{"id":8627,"date":"2017-03-30T10:18:22","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T09:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/?p=8627"},"modified":"2017-12-18T17:32:04","modified_gmt":"2017-12-18T17:32:04","slug":"realising-potential-scholars-profile-narison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/en\/realising-potential-scholars-profile-narison\/","title":{"rendered":"Realising our potential: scholars in profile &#8211; Narison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><i>In coastal communities in the southwest of Madagascar only one in three children go to school, and most do not make it beyond primary level. Our <\/i><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/blueventures.org\/conservation\/education\/\"><b><i>education programme<\/i><\/b><\/a><b><i> has been supporting young people in the Velondriake area for 10 years, and to mark this achievement we\u2019re releasing a series of student profiles. Each profile will share the inspiring story of a student who has benefitted from the financial support of a <\/i><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/blueventures.org\/support\/sponsor\/\"><b><i>Blue Ventures scholarship<\/i><\/b><\/a><b><i>.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With a smile, Narison\u2019s mother recounts her memories of ten years ago:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He\u2019s gone fishing since his childhood; he would ask older men in the family to take him with them, they\u2019d sell what they caught and then he\u2019d take his portion of the money home for me to buy some food or to buy some school materials for him.<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Narison\u2019s father died when he was only twelve, leaving him, his six siblings and mother facing life alone and depending on what the sea gave them. In 2007, when Blue Ventures started supporting children from the Velondriake area to go to school, Narison was one of the first students to benefit from the programme.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Narison remembers those days well.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I worked hard because at that time we were really encouraged not to repeat a grade otherwise the support would stop. So, I studied very hard as I knew that my mother would never be able to pay for it if I was no longer in the programme.<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":1,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.blueventures.org\\\/en\\\/realising-potential-scholars-profile-narison\\\/\"}' class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular\" data-original-width=\"900\"><div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 895px; height: 296px;\"><div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 448px; height: 300px;\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/en\/realising-potential-scholars-profile-narison\/ghc213215230712-2\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8630\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2017\/03\/GHC213215230712.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1067\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Garth Cripps&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 Garth Cripps 2012. Moral Rights Asserted. This work may not be reproduced without the permission of Garth Cripps: tel: +261 3&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"GHC213215230712\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2017\/03\/GHC213215230712-536x357.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2017\/03\/GHC213215230712-725x483.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2017\/03\/GHC213215230712-444x296.jpg\" width=\"444\" height=\"296\" align=\"left\" title=\"GHC213215230712\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 444px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 444\/296;\" \/><\/a><div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\">School children in Velondriake | Photo: Garth Cripps<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 447px; height: 300px;\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/en\/realising-potential-scholars-profile-narison\/img_1027\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8631\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2017\/03\/IMG_1027.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1067\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot G7 X&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1488102799&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;8.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;125&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_1027\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2017\/03\/IMG_1027-535x357.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2017\/03\/IMG_1027-724x483.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2017\/03\/IMG_1027-443x296.jpg\" width=\"443\" height=\"296\" align=\"left\" title=\"IMG_1027\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 443px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 443\/296;\" \/><\/a><div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\">A Vezo boy fishing at the weekend | Photo: Ben Honey<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thanks to his hard work, and the Blue Ventures scholarship, Narison was able to go to the Morombe High School, about three hours car ride from his home village of Andavadoaka. During this time he had to live by himself, manage the small amount of money that was given to him, come back from school at noon to fetch water and cook by himself, and then go back to school again in the afternoon. This was quite demanding, as the distance between his school and his home was a 30 minute walk, and he had to do it four times a day! While other students would spend their weekends studying or taking additional courses in preparation for their BACC exams, Narison and his friend would have to go out fishing in order to make enough money to support themselves during the week, sometimes even having to miss their Friday classes. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sometimes it was really hard because I had no money, nothing to eat for lunch, and then I had to go to school directly with nothing in my stomach. I am proud that I made it through all of that!<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Narison has always been very self-motivated, and this has been recognised by his peers. In 2013, around 100 young people from Andavadoaka formed an association called Club Tsontso, a name which comes from the malagasy word for triggerfish as the youth association wanted to clean the village in the same way that triggerfish clean coral on a reef. Narison was elected as Club Tsontso president, in charge of leading the planning and implementation of their ideas and of presenting them to the Velondriake area committee.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 150px;\"><span class=\"pull-right\">You can support the education of a Velondriake child\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blueventures.org\/support\/sponsor\/\">from \u00a33 per month<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In his final year of high school he was also elected as president of students, leading his peers in beach and village clean-ups, environmental film nights and general community outreach, as well as reporting on all student activities, issues, and finances for Blue Ventures. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When I talk with the younger generations of students, they are all inspired by what Narison and his peer group have achieved, and Club Tsontso continues to very active in engaging youth to protect their environment.<\/span><\/p>\n<div data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":1,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.blueventures.org\\\/en\\\/realising-potential-scholars-profile-narison\\\/\"}' class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular\" data-original-width=\"900\"><div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 895px; height: 427px;\"><div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 574px; height: 431px;\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/en\/realising-potential-scholars-profile-narison\/narison-is-the-one-with-the-red-short\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8637\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2017\/03\/Narison-is-the-one-with-the-red-short.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Narison is the one with the red short\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2017\/03\/Narison-is-the-one-with-the-red-short-476x357.