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Blue Ventures Staff Q&A with Annabel Bennett, Expedition Manager

Posted on 22 May 2013 by Blue Ventures
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In the fifth of our series of Q&As with Blue Ventures staff, we ask Annabel Bennett, our Expedition Manager, some … Continue reading →

Posted in Andavadoaka / Velondriake, Madagascar | Tagged conservation, expeditions, madagascar, science |

Journey to the Centre of BV

Posted on 14 May 2013 by Blue Ventures
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by Jo Hudson, Conservation & Research Assistant, UK I left London very early on a cold and damp morning towards … Continue reading →

Posted in Andavadoaka / Velondriake, Madagascar, Toliara, UK | Tagged baobab, beach, blue ventures, conservation, environment, madagascar, marine, zebu |

The choice is yours: Safidy reproductive rights training

Posted on 9 May 2013 by Blue Ventures

By Brian Jones, Conservation Coordinator, Toliara, Madagascar While in Andavadoaka a few months ago for the Velondriake Association’s election and … Continue reading →

Posted in Andavadoaka / Velondriake, Madagascar | Tagged community based distributors, Family Planning, hygiene, maternal and child health, reproductive rights, sanitation |

Playing Hide and Seek with Tortoises

Posted on 28 March 2013 by Blue Ventures
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by Rado Lebely, Terrestrial & Fisheries Scientist, Madagascar After six very long months of tortoise hibernation, the Blue Ventures tortoise monitoring … Continue reading →

Posted in Andavadoaka / Velondriake, Madagascar | Tagged alternative livelihoods, blue ventures, conservation, environment, monitoring, spider tortoise, tortoise, volunteer |

My visit to the Safidy programme in Andavadoaka

Posted on 25 March 2013 by admin
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by Samantha Cockburn, Medical Elective with Safidy, Madagascar Three years ago I received an email from my medical school advertising … Continue reading →

Posted in Andavadoaka / Velondriake, Madagascar | Tagged alternative livelihoods, beach, blue ventures, community health, conservation, environment, Family Planning, maternal health, safidy, sustainable, Velondriake |

Update on Blue Ventures’ response to cyclone Haruna (3)

Posted on 22 March 2013 by Blue Ventures
Blue Ventures' staff and community-based distributors trial the Family LifeStraws received from ShelterBox

Blue Ventures is continuing to respond to cyclone Haruna, which hit southwest Madagascar as a powerful category 2 storm exactly … Continue reading →

Posted in Andavadoaka / Velondriake, Madagascar | Tagged blue ventures, cyclone, health, madagascar, safidy, sanitation, Velondriake, water |

Update on Blue Ventures’ response to cyclone Haruna (2)

Posted on 15 March 2013 by Blue Ventures
Families in Velondriake receive vital health supplies from Blue Ventures following cyclone Haruna

Blue Ventures is currently responding to cyclone Haruna which hit southwest Madagascar as a powerful category 2 storm on 22nd February … Continue reading →

Posted in Andavadoaka / Velondriake, Madagascar | Tagged blue ventures, cyclone, health, madagascar, safidy, sanitation, Velondriake, water |

Update on Blue Ventures’ response to cyclone Haruna (1)

Posted on 8 March 2013 by Blue Ventures
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On Friday 22nd February 2013, cyclone Haruna made landfall over the southwest coast of Madagascar as a powerful category 2 storm, … Continue reading →

Posted in Andavadoaka / Velondriake, Madagascar | Tagged blue ventures, cyclone, health, safidy, sanitation, Velondriake, water |

Update from Velondriake following tropical cyclone Haruna

Posted on 1 March 2013 by Blue Ventures
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On Friday 22nd February 2013, tropical cyclone Haruna made landfall over the southwest coast of Madagascar as a powerful category … Continue reading →

Posted in Andavadoaka / Velondriake, Madagascar | Tagged blue ventures, cyclone, health, safidy, sanitation, Velondriake, water |

School on a Saturday?

Posted on 28 February 2013 by Blue Ventures
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by Christine Foulkes, BV volunteer, Madagascar The walk to school was interesting. We negotiated the daily route leading down to … Continue reading →

Posted in Andavadoaka / Velondriake, Madagascar | Tagged blue ventures, conservation, coral, Education, environment, satur, school, school scholarships |

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