poor and in need of help, especially in the areas of education, business and economic development.

Contact: kate.peopleandplaces@yahoo.co.uk, www.travel-peopleandplaces.co.uk

ReefDoctor
Volunteer Research Program in Magagascar
A small not-for-profit organisation which completes coral reef research and conservation on unstudied reef in SW Madagascar. ReefDoctor has positions in its volunteer research programme to anyone with diving qualification (min. of PADI OpenWater) willing to join for a minimum of two months. Volunteers learn underwater survey techniques, including fish and coral ID skills, belt transects, quadrats etc, help to teach English at our local school and participate in our survey dives (twice a day).

Contact: info@reefdoctor.org, www.reefdoctor.org