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2017\/03\/Narison-is-the-one-with-the-red-short.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2017\/03\/Narison-is-the-one-with-the-red-short-570x427.jpg\" width=\"570\" height=\"427\" align=\"left\" title=\"Narison is the one with the red short\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 570px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 570\/427;\" \/><\/a><div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\">Narison (in the red shorts) identifying marine life on the beach | Photo: Feno Hanitriniala<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gallery-group images-2\" style=\"width: 321px; height: 431px;\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/en\/realising-potential-scholars-profile-narison\/tsontso-regular-meeting\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8635\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2017\/03\/Tsontso-regular-meeting.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1068\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-LX5&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1447436584&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;14.9&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Tsontso regular meeting\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2017\/03\/Tsontso-regular-meeting-535x357.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2017\/03\/Tsontso-regular-meeting-724x483.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2017\/03\/Tsontso-regular-meeting-317x212.jpg\" width=\"317\" height=\"212\" align=\"left\" title=\"Tsontso regular meeting\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 317px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 317\/212;\" \/><\/a><div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\">Club Tsontso meeting | Photo: Feno Hanitriniala<\/div><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/en\/realising-potential-scholars-profile-narison\/andavadoaka-620-louisejasper\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8636\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2017\/03\/Andavadoaka-620-LouiseJasper.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1065\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Louise_Jasper&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1435164869&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Louise_Jasper&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Andavadoaka-620-LouiseJasper\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2017\/03\/Andavadoaka-620-LouiseJasper-536x357.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2017\/03\/Andavadoaka-620-LouiseJasper-726x483.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2017\/03\/Andavadoaka-620-LouiseJasper-317x211.jpg\" width=\"317\" height=\"211\" align=\"left\" title=\"Andavadoaka-620-LouiseJasper\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 317px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 317\/211;\" \/><\/a><div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\">Aloalo environmental club | Photo: Louise Jasper<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Due to lack of financial support, when I obtained my high school diploma I had to take a one year break. During that time, I used to go to the Blue Ventures Education Centre to help out with the activities there. I remember telling <\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paul [<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/blueventures.org\/team\/paul-antion\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blue Ventures\u2019 Outreach Coordinator<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">] <\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that if I do not go to University, I don\u2019t know why I worked so hard only to stop here! Of course, Paul put all his strength into encouraging and supporting me!<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even in this challenging time Narison was keeping himself busy. He taught maths and physics to middle schoolers trying to pass into high school, helped with the data entry for various Blue Ventures projects in need of a helping hand, and continued to go fishing as often as possible. Paul also invited Narison to participate in the marine science lessons with Blue Ventures\u2019 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blueventures.org\/volunteer\/madagascar\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">expedition volunteers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8633\" style=\"width: 326px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8633\" class=\"size-large wp-image-8633 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2017\/03\/P1290948-316x483.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"316\" height=\"483\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2017\/03\/P1290948-316x483.jpg 316w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2017\/03\/P1290948-42x65.jpg 42w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2017\/03\/P1290948-233x357.jpg 233w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2017\/03\/P1290948-1200x1837.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2017\/03\/P1290948-1300x1990.jpg 1300w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2017\/03\/P1290948-300x459.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2017\/03\/P1290948.jpg 1045w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 316px) 100vw, 316px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 316px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 316\/483;\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8633\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Narison in Toliara | Photo: Feno Hanitriniala<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I learned about fish species with Sam and about corals with <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/blueventures.org\/team\/abigail-leadbeater\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abi<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the field scientists at that time. At the end, I was asked to make a presentation in English in front of all of them\u2026 that was tough and challenging for me but in the end they told me \u201cgood work\u201d which of course released all my tensions and encouraged me to continue. A year after that, I sat an exam in Toliara for biodiversity studies, and I was accepted into the university!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When I was still in Andavadoaka, I used to talk with volunteers from the Expedition team in order for me to improve my English. With one volunteer I talked about my life and the difficulties I\u2019ve been through, and he generously offered to <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/blueventures.org\/support\/sponsor\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">support me financially<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for my University studies in Toliara and I must say that thanks to this help, I could make it through to now.<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":1,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.blueventures.org\\\/en\\\/realising-potential-scholars-profile-narison\\\/\"}' class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular\" data-original-width=\"900\"><div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 895px; height: 410px;\"><div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 642px; height: 414px;\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/en\/realising-potential-scholars-profile-narison\/doug2\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8634\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2017\/03\/Doug2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1029\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1475236456&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;40&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0285714285714&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Doug2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2017\/03\/Doug2-555x357.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2017\/03\/Doug2-745x479.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2017\/03\/Doug2-638x410.jpg\" width=\"638\" height=\"410\" align=\"left\" title=\"Doug2\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 638px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 638\/410;\" \/><\/a><div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\">Blue Ventures expedition volunteers learn fish species from Field Scientist Joe | Photo: Doug Brown<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 253px; height: 414px;\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/en\/realising-potential-scholars-profile-narison\/narison\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8638\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2017\/03\/Narison.