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Conservation

• 100's of mini-projects of community-based forest management associations supported.
• ​More than 1 million trees planted (endemic & exotic species from community tree nurseries).
• Capacity-building for dozens of community-based forest management associations.
• Reintroduction of the wild silkworm to the Tapia forest.
• 8 forest management transfers carried out and 3 others evaluated & renewed.
• Film showings & awareness-raising events.
• Ongoing support for forest restoration & woodfuel  production.
• In 2015 we replanted 169,134 trees, and restored 37,616 others.

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Health​
1,000's of community health agents trained and operational including 

• Traditional birth attendants
• Tuberculosis prevention & treatment services, 
• Reproductive health advice for young people, 
• WASH (Water Sanitation & Hygiene) educators,
• Services to treat childhood conditions (malaria, diarrhoea, etc.)
• Family planning services.
• 7 government health centres improved and/or equipped.
• ‘Community-Led Total Sanitation’ Programme: 100s of 

           villages declared “Open-Air Defecation Free”.

• 275,929 impregnated mosquito nets across 140 different sites within 28 communes in 2 districts in just 2 weeks, by mobilising 598 people.

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Food
'Ne kibo toyny amponga, ka raha henjanina maneno':
'When the stomach is full it sounds like a drum'.









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​Water
Provision of clean drinking water:

• ​177 boreholes have been installed with hand-pumps up to 2017.
• 2015 saw the inclusion of 4 new regions of work, and 3 new borehole teams formed.

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Livelihoods

• Training & support for women’s associations/ cooperatives (silk / basketry): increased income & empowerment.
• 3 boutiques / sales outlets for sustainable & fair trade crafts.
• Installation of 2 essential oil processing units & a vanilla processing unit: increased revenue to farmers.​
• Support to developing community-based ecotourism (infrastructure, technical support, marketing …).

Education

• More than 30 new school buildings built & others improved and/or equipped. [87 ???]
• 600 adults newly literate.
• 2 awareness-raising films produced & shown on women’s & children’s rights.
• 2 youth centres/libraries built & operational.
• Teacher sponsorship programme [add to Education?] & teacher training.
• Collaboration with education authorities to improve teacher performance (model teacher competition, inclusion of parents’ associations for monitoring).
• Student scholarship programme.
• School canteen.

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