Category: Blog

MRCI Holds Women’s Rights and Equality Event

MRCI & Learn Achieve Become Partner For a Great Cause MRCI teamed up with Learn Achieve Become to put on an event focused on women’s rights. Open to all genders and English levels, we raised money to transport people from the island of Nosy...

PADI Top Instructor in the Country

Congratulations are due to our Director of Diving Operations and Health & Safety, Kyle Devine, for placing as one of the top PADI instructors in the country! Kyle has been living in Madagascar for over six years. He has a strong passion for the...

Donate And Make A Difference

Donations have become an important part of our program here in Madagascar, allowing us to impact our local communities, and those further afield, in even bigger and better ways. When you donate, you help us fund major projects that otherwise would...

taking a taxi-brousse across madagascar

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),...

New Path Community Development MRCI Madagascar Volunteer

Volunteers Build A Path To Help The Community

One of the coolest things about Nosy Komba is the absence of motorised vehicles. While this creates some of the quietest and most peaceful stargazing nights, it also means that locals must travel everywhere on foot. Although there are some paths,...

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...

Partners in Conservation

Signing of the contract between MRCI & the Malagasy Government: Professor Jean Maharavo (former Director of Scientific Research at the Madagascar Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research), Claudine Ramiarison (current Director of...

Marine Conservation Program in Madagascar

Our Marine Conservation Program in Madagascar offers volunteers a unique opportunity to contribute to ocean research and reef restoration while exploring the rich marine biodiversity of Nosy Komba. Run by the Madagascar Research and Conservation...

Forest Intern Conducts Lemur Project

Holly Spencer Undertakes Lemur Behavioural Study One of our current Forest Interns, Holly Spencer, is a student from Nottingham Trent University She is here to collect data for her master’s thesis in Endangered Species Recovery and Conservation....

Forest Volunteers Investigate Butterfly Species

Our Forest Volunteers go the extra mile Our Forest Conservation volunteers have always been passionate and eager to assist with our long-term monitoring projects. We encourage our volunteers to propose some of their own ideas. Many volunteers are...