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Teaching
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In October
2003 Azafady welcomed three English teachers to Fort
Dauphin. They aim to work with both in local schools
in the town and out in rural communities. The project
objective is to promote conservation, development and
sustainable livelihoods through teaching English language.
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This objective will be achieved
by:
- Increasing
the number of English-speaking Malagasy adults in
order to provide a workforce for humanitarian and
environmental charitable projects both currently
and in the future.
- Teaching
adults in Fort Dauphin to understand sufficient
English to enable them to obtain a livelihood and
support their families
- Assisting
in the creation of sustainable livelihoods in rural
areas thereby reducing the reliance on slash
and burn agriculture and on unsustainable natural
resource use generally
- Improving
the level of children’s education by raising
their awareness and understanding of the English
language, in turn creating a brighter future in
terms of obtaining a sustainable livelihood with
the consequential benefits to the environment
- To facilitate
dialogue, generating greater connection and understanding
between Azafady NGO and the outlying village communities
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In Fort
Dauphin the English language is a pre-requisite to obtaining
employment with many of the larger charitable organisations
associated with conservation and humanitarian efforts
in the region. English is seen as a valuable resource
enabling locals to obtain a living. |
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To ensure
the sustainability of the forests in the region a viable
income needs to be generated for local people, giving
them a clear financial reason to preserve remaining
stands of forest. Like most community forest management
initiatives, income through eco-tourism is expected
to form the backbone of this incentive. Knowledge of
tourists’ languages is therefore essential in the
fostering of such a new industry, and given the number
of English-speaking tourists knowledge of English becomes
central to both livelihoods and conservation. |
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English
as with any second language must be taught in the context
of relevant situations and issues and the potential
to use this as a tool to educate children on matters
of their environment and heath awareness will be taken
fully into consideration in the preparation of each
lesson. |
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Fort Dauphin
will soon be required to conform to a presidential declaration
that Madagascar should become trilingual, and English
is now the priority. Soon all primary schools in Madagascar
must start teaching English and this project will help
Fort Dauphin to meet targets set by the President that
the local community will otherwise struggle to meet. |
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