Swim with a Whale Shark in Madagascar! Our Volunteers have the opportunity to do a large variety of trips and activities during their free time on the weekends. This time of the year just so happens to include getting to swim with whale sharks! These gentle giants are filter feeders, meaning that they sieve plankton […]
Taxi-Brousse: Antananarivo to Ankify
As you might have noticed yourself, if you have done some research, you can find plenty of horrible stories from people about taking a taxi-brousse in Madagascar. It is not always like that! For us taking the taxi-brousse from Antananarivo (Tana), up north, to Ankify turned out to be a unique, unforgettable experience. Not knowing […]
Volunteers Bring Communities Together With Basketball
Madagascar Research and Conservation Institute’s Community Co-ordinators, Niamh Flynn and Rojo Andofinoana Razafisalama, came together with volunteers and villagers to rehabilitate the old basketball courts in Ampangarina, Nosy Komba. The team reached out to several groups to raise funds, reconstructed the goal posts and court, and held a community tournament all within 3 short weeks. […]
Turtle Cove Olympics: February 26th, 2016
For the 2016 Turtle Cove Olympics, everybody at camp (both staff and volunteers) took the day off. The entire camp readied themselves for war and painted up for the competition. The camp was then split into 4 teams: Stars, Waves, Wind, and Leaves. The competition got underway and teams set off with various games like […]
How To Make Coconut Rice
It’s Tuesday today which means we get to enjoy coconut rice for dinner tonight. Here at camp, Raissa, Perline, Marie-Solange, Micheline and Nadia treat us to a different, delicious meal each night of the week, but ask around and no doubt this dish would prove a popular favourite. I sat down with the ladies and asked […]
