If I could, I'd do it again in a heartbeat!

SEED Madagascar - www.madagascar.co.uk
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Guest's review of SEED Madagascar - www.madagascar.co.uk

“If I could, I'd do it again in a heartbeat!”

★★★★★

written by on 09/05/2020

I did the program way back in 2009 but the experience has stayed with me vividly ever since. For one thing, I absolutely fell in love with Madagascar, especially the southeast corner where we were based out of. I'd intended to explore more of the country but a military coup put an end to those plans. They even evacuated the US Peace Corps, but we stayed, and it was totally fine in that area. The Malagasy people were very genuine and kind; the Malagasy staff at SEED (Azafady, as it was known then) were fantastic, just top-notch in their respective fields (from the camp cook to the scientists), but also charming and fun to be around. We built a school, finished a well, planted thousands and thousands of trees, did public health outreach, did some research in the conservation area, all while moving back and forth from the Fort Dauphin base to various campsites in the bush. I have a thousand good memories; I'll just say I highly recommend this volunteer program.

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