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"973,1600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-LX5&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1490635916&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.1&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;3200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Narison\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2017\/03\/Narison-217x357.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2017\/03\/Narison-294x483.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2017\/03\/Narison-249x410.jpg\" width=\"249\" height=\"410\" align=\"left\" title=\"Narison\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 249px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 249\/410;\" \/><\/a><div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\">Studying for university | Photo: Feno Hanitriniala<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paul, who remains a mentor and friend of Narison, recently shared a memory with me:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nary and I went snorkelling with some other high school graduates. Every time we\u2019d come up from the water he\u2019d shout out the Vezo and English names for all the fish that we\u2019d see. He told me he could tell by the way they were swimming which species they were, but more impressive was that he knew all of the English names. Later that week we were talking outside his mother\u2019s house and I caught a glimpse inside, the straw walls were completely covered in paper. Printouts of 100+ fish species that an expeditions volunteers had accidentally left behind. So to whoever left that behind, it\u2019s gone to good use!<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":1,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.blueventures.org\\\/en\\\/realising-potential-scholars-profile-narison\\\/\"}' class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular\" data-original-width=\"900\"><div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 895px; height: 418px;\"><div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 589px; height: 422px;\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/en\/realising-potential-scholars-profile-narison\/img-20141002-wa0002\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8642\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2017\/03\/IMG-20141002-WA0002.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1008,719\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG-20141002-WA0002\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2017\/03\/IMG-20141002-WA0002-500x357.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2017\/03\/IMG-20141002-WA0002-677x483.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2017\/03\/IMG-20141002-WA0002-585x418.jpg\" width=\"585\" height=\"418\" align=\"left\" title=\"IMG-20141002-WA0002\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 585px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 585\/418;\" \/><\/a><div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\">Narison and some other student friends after snorkelling | Photo: Paul Antion<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gallery-group images-2\" style=\"width: 306px; height: 422px;\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/en\/realising-potential-scholars-profile-narison\/img_0718\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8640\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2017\/03\/IMG_0718.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1030\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot G7 X&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1488013061&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;8.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;125&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_0718\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2017\/03\/IMG_0718-555x357.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2017\/03\/IMG_0718-745x480.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2017\/03\/IMG_0718-302x194.jpg\" width=\"302\" height=\"194\" align=\"left\" title=\"IMG_0718\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 302px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 302\/194;\" \/><\/a><div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\">Photo: Ben Honey<\/div><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/en\/realising-potential-scholars-profile-narison\/img_0819\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8641\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2017\/03\/IMG_0819.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1164\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot G7 X&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1488015259&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;22.013&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;125&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_0819\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2017\/03\/IMG_0819-491x357.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2017\/03\/IMG_0819-664x483.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2017\/03\/IMG_0819-302x220.jpg\" width=\"302\" height=\"220\" align=\"left\" title=\"IMG_0819\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 302px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 302\/220;\" \/><\/a><div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\">Photo: Ben Honey<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>Narison is currently in his second year of studying Biodiversity at the University of Toliara. He is partially supported by a scholarship from Blue Ventures comprised of generous donations. Narison is keen on researching corals and marine issues, and increased support will help him finish his studies and specialise in Marine Science in the renowned Institut Halieutique et des Sciences Marines.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b><i>Going to university is the greatest dream of students in the Velondriake area, but it\u2019s also one of the hardest to achieve. In the past few years only a very small number of students have been able to attend, but in 2016, thanks to donations to the <\/i><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/blueventures.org\/support\/sponsor\/\"><b><i>Blue Ventures scholarships programme<\/i><\/b><\/a><b><i>, 19 students received their high school diplomas and 7 of them were able to continue their studies at university. Unfortunately, we are currently only able to provide them limited support, which is not enough to cover all of the expenses of university where they are far away from their families and have to pay for food and rent.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Through your donations, we will be able to increase our support, helping the students with essential expenses and allowing them to continue their education. <\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><i>With a donation of \u00a320 per month or \u00a3250 per year, you can <\/i><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/blueventures.org\/support\/sponsor\/\"><b><i>support a student<\/i><\/b><\/a><b><i> at university for an entire year, allowing these students to realise their full potential and advance marine conservation within their communities.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Thank you.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first blog in a new &#8220;Scholars in Profile&#8221; series marking the 10 year anniversary of our Education programme supporting youth in the Velondriake area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":8628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[169,622,654],"tags":[489,508,655,656,533],"class_list":["post-8627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-madagascar","category-scholars-in-profile","tag-education-2","tag-school-scholarships","tag-sponsorship","tag-support","tag-velondriake"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Realising our potential: scholars in profile - Narison - Blue Ventures - Beyond Conservation blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The first blog in a new &quot;Scholars in Profile&quot; 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