Category: Achievements

Artificial Coral Reef Restoration in Madagascar

Project Overview: The Madagascar Research and Conservation Institute (MRCI) at Turtle Cove, Nosy Komba, operates a leading marine conservation program dedicated to restoring damaged reef habitats. Through the deployment of engineered artificial...

Maradoka School Opening Ceremony

MRCI Volunteers Helped Rebuild Maradoka School With an air of excitement, the villages, dignitaries, volunteers, learners and staff gathered for the opening of the new school classroom in Maradoka village. To emphasize importance that this small...

MRCI Establishes A First Of Its Kind Agroforest On Nosy Komba

Agroforest on Nosy Komba: Agreements Between MRCI and Malagasy Leaders Forge a Greener Future In a groundbreaking development, MRCI has concluded an agreement with the village of Ampasinomby to establish the first agroforest on Nosy Komba. As part...

Community Volunteers Build A School for Andrekareka Be

At Madagascar Research and Conservation Institute, we are always striving to improve the lives of the people we come into contact with on the island. Our latest project is to build a school. Our community development volunteers, along...

Basketball teams pose together before the community tournament in Nosy Komba.

Volunteers Bring Communities Together With Basketball

Volunteers Bring Communities Together With Basketball in Ampangarina, Nosy Komba, as MRCI’s Community Co-ordinators, Niamh Flynn and Rojo Andofinoana Razafisalama, worked with villagers to restore the old basketball courts. This inspiring project...

Volunteering in Madagascar - Turtle Towers coral reef

Volunteering Gains Protection for Turtle Towers

Volunteering in Madagascar is a wonderful way for students to give back during their gap year. With its sparkling clear waters and high number of endemic species, diving around the island of Nosy Komba makes for a...

Volunteers Complete Toilet Block 2

Toilet Block 2 in Andrekareka Hely is finished! Well done MRCI staff and volunteers! We are all very excited to announce that Toilet Block 2 in Andrekareka Hely village is finished and up and running, complete with a beautiful paint job! Block 3...

Volunteers Community Projects in Andrekareka Hely

Volunteers Build Toilets in Andrekareka Hely

Volunteers participating in the Teaching & Community program are regularly involved with construction projects to improve the lives of the people living on the island. Despite the incredibly rich plant and animal life, Madagascar is among the...