Actions in Madagascar
Context:
Madagascar, an island located in the Indian ocean is one of the poorest country in the world!Marc Ravalomanana, a democratic leader won the persidential elections in 2003.He had to wait during 8 month to finally become president.The civil war entailed a terrible decrease in economy and a more importante fronteer between the different ethnic groups.
MSF in present in this country since 1987.Its program consists in helping children in the streets, operating during climate disasters and in case of nutritional urgency.They spend 647774 euros and emply 5 volunteers expatriated and 71 local volunteers!
Program "children in the streets,children in difficulties":
More than 3200 kids are listed in the health centers of MSF.But they also have to offr medical and social services to 4500 children in the streets of Antananarivo and 1500 others in Antsirabe.These lists have been widened to mothers since 2002.The MSF team works in 3 big centers.They have to take care of the medical, nutrinional, social and legal aspects of these districts.Local doctors, pharmacists and voluntary dentists ensure 10 000 diseases per year.
Some volunteers organize night rounds in the streets to get into contact with other children.They also search during the day mothers to convice them to meet a doctor.Alegal team solves family problems and notifies bad treatments and violence acts.
Natural disasters:
Two hurricanes and a tropical storm have touched the island between February and April 2000. During five months, MSF teams have provided shelters, food, water and drugs to thousands of families. Month after these storms, the nutritional situation was really insatisfactory because of the rainy season. To face this problem MSF has opened up four nutritional centers which treated 3400 children. But this program closed in May 2001.