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Why Pioneer? |
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Azafady's
project coordinators are among an award-winning team.
Azafady projects over the years have received many prestigious
endorsements such as those from Sir David Attenborough,
The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and Duke Primate Centre.
It has won a number of coveted awards such as the Sting
and Trudie Styler Award for Conservation & Human
Rights (one of the Whitley Foundation's awards - the
so-called "Green Oscars" presented by HRH
The Princess Royal); two Flora and Fauna International
100% Fund cash awards for conservation research and
four Walt Disney Foundation awards for conservation
research. Azafady has most recently been awarded funding
from the International Union for the Conservation of
Nature (IUCN) Netherlands for its Community Forest Management
project.
Our projects are based on communities' expressed needs and therefore provide an insight for volunteers into real on-the-ground work - they are not set up simply for volunteers. Pioneer Madagascar is a non-profit scheme. There are no shareholders, no fancy salaries, no plush offices, and no glossy literature; and because we are "not for profit", our program is significantly less expensive for you than other similar programs. We encourage you to look at our accounts on the Charity Commission website.
Volunteers will be working for the grass roots Malagasy
NGO (Non-Governmental Organisation) Azafady that has
many years of experience based in one of the biologically
richest yet financially poorest corners of the world.
Pioneer volunteers work on an extensive range of projects
from the building of wells in remote villages to surveying
Lemurs within the littoral forest, giving you real all-round
experience of the inner-most workings of a small development
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"The support staff were both helpful and informative.
They gave me all the information I needed and also gave
me confidence that I was working with a professional
organisation. I have rarely met a group of people who
are so friendly and hard working. I feel that through
my volunteer experience I was able to truly 'see' the
country and understand the people. The projects of Azafady
are beneficial to the environment and the people of
Madagascar. I felt proud of the contribution I had given
to Madagascar. I was already looking at environmental
law as a career. I think my experience in Madagascar,
and with Azafady, have put this more firmly in my mind."
Nate Matthews, March 2000
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